Semisolid preparations used topically for protective emollient effects or as a vehicle for local administration of medications. Ointment bases are various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons.
    

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Horse-blister ointment / prepared by Richard Hine.

The embrocation : medicines for cattle and all domestic animals ... / Fred.k L. Gooch, veterinary surgeon, Stamford.

Newmarket embrocation, or White oils : recommended for allaying swellings, inflammation, sprains, bruises, stiff joints, &c., &c. ... / Alfred Parker.

Foot-rot ointment / Arkle.

Veterinary petroleum jelly / Parker, chemist, Uttoxeter.

Charas, Moïse (1618-1698)

Receipt-Book, German: 18th century

Commonplace book, containing extracts and notes from medical treatises

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Horse-blister ointment / prepared by Richard Hine.

Charas, Moïse (1618-1698)

Receipt-Book, German: 18th century

Commonplace book, containing extracts and notes from medical treatises

Meligariis, Masiolo de