OINTMENT

n. Oint'm'nt. Gr., pvpov. Lat., unguentum (from ungwre, to anoint). Fr., onguent. pommade. Ger., Salbc, Schmiere. It., pomata, unguento. Sp., pomada, unguento. Syn.: unguent. 1. A pharmaceutical preparation of the consistence of butter. See also POMMADE. [B.] 2. See UNGUENTUM (2d def.). Ague o. An o. for preventing or relieving ague. In Norfolk, England, such an o. is made of elder-leaves. [D, 122.] Antimonial o. [U. S. Ph., 1870], Autenrieth's o. See Unguentum AN TIM ON I I tartar at i. Basilicon o. The ceratum (or unguentvm) resince of the U. S. and Br. Ph's; also the unguentum basilicum of the Ger. Ph., and the onguent basilicum of the Fr. Cod. [B.] Blister o. See Ceratum CANTHARID IS. Blue o. See Unguentum HYDRARCIYRI. Cantharidal o. See Unguentum CANTHARID IS Cicatrizing o. Fr., pommade cicatrisant. An o. made by evaporating, until the moisture is consumed, a mixture of 2 parts of catechu di olved in white wine with 2 of olive-oil, and adding 1 part of yellow wax; or by boiling together 125 parts each of catechu and resin, 35 of alum, and 312 of olive-oil, with a sufficient amount of water. [B, 119 (a, 38).] Citrine o. Lat., unguentum (seu pomatum) citrinum. Fr., onguent citrin, pommade citrine. See Unguentum HYDRARGYRI nitratis. Compound mercurial o. [Br. Ph.]. See Unguentum HYDRARGYRI compos i tum (2d def.). Cooling o. See UNGUENTUM refrigerans. Goulard's o. See Ceratum PLUMBI compos i turn. Gray o. The pommade mercuriette faible of the Fr. Cod. [B.] See under Unguentttm HYDRARGYRI. Green epispastic o. Fr., onguent epispastique vert. See under Unguentum CANTHARID IS. Green o. A preparation made by melting together 2 Ibs. each of Burgundy pitch, resin, yellow wax, and lard, adding H lb. of copper subacetate, and 4 oz. of spirit of turpentine, and stirring till cold. [B. 97 (o, 38).] Hebra's o. See Unguentum DIACHYLON. Helmerich's o. See Unguentum SULPHUR IS alkalinum. Hollo way's o. A mixture of 4 parts of yellow wax, 5 of the resin of Pinna (abies) alba, 10 of lard, and 15 of olive-oil. [" Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xyii. p. 164 (o, 50).] Judkins's o. An o. made by boiling 1 lb. of linseed-oil too; II", blue; U', lull; U<, full: U, urn; U. like ii (German). [s. 133]