Cerate, Cal′amine

Syn. Turner’s cerate , Healing salve ; Ceratum calami′næ (Ph. L. & E.), C. la′pis calamina′ris (Ph. L. 1788), L. Prep. 1. (Ph. L.) Yellow wax, 7 1 ⁄ 2 oz.; olive oil, 1 pint; melt together, remove the ve el from the fire, and when they first begin to thicken, add prepared calamine, 7 1 ⁄ 2 oz., and stir constantly until they cool. 2. (P. E.) Prepared calamine, 1 part; simple cerate (Ph. E.), 5 parts; mix. 3. (Ph. D.) See Ointment . 4. (Commercial.) Hard suet, 5 lbs.; lard, 3 lbs.; melt and sift in, gradually, calamine, 4 lbs.; agitate well for a few minutes, or until the whole is perfectly mixed, and after one minute’s repose pour it off into another ve el, the coarse sediment that has fallen to the bottom being carefully avoided; lastly, stir a iduously, until it is nearly cold. This forms the Turner’s cerate of the wholesale druggists. In many cases nothing but lard and calamine are used. Uses, . When honestly prepared with genuine calamine, it is a most valuable desiccant and astringent application to excoriations, ulcers, burns, scalds, sore nipples, . It has long been held in popular esteem as a drying and healing dre ing for sores.