Oil

(oil) [1,. o‘lewm). An inflammable liquid not miscible with water. 0. of allspice, the fragrant volatile oil of piment a (see Piment a); aromatic and stimulant. Dose, 1-5 min. (0.06-0.33 c.c.). 0. of mds. 1. The fixed oil of sweet almonds. 2. The volatile oil of bitter almonds (L. o’leum am ye’- dale _ama’ra): used like hydrocyanic acid. Dose, + min. (0.016 c.c.). ©. of amber, an irritant stimulant and antispasmodic oil distilled from amber. Dose, 5-10 min. (0.333-0.666 c.c.). animal o. I. Any oil of animal origin. 2. See oleum animale. o. of anise, a volatile oil from anise and star anise: carminative. Dose, 2-5 min. (0.133-0.333 c.c.). anthos 0., oil of rosemary. 0. of bay, a volatile oil from Myr’cia a’cris: used in making bay-rum; also that of Laurus nobilis. beetle o., an African oil derived from a species of beetle. 0. of ben, a fixed oil from Morin’ga pterygos per’ ma. 0. of benné (ben’ne) (L. o'leum ses’ami), a fixed oil from sesamum seed. o. of bergamot (L. o'leum berg a’ mia), a fragrant volatile oil from Cifrus med’ica. 0. Of birch. 1. The tarry fixed oil of white birch. 2. L. o’leum bet’wla volatile, the volatile oil of sweet or black birch-bark (Bet/ula len’ta\: used for rheumatism, etc.; identical with oil of gaultheria. Dose, 1-5 min. (0.065-0.33 c.c.). boiled ©., linseed oil that has been exposed to a heat of 130°C. or more. British o., a mixture of petroleum and of various oils. 0. of cade (L. o'leum cadi’num), a tarry fixed oil from Juniper us commu’ - nis: used in skin diseases. 0. of cajuput, a volatile oil (o’leum cajupu'ti) from Melaleu'ca leucaden'- don: anodyne., antiseptic, carminative, and anthelmintic. Dose, 2-10 min. (0.133-0.66 c.c.). oO. of camphor, a solution of camphor in a hydrocarbon. camphorated o., a liniment of olive oil and camphor; lin i mentum camphore. candlenut Ο., a cathartic oil afforded by Aleuri’tes trif’- oba, a tree of the Pacific islands. Dose, 4-1 fl.oz. 15-30 c.c.). 0. Of caraway (L. o’leum car i), the volatile oil of caraway: carminative. Dose. I-10 min. (0.066-0.666 c.c.). carbolic o., an cil from coal-tar, easily convertible into carbolic acid. Carron Ο., linseed oil mixed with lime-water, for burns; lin i mentum calcis. castor 0. (L. o'leum ric'ini), a thick, purgative, fixed oil from the seeds of Ric’in us commu'nis. It stimulates intestinal peristalsis, causing purgation in four or five hours, and is used to expel irritant matter from the in testine in diarrhea and intestinal inflammation. Dose, 4-8 fi.dr. (16-32 c.c.). 0. of cinnamon Pertaining to Pertaining to volatile oil of Men’tha virid is, or spearmint: carminative, stimulant: used also like menthol. Dose, 1-5 min. (0.06-0.33 c.c.). 0. of spike, the volatile oil of Lavan’dula spi’ca. 0. Of spruce, a volatile oil distilled from the leaves and twigs of the spruce tree. straits o., a variety of cod-liver oil. o.-sugar. Sce cleosaccharum. sunflower O., a fixed drying-oil from the seeds of the sunflower, Helian’thus an’nuus. sweet Ο., olive oil. tambor o., a purgative oil from the seeds of Omphal’ea ole if'era, a euphorbiaceous tree of tropical America. 0. of tar (L. o’leum pi’cis liquide), a volatile oil distilled from tar, the medicinal properties of which it represents. templin o., oil of turpentine from pine-cones. Ο. of thyme (L. o’leum thy’ mi), the volatile oil of thyme: tonic, stimulant, and carminative. Dose, 1-5 min. (0.06-0.33 c.c.). 0. of turpentine (L. oleum terebin' thine), a volatile oil from the resinous juice of various pine trees: stimulant, diuretic, and counterirritant. Dose of the rectified oil, 5-30 min. (0.333-2 ¢.c.). 0. of vitriol, an old name for sulphuric acid. volatile o., any one of a cla of oils that volatilize at ordinary temperatures. The volatile oils occur in aromatic plants, to which they give their odor. Most volatile oils consist of a mixture of two or more terpenes or of a mixture of an eleopten with a stearopten. Called also es- - sential o. and ethereal 0. walpurgis 0., a petroleum from Eichstidt, in Germany; a popular polychrest remedy. 0. of wintergreen (L. o’'leum gault he’ria), a fragrant volatile oil from Gaulthe'ria procum'bens: useful in rheumatism. Dose, 5-30 min. (0.333-2 ¢.c.). wood 0. Same as gurjun balsam. wormseed o. (L. o/leum chenopo'dii), the volatile oil of the seeds of Chenopo'dium anthelmin’licum, or American wormseed: anthelmintic. Dose, 3-10 min. (0.18-0.6 c.c.). gachun o., the oil afforded by seeds of Balani'tes egyplia’ca, a tree of Africa.