Oil, v. To smear or lubricate with oil.
Oily, a. Consisting of oil, containing oil, having the qualities of oil; fat, greasy.
Ointment, s. Unguent, unctuous matter; a sort of cataplasm.
Ointments are composed generally of lard, suet, tallow, bees’ wax, oils, resins, and turpentines. The following are those principally used.
| SIMPLE OINTMENT. | |
| Olive oil | 1 lb. |
| Bees’ wax | 3 oz. |
| Palm oil | 2 oz. |
Melt over a slow fire, and continue stirring until cold.
For common purposes hogs’ lard makes a good simple ointment, but becomes rancid by keeping. The simple ointment may be readily converted into a detergent, a digestive, or an astringent, by the addition of red precipitate, verdigris, or blue vitriol finely powdered, finely powdered alum, superacetate of lead (sugar of lead), or a solution of subacetate of lead.
The following is a very useful ointment for chapped heels, harness galls, &c.
| GOULARD OINTMENT. | |
| Simple ointment | 1 lb. |
| Solution of subacetate of lead, commonly called Goulard’s extract | 3 oz. |
| Olive oil | 1 oz. |
Melt the ointment by a very gentle heat, and add the oil, then let it be removed from the fire, and stir it in the Goulard’s extract; continue stirring until cold.