SPERMACETI OINTMENT.

Take of spermaceti, 6 drams,

white wax, 2 do.

olive oil, 3 oz.

Melt all together over a gentle fire, stirring briskly,

without intermission, till the ointment becomes cold.

These two ointments are supposed only to supple the parts,

and hinder the rag or lint from sticking to the granulating

flesh, and they also keep the air from wounds, which is known

to irritate them, from the oxygen in the atmosphere; but they

have, otherwise, no peculiar healing virtue.