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Green Ointment

Take prepared 4985. Ointment for Sore Nipples. subacetate of copper, 1/2 drachm; ointment of Glycerine, rose-water, and tannin, equal white wax (see No. 4939), 7+ drachms. Trit- weights, rubbed together into an ointment, urate the subacetate of copper with the oint- is very highly recommended for sore or ment until they are intimately mixed. A cracked nipples. mild caustic, applied to venereal ulcers of the 4986. Tannin Ointment for Piles. mouth and tonsils, and to the ulcerated sore Tannin, 2 drachms; water, 2 fluid drachms; throat of scarletina.

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