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Spermaceti Ointment

Melt together 5 ounces spermaceti, 14 drachms white wax, and about 1 pint olive oil. The article commonly sold as spermaceti ointment is composed of 1 pound spermaceti, 1/2 apparatus, and exposing it to the air for 3 or pound white wax, and from 3 to 6 pounds pure lard.

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