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Definition of Mercurial ointment
1. Noun. An ointment containing mercury.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercurial Ointment
Literary usage of Mercurial ointment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery edited by Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Theodore Stout Bell (1851)
"B. On the Action of mercurial ointment and the Vapor of Mercury. ... It is first
established that the metallic mercury in mercurial ointment does not pass ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1853)
"... experiments this reaction may be of service in detecting the amount of
adulteration of commercial olive oil. PREPARATION OF mercurial ointment. ..."
3. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"US Ph. This is the strong mercurial ointment. It г ,n be weakened by the addition
of lard, as may ':,: wished. Used as an inunction to mercurial- lie the ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1896)
"Referring to Mr. Harding's formula for making mercurial ointment, ... Mercurial
Ointment.—Extinction of Mercury by means of Decoction <>/ Saponaria. ..."
5. American Druggist (1885)
"The formula altered accordingly, for 100 Ibs. of mercurial ointment, will be :
Mercury 50 Ibs. Union Salad OU 4 " Rosin 4 '*• Fresh beef tallow 42J " Shake ..."
6. Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy by Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1833)
"The mercurial ointment employed occupied four weeks in preparing; part of it was
set to dissolve at a moderate temperature in alcohol, containing caustic ..."
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