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Add a drachm of creosote to a pint of water, and mix by shaking. Use as an application in cutaneous diseases. 540. Galls. Boil one drachm of bruised galls in twelve ounces of water until only half a pint remains, then strain, and add one ounce of laudanum. Use as an astringent and sedative. 541. Ointments and Cerates These remedies are used as local applications to parts, generally ulcers. They are usually spread upon linen or other materials. 542. Camphorated. Mix half an ounce of camphor with one ounce of lard, having, of course, previously powdered the camphor, by adding a few drops of spirits of wine. Use as a discutient and stimulant in indolent tumours. 543. Chalk. Mix as much prepared chalk as you can into some lard, so as to form a thick ointment. Use as an application to burns and scalds. 544. For Itch. Mix four drachms of sublimed sulphur, two ounces of lard, and half a drachm of diluted sulphuric acid together. Use as an ointment to be rubbed into the body. 545. For Scrofulous Ulcerations. Mix one drachm of ioduret of zinc and one ounce of lard together. Use twice a day to the ulcerations. 546. Catechu. Mix one ounce of powdered catechu, two drachms and a half of powdered alum, one ounce of powdered white resin, and two ounces and a half of olive oil, together. Use for flabby and indolent ulcerations. 547. Tartar Emetic. Mix twenty grains of tartar emetic and ten grains of white sugar with one drachm and a half of lard.