camphorated oil
Americannoun
noun
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Ben, you rush over to the drug store for some camphorated oil.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
This usually effects a cure, but if it is not better in a few hours use camphorated oil in the same way.
From Profitable Squab Breeding by Dare, Carl
No other treatment was used in these 223 cases, except camphorated oil to the throat and chest in some cases.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
A dying German, to whom she had just given an injection of camphorated oil, held out his hand, gropingly.
From The Red Cross Barge by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
If the animal is unconscious, hypodermic injections of stimulants are indicated, such as 6 drams of camphorated oil in one dose, subcutaneously, or 20 grains of caffein or ½ grain of strychnin, also subcutaneously.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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