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L I N 



*iade of unAuousfubftances, ufcd to rub on any diftcmpcrcJ applied, it will alTeft the mouth more rapidly than the mer-- 



part. ciirial ointment will do. 



The liniment is of a mean confiftcnce between an oil and Limmemtum Saponaceum, Linimtntum faponis camfofitum, 



an unguent. or compound Joap-lmmeni, a form of medicine prefcribed ia 



The ufe of liniments is to foftcn afperities of the fltin, the London Pharmacopeia, and meant to fupply the place 



moillen parts that need humeftation, and refolve the humours of the ointment well known by the name of epodehlnc. It is 



that afflift the patient and give him pain. There are various made thus : take fpirit of rofcmary a pint, liard SpanilH 



kiflds of liniments \ifed, according to the various oceafions. 



LINIMENTUM Album, P. L. 1745 ! Ungutrttumjper- 

 miueti, P. L. 1787 ; Unguentum cctcicei, P. L. 1S09, ointment 

 of fpermaceti, is formed as follows : take oil-olive three 

 ounces, fpermaceti ilx drachms, white wax two drachms ; 

 melt all together over a gentle fire, ftirring it till it is per- 

 feftly cold. 



This liniment may be applied in cafes of excoriation, 

 ■where, on account of the largenefs of the furface, the oint- 

 *>ent with lead or calamine miglit be improper. 



LiNiMEKTUM Mrugtnis, Liniment of fcrJigris, P. L. 

 J 809; Unguentum jEgyptiacum, P. L. 1720; Md j£gyp- 

 iiiicum, P. L. 1745 ; Oxymel ,rrugini.t, P. L. 17S7, is jjrc- 



foap three ounces, camphor one ounce ; diti'oKc the cam- 

 phor with the rofemary fpirit, and then add the foap ; and 

 macerate in the heat of a fand-bath until it be melted. 



A liniment of tiiis kind may be prepared by rubbing. an 

 ounce ot camphor, with two ounces of Florence oil, in a 

 mortar, till the camphor be diflblved. This anti-lpafmodic 

 liniment may be uled in obdinate rheumatifms, and in fome 

 other cafes, accompanied with extreme pain and tenliou of 

 the parts. 1 



LiNlMENTUM Terellnthint, Turpfiitine Uniment, is formed 

 by adding half a pint of oil of turpentine to a pound of 

 refin cerate previoufly melted, and mixing. This liniment 

 is very commonly applied to burns ) and its firlt introduc- 



pared by didolving an ounce of powdered verdigris in feven tion into pradtice for this purpofe is owing to Mr. Kcntiill 



£uid-ounces of vinegar, and ilraining it through a linen of NewcalUe. 



cloth; then adding gradually fourteen ounces of clarified Linimentum ^o/fl/;Z?, P. L. 1745; Linimenlum ammoniat 



honey, boil it down to a proper confidence. This prepara- P. L. 1787; Liiumenlum ammonia carlonatis, li/iimeni of car- 



tion is intended only for external ufe 



lonate of ammonia, is foi-med by fliaking togi-thcr a lluid- 



LiNlMEKTUM Ammonie Furtius, flrong liniment of ammonia, ounce of fohition ot carbonate of ammonia with three fluid* 

 is formed by Ihaking together a fluid-ounce of folution o§ ounces of ohvc-oil, until they unite. Or this Kniment may 

 ammonia, with two fluid-ounces of ohveoil, until they unite, be prepared by Ihaking together an ounce of Florence oil> 



See LiNiMENTuM and half an ounce of fpirit of hartfliorn. If tiie patient's 

 fkin is able to bear it, the liniment, made with equal parts 

 of the fpirit and oil, will be more eflicacious. Sir Jolia 

 Pringle obferves, that in the inflammatory quinfey, a piece 

 of flannel nioittcned wiih the liniment and applied to the 

 throat, to be renewed every four or five hours, is one of the 

 mull efficacious remedies ; and that it fcldom fails, after 

 bleeding, either to leffen or carry ofi" the complaint. 



A liniment for burns may be made by fiiakmg well to- 

 gether, in a wide-moutlied bottle, equal parts of Florence 

 by diffolving half an ounce of camphor in two fluid-ounces oil, or of frefli drawn Unfecd oil, and lime-water. This 

 of olive oil. This is a fimple folution of camphor in oil, is found to be an exceeding proper application for recent 

 which readily diflblvesit. The fr.me folution alfo affords an fcalds or burns. It may either be fprcad upon a cloth, or 



L.IKIMENTLI.M Ammonia Carlotiatis 

 Volatile. 



LlN'tMENTUM And, P. L. 1720 ; Ungucntum e gummi 

 flcmi, P. L. 1745 ; Ungucntum eltmi compojilum, P. 1.. 17S7, 

 is a compofition formed by nicking a pound of elemi with 

 two pounds of prepared fuet ; then removing it from the 

 lire, and immediately mixing in ten ounces of common 

 turpentine, and two fluid-ounces of olive oil; then Ilraining 

 the mixture through a linen cloth. See Elemi. 



LlNiMENTUM Camphora, Camphor liniment, is prepared 



ufeful method of giving camphor internally in a liquid form, 

 by rubbing it in thi.s (late firll with mucilage, and then adding 

 any aqueous vehicle. One drachm of the oil contains, as thus 

 prepared, fifteen grains of camphor. See Camphor. 



LiN'i.MENTUM Camphora Compofitum, Compound camphor 

 liniment, is prepared by mixing fix fluid-ounces of folution- 

 of ammonia with a pint of fpirit of lavender in a glafs retort ; 

 then, byJthe heat of a flow fire, diftilhng a pint ; and laftly 

 in this diilillcd liquor diffolving two ounces of camphor. 

 See CAMPiion. 



LiNiMKNTOM Hydrargyri, Mercurial Uniment. confills of 

 the following ingredients ; t'/z. ilrong mercurial ointment 

 and prepared lard, of each four ounces, an ounce of cam- 

 phor, 15 minims (of which 60 make a fluiefrachm) of rec- 

 tified fpirit, and four fluid-ounces of folution of ammonia. 

 It is prepared by firil powdering the camphor with the ad- 

 dition of the fpirit, then rubbing it with the mercurial oint- 

 ment and the lard, and, laftly, adding gradually the folution 

 of ammonia, and mixing the whole together. This combi- 

 nation requires that the camphor fliould be powdered by 

 the fmallell poflible quantity of fpirit, and if the other fub- 

 llances be added in the manner above dircclcd, it will form a 

 naafs of uniform confidence without feparaliiig ; and it will 

 be confiderably thicker than the other liniments are. It is 

 ah ufeful combination for the difcuflTion of indolent fwellings 

 •r colleftions of fluid ; but if it be frequently or largely 



the parts afiefted may be anointed with it twice or thrice 

 a day. 



A liniment for the piles may be made by mixing tw» 

 ounces of emollient ointment, and half an ounce of liquid 

 laudanum, with the yolk of an egg, and working them well 

 together. 



LINING, in Canal- Making, fig,nifies a thicknefs or coat 

 of puddle, fomelimes applied to the bottoms and fides of 

 canals, to prevent them from leaking, as qrtt, Plate I. 

 Can/ils, Jig. 1 5- 



Lining of Hot-beds, in Gardening, is the art or praftice of 

 applying a proper layer of hot dung to the fides of the bedsj 

 to revive and keep up the declining heat of them. It is 

 eflentially neceil'ary, in the cidture of plants on dung hot- 

 beds, in the early feafons in winter or fpring, until May. 

 As thefc hot-beds generally, in from three or four to five or 

 fix weeks, according to their fubllance, begin to decline in 

 their degree of heat, they require of courte a revival to con- 

 tinue them in regular heat ; which, in dung hot-beds, can 

 only be effeftcd in this manner. It is applied to one or 

 both fides, as the>e may be occafion, or as heat may be 

 wanted. 



Hence^ in this way, by the occafional repetition of two, 

 tliree, or more linings, a hot-bed may be continued in a 

 proper degree of heat feveral months, as exemplified in early 

 cucumber and melon hot-beds ; which, without the aid of 



vccafional 



