OIL. 
receiver, and vies ating the oj his oil is of a dark co- 
lour, thick confiftence, and feetid odour ; but by fucceflive 
iftillations, it is rendered thinner, of a lighter colour, and 
at length nearly limpid. Re il of amber has a itrong 
ungrateful odour, and a hot acrid tafte. It is light, vola- 
a rid 
tile, and infammable, infoluble in water, and only partially 
foluble in alcohol. As t medical properties, it is fti- 
mulant, antifpafmodic, an ie ent. It has been found 
Eek in deficient menftruation, and in hytteria, eal 
fy, and fome ie convulfive affeCtionss; but it i 
{carcely ever ufed as an internal remedy. The dofe aes vl 
from mv to NL xij, combined by means of mucilage with 
any diftilled water. It is more generally employed as a ru- 
befacient ia rheumatifm and paralyfis; and a mixture of 
RiTUs Ammonia Succinatus of the London college. See 
AMBER and Succinic Aci 
Otts, Animal, in general, are thofe that are obtained from 
anim: mal fubftances, either in the ftate of butter and - un- 
penetra ating 
Ou, Polatile a or Dippel's oil. (See Dippet’s Oil.) 
If albumen or gluten be diftilied at adry heat, there arifes, 
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omewhat aromatic, and it is nearly as light 
and volatile as ether. It con a oan ammonia, and 
nce changes the colour of fyrup of violets green; it is 
{paringly foluble in water, = largely fo j in oils, ether, and 
alcohols. It combines both with acids and alkalies into im- 
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expofed even to the light, it is partly baba A lofing its 
tranfparency, and becoming of a brown colou 
formerly oy eld ed in medicine ; but is now pally difuted. 
ikin’s 
Ow of Arif fed. (See Antse-szep.) This oil 
iven as a oe and for relieving flatulence in chil. 
dren, from 1 v to 1 xv triturated with fugar. The offici- 
cinal preparations are tinctura opii ammoniata of the Edin- 
burgh culleg — opii camphorata of the Dublin 
college. See ‘Tier 
Ou of Anti name given to the butter of antimony, 
and fome caer renee of antimony by acids. See ANTI- 
MONY» 
Or of Arfenic. See ARsENIc. 
Orn of Abies or Spike. See Spike. 
O11 alm. See Batsam and Mer 
Ow of Bayi is aa eflential cil, gbtained from the berries of 
the bay, or Laurus Nobilis. e 
ello owipens c co- 
- The 
in 
he prin- 
a ufe of thefe fimples in the prefent prattice i is external : 
they are made ingredients in carminative glyfters, warm ca- 
taplafms, and uterine baths ; and the butyraceous oil of the 
berries ferves as a bafis for fome nervine liniments, and mer- 
curial and ean unguents. Lewis. See Dapune- 
— N. 
Ox of Beech, See BEEcH-oil. 
O1x of Been, or Ben. S EN 
Om, Birch, a vegetable ieee pas prepared in 
Ru uffia, by charring jose a in a clofe oven, the water 
m the furface 
g uffia leather, to which it communi- 
cates thofe properties that render it fo much efteemed by the 
binders of books. 
OIL, 
Britifo, an empirical medicine of the fame nature 
with 
the petrolea; the genuine 
diftillation from a har n 
found in Shropfhire, and et parts of England. Lsewis. 
Oi, or Butter, of Cac Coc 
See Ae and a ahives. 
See CamPuor and Laur 
L of Caraway. Carua.) Six pounds of cara- 
aoe yield 4% ounces of oil, which has an aromatic 
odour, and a {weetifh pungent tatte it is vifcid, and of a 
yellow colour ; its {pecific gravity is.g46. This oil, which 
is ftimulant and carminative, is chiefly ufed as an adjun& to 
purgative sa and for covering the difagreeable flavour of 
other fubftan The dofe is from 11, j to MN. x. The offici 
nal papietion are eletuarium fenne, a (anon 
pilulz aloes comp., and pilule aloes, cum m 
ILof C ICINUS. 
M. 
Cauftic. See 
Ow of — an ee difilled from eee or cha- 
momile. ) is ne ae ta 
When etl diftilled, - colour 7 isac 
changes by age to a deep yellow. Fight y-two pounds of 
ju aes ield 18 drams of oil. This oil is fup- 
pofed to poffefs antifpafmodic powers, and is therefore 
s an 
adjun 
liable to dry hy ex ircum- 
ances, together with their moderate price, induce a large 
confumption of them by the wool-dreffers, in order to pre- 
ferve 
