HO CITRINE OINTMENT. 
ART. XIV.— CITRINE OINTMENT. 
To the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. 
Gentlemen, — Having noticed considerable discussion at 
various times in the American Journal of Pharmacy, as to the 
best mode of preparing Citrine Ointment, I submit, for the in- 
spection of the College, a sample of Camphorated Citrine 
Ointment as prepared by me for thirty years past, according 
to a recipe obtained from the late Doctor James Gallagher, of 
this city, and which possesses all the requisites of an elegant 
and efficient Citrine Ointment, retaining the suitable consist- 
ence for any length of time. 
Obtain from any dairy farmer, one pound of unsalted butter, 
put it in an open stone ware pot or jar, where there will be 
sufficient heat to soften the butter, so as to be stirred with a 
wooden spatula ; to a portion of this add 3iv. of camphor, in 
powder, then stir the whole together. 
Dissolve gii. of quicksilver in gii. of pure nitric acid, and as 
soon as it is dissolved stir it in gradually. It first assumes a 
whitish appearance, then, in a short time, an orange reddish, 
and lastly a fine gold color. 
Respectfully yours, 
Peter Lehman. 
<#pril28, 1842. 
