in pharmacy, a celebrated balsam, the preparation whereof is directed in the Edinburgh dispensatory thus: Take of yellow-wax, one pound; oil olive, a pint and a half; Venice turpentine, a pound and a half; balsam of Peru, two ounces; dragon's blood, one ounce; melt the wax in the oil over a gentle fire; then add the turpentine; and having taken them from the fire, mix in the balsam of Peru and dragon's blood, keeping them continually stirring till grown cold.

This balsam is used in internal bruises and hemorrhages, erosions of the intestines, ulcerations of the lungs, dysenteries, and in some coughs and asthmas.