or NATIVE BALSAM, an oily, resinous, liquid substance, flowing either spontaneously, or by means of incision, from certain plants. There are a great variety of balsams, generally denominated from the substances from which they are obtained.

Balsam of Copaiba. See Materia Medica, 99.

Balsam of Peru. 100, 101.

Balsam of Tolu.

Prepared Balsam; as Locatelli's, the Traumatic, &c. See Pharmacy, no. 432, 890, &c.