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Definition of Carron oil
1. Noun. An ointment formerly used to treat burns.
Definition of Carron oil
1. Noun. A lotion of linseed oil and limewater, applied to burns and scalds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carron Oil
Literary usage of Carron oil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Testing of Electro-magnetic Machinery and Other Apparatus by Bernard Victor Swenson, Budd Frankenfield, John Myron Bryant (1911)
"Bind up burn with absorbent cotton saturated with carron-oil, and loose gauze or
linen ... Follow by drying off and then saturating burn with carron-oil. ..."
2. Buffalo Medical Journal (1883)
"M. When larger surfaces are involved, these should be replaced by carron oil or co.
tinct. iodine 3j to water Oj. He thinks that when the ulcer is large, ..."
3. Lectures on the action of medicines by Thomas Lauder Brunton (1899)
"In the Hospital Pharmacopoeia linseed oil is used instead of olive oil, and this
preparation is an imitation of an old-fashioned remedy called carron oil. ..."
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