Oil of amber

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Oil of amber is a fine, transparent, ponderous, yellow oil, procured from spirit of amber by increasing the heating temperature. This, by rectification, was once used as an antihysteric and emmenagogue, being very fluid and penetrative.


This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.