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Felter's Materia Medica on Oleum Cadinum
OLEUM CADINUM
Oil of Cade, Cade Oil, Juniper Tar Oil, Oleum juniperi Empyreumatilcum. A product of the dry distillation of the wood of Juniperus Oxycedrus, Linné (Nat. Ord. Cuppressaceae). Description.A brownish or dark-brown, clear, thick fluid, having a tarry odor, and a burning empyreumatic, bitterish taste. Almost insoluble in water, partly soluble in alcohol, and wholly in chloroform and ether. It mixes well with fats and petrolatum. Action and Therapy.Oil of Cade is often used as an ingredient of l...1
Oil of Cade, Cade Oil, Juniper Tar Oil, Oleum juniperi Empyreumatilcum. A product of the dry distillation of the wood of Juniperus Oxycedrus, Linné (Nat. Ord. Cuppressaceae). Description.A brownish or dark-brown, clear, thick fluid, having a tarry odor, and a burning empyreumatic, bitterish taste. Almost insoluble in water, partly soluble in alcohol, and wholly in chloroform and ether. It mixes well with fats and petrolatum. Action and Therapy.Oil of Cade is often used as an ingredient of l...1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.