OLEA MEDICINALIA
\ˈə͡ʊli͡ə mˌɛdɪsɪnˈe͡ɪli͡ə], \ˈəʊliə mˌɛdɪsɪnˈeɪliə], \ˈəʊ_l_iə m_ˌɛ_d_ɪ_s_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_l_iə]\
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A name given to oils prepared by macerating, infusing, or boiling medicinal substances in olive or any other fixed oils. These oils may then be regarded as oily solutions of certain medicinal substances; whence they can never be simple. They have, however, been divided into simple and compound medicinal oils. To the former belong the Oils of St. John's wort, of the Solanum nigrum, &c.; to the other-which have often been called Oily balsams, (F.) Baumes huileux-the Balsams of Fioraventi, Metz, &c. Medicinal oils are, almost always, employed externally.
By Robley Dunglison
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