A Paralytic Oil.
Take Oil of Amber, Sassaphras, each 1 dram; Oil of Rosemary, Pepper, each 1 scruple, mix.
Let it be rubbed hard with a warm Hand, on the part primarily affected; but it signifies not so much on a Member that suffers a second Hand by Consent. See the Paralytic Liniment.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710