A Spinale Plaister.
Take Diapalma half an ounce; Oxycroceum 2 drams; Oil of Amber 12 drops, mix.
'Tis excellent in Pain and Weakness of the Back, where 'tis not too hot, and in Obstructions of the Spinale Marrow. Let it be laid to the Back Bone of Rickety Children all along, from the Nape to the Os Sacrum.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710