An Haemorrhoidal Liniment.
Take Poplar Ointment 2 drams; Oil of Eggs 6 drams; Sugar of Lead 2 scruples; Opium 8 grains; Oil of Amber 16 drops, mix.
The blind Piles are caused by reason of mucous, thick, stagnating Matter obstructing the Vessels, and hindring Circulation, and so necessarily exciting Tumour, Tension, Inflammation and Pain. And this Liniment is therefore very profitable, because it attenuates, discusses, quiets Pain, abates Inflammation, and by contracting the vaircous Vessels, reduces them to their due Tenor and Size.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710