Volatile Liniment.
Take of florence oil, an ounce; spirit of hartshorn, half an ounce. Shake them together.
This liniment, made with equal parts of the spirit and oil, will be more efficacious, where the patient's skin is able to bear it.
Sir John Pringle observes, that in the inflammatory quinsey, a piece of flannel moistened with this liniment, and applied to the throat, to be renewed every four or five hours, is one of the most efficacious remedies; and that it seldom fails, after bleeding, either to lessen or carry off the complaint. The truth of this observation I have often experienced.
William Buchan
Domestic Medicine 2nd edition 1785