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datasuspect

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Sat Feb-16-08 02:50 PM
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question about medicaments

Edited on Sat Feb-16-08 02:51 PM by datasuspect

is there a difference between salve and ointment?

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auntAgonist

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Sat Feb-16-08 03:04 PM
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1. I guess there is ....

http://local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=363532

Ointment: oil-based, medicinal, semisolid
"An ointment has an oil base whereas a cream is water-soluble. (the
word ointment comes from the latin ungere meaning anoint with oil)."
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?query=ointment&action=Search+OMD

salve: oil-based, medicinal, adhesive
"a salve or unguent for application to the skin ; specifically : a
semisolid medicinal preparation usually having a base of fatty or
greasy material"
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

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hisownpetard

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Sat Feb-16-08 04:58 PM
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2. Are you French?

"Medicaments."

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