A Balsamic Plaister.
Take Diapalma 2 ounces; Cyprus Turpentine, yellow Wax, each half an ounce; melt these together, and add Oil of Numeg 16 drops; powdered Balsam of Tolu 1 ounce, mix.
Lay it to the Back for Pain and Weakness, and Fluor Albus. If it cause a troublesom Itching, it must be pulled off for a few days, till its volatile parts are a little flown off, and then put on again.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710