Mercury ointment - Suiginnankou

Japanese: 水銀軟膏 - すいぎんなんこう
Mercury ointment - Suiginnankou
〘 noun 〙 A grayish-white ointment made by mixing mercury with lard, beef tallow, dehydrated lanolin, etc. It was used to treat syphilis, chronic glandular swelling, and to eliminate pubic lice. [Fushi Kenken Ikun (1842)] * Blue Monday (1965-67) <Kaiko Ken> 1 "I always polish the buckle of my band with mercury ointment."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 水銀に豚脂、牛脂、脱水ラノリンなどを混合した灰白色の軟膏。梅毒の治療、慢性腺腫脹、ケジラミの駆除薬として用いられた。〔扶氏経験遺訓(1842)〕※青い月曜日(1965‐67)〈開高健〉一「バンドのバックルをいつも水銀軟膏で磨きたてている」

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