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Graham Slater Collection
Unguentum Laurinum was an ointment made from bay leaves and berries. The 'virtues' of such a concoction are extoled in John Pechey's 'The London Dispensatory', published in 1694, where 'It is good to be used in all cold distempers, (wh)ich affect the nerves and joynts, it expels wind'.