Diachylon

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(di-ak' -il-on) [did, through; x u ^°C> juice]. Lead-plaster or Plumbi oxidum

Vintage pharmacy jar for Diachylon ointment

It is a plaster made boiling lead oxide, olive oil, and water and applied to sheets of linen, and works as an adhesive plaster when heated

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