0 a thick substance, usually containing medicine, that is put on the skin where it is sore or where there is an injury, in order to cure it -- 藥膏，軟膏，油膏
eye ointment 眼藥膏
This includes evidence of harm in children in the 1950s when mercury was using in teething powders, dusting powders and ointments.
Topical antibiotic ointment was applied to the eye before suturing the eyelids.
When it grew dark, however, he was forced to decide between treating himself with the ointment or using it as burning oil, so he could continue to study.
It is recounted in his obituary, and described by a contemporary as the 'one fly in his ointment'.
Frequent use of topical lubricants together with antibiotic drops or ointment for any associated bacterial contamination will relieve most symptoms.
It was an early ingredient in ointments against skin parasites and eczema.
Systemic candidiasis in extremely low birth weight infants receiving topical petrolatum ointment for skin care : a case-control study.
There is, however, a large -y in the ointment: the loophole analyzed above.
