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Bates Salve
« on: February 18, 2007, 07:05:38 PM »
Does anyone know what Bates Salve is?
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Re: Bates Salve
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2007, 12:34:34 AM »
huh?
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Re: Bates Salve
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2007, 02:49:26 AM »
Some herb?
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Re: Bates Salve
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2007, 06:00:22 PM »
Ok, sorry for the lack of information, I just thought I would see if anyone had heard of it.

The story is that someone has sent a sample, of what looks like some kind of block of dark brown wax, to us at work to figure out what it is. I have started to run it through the GCMS but can't seem to get anything out of it (not that I am an expert on the GCMS yet). The container says it is Bates Salve, and as far as I can tell it is some form of home remedy for splinters, boild, cuts etc etc. What I don't know is what it is made of.

It is a mystery. So if anyone has some ideas of what it may be or even what GCMS methods I could try, I would love to hear.

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Re: Bates Salve
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2007, 08:13:48 PM »
I have unused stick of Bates Salve with instruction wrapper.
Made by Bee Brand.  "This preparation contains 22 parts per centum of Lead Oxide."
First made in Hull,England
Bates & Co., Adelaide (Australia)

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Re: Bates Salve
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2016, 08:29:29 AM »
Bates Salve my mother used to put on me. It is fantastic for drawing out pus., for boils and infections. You melt it onto a band aid and then put the band aid on the infected area. Put it as hot as you can bear. It will draw out all the muck. Leave it on for 24 hours

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Re: Bates Salve
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2016, 10:24:34 AM »
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5330777

and comment of Sandy Usher from 30 Apr. 2016 (grand daughter of Victor Usher, son of William Bates, proprietor of Bates' Salve)
https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/52160aee19403a17c4ba247e
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