turlington, noun

/ˈtɜːlɪŋtən/
Forms:
Also with initial capital.
Origin:
Etymology unknown; perhaps a proprietory name.
Friar’s Balsam (compound tincture of benzoin), used as an application for ulcers and wounds, inhaled, or used as an expectorant.
1919 Dunell, Ebden & Co.’s Price List Oct. 20Turlington, Per doz. 3/6.
1949 L.G. Green In Land of Afternoon 44When Turlington is no longer in demand.
1972 N. Sapeika in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. VII. 302A list of these traditional remedies and the corresponding modern equivalents is given in the South African Medical Journal of 1 June 1957. It includes..turlington (compound tincture of benzoin — Friar’s balsam), [etc.].
1973 S. Stander tr. of A.P. Brink’s Brandy in S. Afr. 168Another recipe which gives free rein to the imagination by avoiding any mention of measurements is a mixture of turlington, brandy and honey.
1989 D. Smuts Folk Remedies 27Coughing and asthma (chronic): Make a syrup...Now add 2–4 lbs honey, 2 little bottles bitrate of tar,..3 little bottles turlington, 1 little bottle glycerine.
Friar’s Balsam (compound tincture of benzoin), used as an application for ulcers and wounds, inhaled, or used as an expectorant.
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