1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
VASELINE, or mineral jelly, the Paraffinum molle of the British Pharmacopoeia, a commercial product of petroleum which is largely employed in pharmacy, both alone and as a vehicle for the external application of medicinal agents, especially when local action rather than absorption is desired, and as a protective coating for metallic surfaces. " Vaseline " is a registered proprietary name (coined from the German Wasser, water, the Greek t\a<ov, oil, and the termination -ine), and is strictly applicable only to the m…
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