Grandma'S Salve - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. tallow
1/3 as much beeswax as tallow
1/3 as much resin as beeswax

Preparation

Melt and pour
into
2\tquarts\tof
cold water 9 times, changing the water.
Each time
squeeze
most of the water out with hands.
At last heating,
add\ta piece of camphor gum the size of a small hickory
nut.
Break into small pieces to melt more readily.
Roll into balls.
While
doing so, work out the particles of water, keeping a dry rag to wipe hands on as they become moist.
To apply,
reheat before application.
Store in waxed paper.