Bag Balm is a salve developed in 1899 to soothe irritation on cows' udders after milking. Bag Balm is also widely used to soothe dry, cracked skin on humans.
Lanolin, also called wool fat, wool yolk, wool wax, sheep grease, sheep yolk, or wool grease, is a wax secreted by the sebaceous glands of wool-bearing animals. Lanolin used by humans comes from domes
Bag Balm
…in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The active ingredients of Bag Balm are 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate 0.3% (antiseptic) in a petroleum jelly USP and lanolin base. In the past, Bag Balm has been documented as containing 0.005% ethylmercury. Mercury was once used in many products as an effective antiseptic…
Wool fat tin (adeps lanae), at the Centre touristique de la Laine et de la Mode in Verviers, Belgium