This rather goes against our British ideas, since we rub no oil or Unguents on our skin, but only soap which deprives it of its natural oil and too often imparts a dry and hard texture.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Ilse returned to her kitchen, the baby was appeased by its scientific diet, Ingeborg's bed grew smooth and spotless, her room was quiet, nobody knocked any more against the foot of the bed in passing or shook the floor and herself by heavy treading; she was no longer tended with the same vigour that made the kitchen floor spotless and the pig happy; bandages, Unguents, and disinfectants stood neatly in rows, clean white cloths covered the tables, the windows were wide open day and night, and lamps left off burning exactly where they shone into her eyes.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
With Unguents left years before by white men, Annadoah treated his many cuts and bruises and bound them securely with clean leather.
"The Eternal Maiden"
T. Everett Harré