From the great spermaceti whale, principally lodged in a cavity below the snout, also from the blunt headed and the small-eyed cacholot; composed of spermaceti mixed with oil.(1)
Note
1. The sperm whale or cachelot (Physeter macrocephalus).
Source
Samuel Frederic Gray. A supplement to the Pharmacopoeia being a complete dispensatory and manual for medical practitioners and retail druggists. London, 1831.
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