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=== Medicinal === Benzoic acid is a constituent of [[Whitfield's ointment]] which is used for the treatment of fungal skin diseases such as [[ringworm]] and [[athlete's foot]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medipharmalimited.com/whitfield_ointment.asp |title=Whitfield Ointment |access-date=15 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009152212/http://www.medipharmalimited.com/whitfield_ointment.asp |archive-date=9 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = Wilson and Gisvold's Textbook of Organic Medicinal and Pharmaceutical | url = https://archive.org/details/wilsongisvoldste00bloc_128 | url-access = limited |author1=Charles Owens Wilson |author2=Ole Gisvold |author3=John H. Block | year = 2004 | publisher = Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | isbn = 978-0-7817-3481-3 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/wilsongisvoldste00bloc_128/page/n245 234]}}</ref> As the principal component of [[benzoin (resin)|gum benzoin]], benzoic acid is also a major ingredient in both [[tincture of benzoin]] and Friar's balsam. Such products have a long history of use as topical [[antiseptic]]s and inhalant [[decongestant]]s. Benzoic acid was used as an [[expectorant]], [[analgesic]], and [[antiseptic]] in the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Troches of Benzoic Acid|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cs3mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA25|journal=Practical Druggist and Pharmaceutical Review of Reviews|last1=Lillard|first1=Benjamin|year=1919}}</ref>
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