zambukn.

1904 Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Nov. 1406 Zam-buk... Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy, but not including gelatine capsules... The Bile Bean Manufacturing Company,..Leeds; vendors of proprietary medicines.]

1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 21 June 221/1 The tenderfoot and Zambuk, Working madly in the trenches, Comes a ‘gutzer’ in those trenches, And is taught to take a rumble.

1943 Amer. Speech 18 95 A few trade names have caught the public fancy, and become generalised. Thus Zambuk, a brand of ointment, is regularly used for a ‘first-aid man’ (usually a member of the St. John's Ambulance Corps), or even as an appeal for first aid.

1950 B. Sutton-Smith Our Street iv. 50 Everybody would shout, ‘Zambuk! Zambuk!’ until the first-aid man came to the rescue.

1965 N.Z. Listener 5 Nov. 4/5 Perhaps he might have concussion... A zambuck came with sal volatile.

1968 Wanganui Photo News 31 Aug. 13 (caption) No injuries to attend to so these ‘Zambuk’ ladies get on with their knitting at the basketball recently.

1969 N.Z. Listener 23 May 12/3 The driver was dead... There was a girl in a bad way mixed up with him. ‘Better leave it for the zambucs,’ Payne said.

1972 P. Mathers Wort Papers 95 They even supplied the zambuck, a priest with brown attaché case containing oils and waters for extreme unction.