I wasnt acusing you of being biased...
I hope this means that you accept my pro-raw-meat view and that I would be happy if it turns out that your view is correct.
Again, if you find any evidence to support your view, please do share it. It would be helpful to me. Just debating theory endlessly isn't going to get us anywhere.
When I saw "black ointment" I first thought of a topical therapy, as I am familiar with another alternative black ointment (aka "black salve") therapy that is used on the skin and in my experience in the healthcare industry, I have only seen "ointment" used to refer to topical treatment, never to food. I hope that helps explain why that seems like the most plausible explanation to me. Just in case I'm rare in this, I asked my friend what "black ointment" sounds like to her and she said it sounded like something one would use on the skin, and she didn't buy the raw food notion (for humans) based on "soothing to dogs and men." I need supporting evidence to convince people of your idea. I've had some luck in countering the criticisms from friends and relatives of my raw meat eating by pointing out the countless traditional raw meat/fish dishes like steak tartare, but more evidence would be welcome. I'm hoping that if it's that important to you, that you'll look and that you'll find something.
Even given my first impression, I was hoping that there might be something to your raw food notion, as that would be interesting as well as useful ammunition, and I looked for some evidence of it. Unfortunately, I failed to find any. The only explanation I found was "its use as a cure for black eyes." If you don't believe me, please check yourself. Maybe it will turn out that gangsters used it on their eyes first and then ate it raw for a double-benefit?