Pharmaceutical formulas : being The chemist and druggist̕s book of useful recipes for the drug-trade collated chiefly from The chemist and druggist and The chemists̕ and druggists̕ diaries / by Peter MacEwan.

Date:
1911
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Pharmaceutical formulas : being The chemist and druggist̕s book of useful recipes for the drug-trade collated chiefly from The chemist and druggist and The chemists̕ and druggists̕ diaries / by Peter MacEwan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Label appropriately, and with a small ‘ Shake the bottle. ’ When ' this lotion is applied to the face and hands occasionally—always after washing or after exposure—it keeps the skin smooth and soft. Zinc Hydroxide, prepared by pre- cipitation of solution of zinc sulphate (I in 20) with ammonia solution, is smoother than zinc oxide, and is stated by Lucas to be used in French face-preparations which produce a velvety appearance. After well washing the precipitate from the sulphate by decantation, make the , product from 2 oz. up to 18 oz. j with distilled water and add 2 oz. of glycerine. Keep this as a stock preparation, using i oz. as equivalent for cosmetic purposes to a drachm of zinc oxide. Pimple-lotion Crystallised alum Salt. Sublimed sulphur Sugar candy Spermaceti Elder-flower water Distilled water . Brandy Bj- 5j- Bj- 5b- 5b- B“j- B^b- B^- Reduce all the solids to fine powder and rub uj) with the mixed liquids. ‘ The lotion to be applied at intervals during the day upon linen rags, which should frequently be changed.’ Curious as this lotion appears to be, it is an effectual and quick remedy for eruptions on the face. Emollient Summer Lotion Clycerini . Aq. mell is Aq. lavand. Aq. flor. aurant. Aq. flor. sambuci Otto rosjE Spt. rect. . • .Bj- • .Bj- - 5'b- • .Bj- • Biv. - KU. b- • B-‘5S- I Dissolve the otto in the spirit, and mix with the rest of the ingre- dients in the order given. P'ilter. This lotion is a very superior article, and retails at 6</. per oz. Put it up in nice bottles, preferably of amber glass. EMOLLIENT SUMMER LOTION SOFTENS THE SKIN, IMPROVES AND PRESERVES THE COMPLEXION, Rendering it Clear and Beautiful. Removes tan, sunburn, freckles, and any roughness, irritation, or redness caused by exposure. Apply to the skin by means of a soft linen cloth, especially after washing. Complexion Beautiflers r. (Similar to Madame Ruppert’s) Corrosive sublimate . gr. viij. Tincture of benzoin . 5]. Water to . . . ^viij. Mix. Apply night and morning. II. (Similar to Kalydor and Gow- land’s Lotion) Blanched bitter almonds . jj. Rose-water . . • Make a milky emulsion, strain, and add Mercuric chloride . . gr. ss. Ammonium chloride . gr. ij. Eau de Cologne . . Jss. Cherry-laurel water . jss. Mix.