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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    III Blanched bitter almonds . 5iij. Tincture of benzoin . . ^^ss. Soft soap. . . • 5j' . Rose-water . . . Beat up the almonds with the soft soap, emulsify with the rose- water, strain, and add the tincture. IV Tincture of benzoin . 5ss. Tincture of storax . Spirit of rose . Rectified spirit . 511SS. Mix and add to Rose-water . ^xviss Give one shake. V Liq. plumbi subacet. • 5ij- Glycermi. . §ss. Spt. rect. • ST Spt. rosse . §ss. Aq. lavand. • fiij- Aq. destil. ad . • §xvj Mix all together, adding the liq. plumbi last. Lait Virginal Tincture of benzoin . . 5ij. Rose-water to . . . ^viij. I Mix. j A proof-spirit tincture gives the 1 best result, but the milk is greatly improved by the addition of glycerine 5iij, to the water. Orange- flower water or other aromatic water may also be used. The first formula for milk of roses is the best. It is typical of the old-fashioned article. There are several modifications of this form, but none gives so good a result as No. i., or a lotion so nice in all respects. It is a good, soothing applica- tion, and keeps well. No. 11. is a simple and quickly made milk, which does not separate. It is apt to become stringy. Nos. III. and iv. are French formulas, and No. v. a German. These are excellent lotions, iv. and v. especially being of a highly cooling nature owing to the spirit which they contain. Cucumber Cream.—A formula for a preparation similar in appearance to the original glycerine and cucumber was first published in The Chemist and Druggist'm 1886, as a sugges- tion, and all which have since seen the light of day are more or less modifications of it. No. i. formula subjoined is the 1886 one. 1 II White glycerine soap Cucumber ointment Ess. Jockey Club Rectified spirit . • Tepid distilled water . Jxxxi Prepare as stated under No. ll. 5SS. 5SS. Curd soap . . . ]^ss. Cucumber ointment . . gj. Spirit of cucumber . . jij. Oil of rose-geranium . 55s. Distilled water. . . Jxxx. Dissolve the soap in 2 oz. of