Pharmaceutical formulas : a book of useful recipes for the drug trade, comprising formulas for toilet preparations and specialties and preparations for the hair, dentrifices, perfumes, household and culinary requisites, beverages, antiseptics and disinfectants, inks, varnishes, confectionery, medicinal compounds, and many other preparations related to the art of pharmacy collated chiefly from The chemist and druggist and The chemists' and druggists' diaries / with annotations by Peter MacEwan.

Date:
1898
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Credit: Pharmaceutical formulas : a book of useful recipes for the drug trade, comprising formulas for toilet preparations and specialties and preparations for the hair, dentrifices, perfumes, household and culinary requisites, beverages, antiseptics and disinfectants, inks, varnishes, confectionery, medicinal compounds, and many other preparations related to the art of pharmacy collated chiefly from The chemist and druggist and The chemists' and druggists' diaries / with annotations by Peter MacEwan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The last two recipes have the advantage of speed in pre- paration. The products are excellent. By omitting the cherry-laurel water, and replacing it with tincture of orris, we get an excellent La it d ’ Iris. It is also a good basis for a Superb Complexion Lotion. For this purpose add hydrarg. perchlor. gr. j. (dissolved in the spirit) to each ounce of the lotion, and tint it pink with liquor cocci. A smart man can put up any of the preparations in taking styles, colouring and perfuming to suit the name or names adopted. The first of the following is the style ‘ made in Germany ’ :— Lalt de Concombre Pulv. gum. acacise . . 9v. Ol. sesami. . . . 5vj. Aquae .... jiv. Mix the oil and the gum inti- mately in a mortar, then add the water, and stir diligently until the whole is perfectly incorporated. Next add Aq. rosae .... gviij. Transfer to a bottle, shake, and add the following :— Aq. coloniensis . . . jj. Spt. aether, nitrosi . . jy. Spt. camphorae . . • 5j- Tr. benzoin, simp. . . jss. Mix well. Cucumber Paste may be recipe—i.e., the product as it Cucumber Ointment Lard Jx. Suet (veal) .... Jvj. Melt together and add Tolu balsam' . . gr. ix. Dissolved in Spirit q.s. Then add cucumber juice §xij. in two portions of ?jiv. and gviij., stirring occasionally for four hours after the first addition and for another hour after the second. Finally pour off the juice, melt the fat on a water- bath, and pot. When cold cover with a layer of rose-water. Note.—Some cucumber pomade is made with lanoline, and is use- less for making the cream. made according to the third stands at the end of twelve hours—adding to each ounce of it 20 minims of simple tinc- ture of benzoin. Glycerine Cream 1 Almond oil 3-viij. Spermaceti . . . giij. White wax . . . 3-j. Borax .... Jss. Glycerine .... giij. Orange-flower water . . gj. Qil of neroli , . . in.v. Otto of rose > . . ]ny. Melt the first three ingredients together, and transfer to a hot mortar. Dissolve the borax in the glycerine and orange-flower water, and add a little at a time to the mortar contents, stirring well to produce a nice, uniform cream. Finally add the perfume.