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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    11 Pulv. tragacanth. . . 59. 01. rosae geran. . . n\xv. Spt. rectificat. . . . §ss. Glycerini .... §iij. Aquae .... gvj. Dissolve the oil of rose-geranium in the rectified spirit and add to the tragacanth contained in a mortar ; mix well, then add all at once the glycerine and water, previously mixed, and stir until uniform. No. 1. cream is a healing agent for hands and face when frost-bitten, chapped, or sunburnt. It should be put up in opaline jars or wide-mouthed bottles with celluloid caps. It resembles cold-cream, and is used in a similar manner. No. 11. has been sold as ‘ Cream of Roses ’ and under other names, according as it is perfumed. It is put up, like No. 1., for summer and winter use. Honey-and-Almond Cream Cold-cream . . . §ss. Almond oil ... §ss. Glycerine .... §ss. Boric acid . . . . gj. Solution of soda . . . ^iss. Quince mucilage (5]. seeds) gv. Water to . . . . Ov. Stir the cold-cream, almond oil, and solution of soda together until a uniform soapy emulsion is obtained. Dissolve the boric acid in 60 oz. of warm water ; to this add the glycerine and quince muci- lage, and add the mixture slowly, and with constant stirring, to the mortar contents. Perfume with spirits of almonds and rose when cold, and make up. Lanoline Toilet Cream Rieger’s almond soap . . jj. Distilled water . . . ?j. Dissolve by heat, and mix with Lanoline . . . . jj. Glycerine . . . . ^j. Use a warm mortar for the mix- ing, and perfume with rose and neroli. Creme de Toilette For the removal of sunburn, freckles, comedones, and similar affections:— Lanoline . Almond oil Precipitated sulphur Oxide of zinc Violet extrait Tincture of alkanet • 5V- • 5V- • 5V- • . Jiiss. . 5ss. . a sufficiency Make an ointment, using suf- ficient of the tincture of alkanet to impart a flesh colour. Lanoline cream is an excellent application for chapped hands, lips, or face. It should be applied to the parts affected, and in ten minutes washed off with tepid water and soap. ‘ 1 he lanoline remains as a fine, adherent layer, re- placing the natural fat, and restoring the pliability of the skin/ '