The druggist's general receipt book : comprising a copious veterinary formulary, numerous recipes in patent and proprietary medicines, druggists' nostrums, etc., perfumery and cosmetics, beverages, dietetic articles, and condiments, trade chemicals, scientific processes, and an appendix of useful tables / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1872
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Credit: The druggist's general receipt book : comprising a copious veterinary formulary, numerous recipes in patent and proprietary medicines, druggists' nostrums, etc., perfumery and cosmetics, beverages, dietetic articles, and condiments, trade chemicals, scientific processes, and an appendix of useful tables / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Calcine tartar-emetic in a similar manner, or in a closed crucible. 3. Mix 11 parts of lamp-black with 2 of powdered sul- phate of potash, and heat the mixture strongly in a closely covered crucible. The product is so combustible that it can scarcely be transferred to a bottle without danger. 4. Mix 3 parts of powdered alum with 1 of flour, and calcine the mixture in a common phial coated with clay or placed in sand, till it ceases to emit a blue flame. Be- fore it is cold, close it securely with a sound cork or glass stopper. 5. Mix neutral chromate of lead with l-6th its weight of sulphur; triturate them with water sufficient to form a paste, and make it into pellets; dry these perfectly, then heat them in a tube till the sulphur is all driven off, and secure as the last. Rat and Mice Poisons. [Such as contain arsenic are placed first, and afterwards several compounds which have been introduced as substitutes for that mineral, which has proved so destructive of human life. According to a recent Act of Parliament, this dangerous compound can only be purchased in wholesale quantities. Among other precau- tions taken to prevent accident, it is provided that it be mixed with colouring matters, such as soot and indigo, in order to prevent its being taken by mistake, or ensure de- tection if designedly administered. Arsenical Paste' (authorised by the Government of France). Melt 2 lb of suet in an earthen vessel over a slow fire, and add 2 lb of wheat flour, 3 oz. of levigated white arsenic, 2^ dr. of lamp-black, 15 drops of oil of aniseed. It may be used alone, or mixed with bread crumbs, &c. [For destroying rats and mice.] 2. For barn floors. Mix a pint of good flour with as much yellow arsenic as will lie on a shilling; put this in a small heap on the floor, and over this put another pint of good flour unmixed. Draw a track up to the heap with a feather dipped in oil of aniseed and oil of caraways, and sprinkle this over with a little flour.* * The following is an old rat-catcher's receipt for oils to attract rats :— Two dr. of oil of aniseed, 2 drops of nitrous acid, and 2 gr. of musk. Oil of rhodium is also supposed to he very attractive to these vermin. Assafcctida with these oils is sometimes used.