Pharmaceutical formulas : being The chemist and druggist's book of useful recipes for the drug-trade selected chiefly from The chemist and druggist and The chemist and druggist diaries / by Peter MacEwan.

  • MacEwan, Peter, 1856-1917.
Date:
1914
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Licence: In copyright

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

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    Skin Colour Bismuth oxychloride . 311SS French chalk . • 5X- Starch • 5y- Calamine. • 5xi- Oil of ylang-ylang . lTllj. Mix. Diaphane Powder {Sarah Bernhardt's) Whitest Venetian talc . §ij. Rice flour . . . §ij. Zinc white . . . §j. Mix and perfume with a suf- ficiency of the following :— Oil of bergamot . . niXLV. Oil of ylang-ylang . . Jss. Oil of neroli . . . jss. Eau de Cologne . . jv. The Rose-tinted Powder is coloured with ammoniacal solution of carmine and perfumed with a mixture of Oil of bergamot . . uixlv. Otto if rose . . . 5ss. Oil of cinnamon . . inviij. Essence of musk . . ntviij. Essence of white rose . 5v. The Yellow-tinted Powder is coloured with cadmium yellow, or, better, with yellow ochre and a trace of carmine, the perfume being a mixture of Oil of bergamot niXLV. Oil of cloves . rtixv. Oil of cedar-wood . uixv. Oil of patchouli U|XV. Essence of new-mown hay 5V- Langtry Invisible Zinc oxide Sxvj- Precipitated chalk . lb. vj. French chalk . Sxvj- Starch .... lb. ij. Ext. white rose si- Ext. jasmine . si- Ext. orange-blossoms si- Ext. cassie si- Essence of musk Sss. Mix well and sift three times. Pistachio Toilet-powder Pistachio flour (free from oil) §xvj. French chalk . . . ijxvj. Oil of lavender . . jss. Otto of rose . . . jss. Oil of cinnamon . . niyj. Mix. A New York complexion specialist, whose articles, at high prices, have obtained considerable vogue, uses the following prescriptions :— Face-powder Base White talc . . 8 lbs. Fine kaolin . . 4 lbs. Mix. Flesh Face-powder Base 9 lbs. Powdered Florentine orris I lb. Carmine No. 40 . 250 gr. Extract of jasmin . 100 mins. Oil of neroli. 20 mins. Vanillin 5 gr- Artificial musk 3° gr- White heliotropin. 3° gr- Coumarin I gr. Rub the carmine with a portion of the base and alcohol in a mortar, mixing the perfume the same way j in another large mortar and adding the orris. Mix and sift all until specks of carmihe disappear on rubbing. Brunette or Rachelle Base . . . .9 lbs. i Powdered Florentine orris 1 lb. , Perfume the same. ; Powdered yellow ochre 3 oz. 120 gr. (av.) Carmine No. 40 . . 60 gr. Rub down the carmine and ochre