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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    Finger-tip Colouring Alkanet . 3S^. Rectified spirit . . §xij. Rose-water . . . Macerate for a week, add 10 drops of otto of rose, shake, and filter. A solution of eosin is also used : it should be made with perfumed spirit. Polishing-cream Bismuthi oleatis . . 59. Lanolini. . . • 5VJ- 01. amygdalae. . .59. Mix well and perfume. Nail-bleach 1 Acid, sulphuric, dil. . 59. Tr. inyrrhae . . • 5J- Aq. lavand. . . . jiij. Aq. ad . . . . §iv. M. To whiten the nails, dip the tips of the fingers in the lotion after wash- ing, dry, and polish with chamois. 11 Acid, tartaric . . • 5i- Tr. myrrhae . • 5j- Aq. coloniensis . • 5b- Aq. destillat. . . • 5ui M. Whitening the Hands is one of the principal features of manicure as practised at home. The more common articles required are subjoined. Chemists are often asked for ‘some- thing to whiten ladies’ hands.’ Looking at the matter in an, unsophisticated way the request seems a trifle ridiculous, for ‘ ladies ’ consider that white hands, naturally so, are the mark of breeding and all that implies their ladyhood. Once the hands begin to dip into the various kinds of housework, which implies wetting them, the skin loses its natural softness and becomes red, if the worker does not immediately there- after wash and brush the hands thoroughly with soap [and warm water, drying with a well-warmed and clean towel. At this point some skin-lotion may be applied. Well-diluted glycerine (1 in 8) usually suffices, a teaspoonful or so being rubbed all over the hands, which are then dried with the towel, but if the skin has a tendency to harden a creamy lotion is preferable. Housemaids should use something of the cerate type on the backs of the hands (see next page). Lemon Soap Curd soap . . . gvj. Eau de Cologne . . ?,ij. Lemon-juice . . . ipj. Shred the soap finely and place in a suitable dish with the eau de Cologne and lemon-juice. Warm gently until a uniform fluid is obtained, and pour into moulds. When it sets put in a warm place. A little eau de Cologne may be sprinkled over it for the first day or two. This preparation is to be used as a toilet soap. It looks most unreasonable and unscientific, but we have found it to go all right.