Pharmaceutical formulas : being "The chemist and druggist's" book of useful recipes for the drug trade ... / by Peter MacEwan.

  • MacEwan, Peter, 1856-1917.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Pharmaceutical formulas : being "The chemist and druggist's" book of useful recipes for the drug trade ... / by Peter MacEwan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    case the mixture is deemed too thick. Massage Pastes 1 Powdered tragacanth Glycerine Zinc oxide Rose-water II SU- SP 5U- Sx>j- SnJ- 5“j- 5SS* Sss. 5ss. remover aa. jj. SV1U- S1V- S1V- Slv- 5iv- Siv- Lanoline Soft paraffin Borax . Zinc oxide Tincture of benzoin in. Wrinkle Alum, et tannin. Glycerini amyli Dr. Sand’s Massage-base (Skin-food) Cold-cream No. xx. Lanoline Oil of theobroma White petroleum Distilled water Prepare like cold-creami In hot weather add Spermaceti . . . j^SS- White wax . . . giiss. Massage Lotions Cooling. — Witch-hazel essence SJ-) rose-water giij. Freckle. — Zinc sulphocarbolate 3ss. to §j. of a mixture of glycerine (1) and perfumed water (5). Healing.—Zinc oxide with gly- cerine and rose-water. Tome.—Tr. benzoin. Xss., liq. hamamel. gj., glycer. gj., aq. rosce Wrinkle.—Liq. hamamel. ?ij gly. ac. bor. gj. ’ p;. .fain,1 *°r BIack Eyes Bismuth subcarbonate . xii French chalk . . Mix and colour with carmine, Armenian bole, or calamine to skin with Ap-p y after washing the parts with a mixture of Glycerine Water ■ Prepared Fullers’ Earth A good quality of well-calcined earth is digested for a day in hydro- chloric acid (1 in 2), washed tho- roughly with water, dried, and sifted. It is then mixed with half its weight of French chalk. White Fullers’ Earth is finely sifted kaolin. Sweaty-hands Lotion Formalin. Aq. rosae ad . M. Sss. 3V’U- 5F 5V- To be applied morning and even- ing and allowed to dry on. Sympathetic Blush This is a very weak solution of alloxan (gr. v.) in glycerine (?j.) and water (gxj.). Alloxan is mesoxallyl- urea [C0(NH.C0)2C0,H2O], and when first introduced was called erythric acid owing to the property which its dilute solutions in water have of dyeing the skin a red colour. The solution itself is colourless. The colour imparted to the skin varies from pale pink to purple according to the strength of the solution. The colour is destroyed by weak nitric acid. Toilet Oatmeal I Powdered orris . ?j Ionone • nix. Triturate for five minutes, then add Oatmeal (medium, and sifted free from flour) . zxij. Mix. This is for washing;the, hands. II Powdered orris . Oil of neroli . . ’ f~:- Oil of bergamot . ni^' Triturate well and add Finely siftedhat-flour . §viij Mix and sift three times. This is a dusting-powder.