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Boil for 3 minutes and cool.

Apply locally to cuts, burns, sores, ulcers, etc. It first draws, then heals.

«Irritating Plaster.»—

Tar, purified 16 ounces Burgundy pitch 1 ounce White pine turpentine 1 ounce Rosin, common 2 ounces

Melt and add

Mandrake root, powdered 1 drachm Bloodroot, powdered 1 ounce Poke root, powdered 1 ounce Indian turnip root, powdered 1 ounce

Apply to the skin in the form of a {487} plaster (spread on muslin) and renew it daily.

This salve will raise a sore which is to be wiped with a dry cloth to remove matter, etc. The sore must not be wetted. This is a powerful counter-irritant for removing internal pains, and in other cases where an irritating plaster is necessary.

«Mercury Salves.»—I.—Red Salve.—Red mercury oxide, 1 part; melted lard, 9 parts.

II.—White Salve.—Mercury precipitate, 1 part; melted lard, 9 parts.

Pink salve.

Ammoniated mercury 1 ounce Mercuric oxide, precipitated 2 1⁠/⁠2 ounces Red mercuric sulphide (vermilion) 60 grains Perfume 1⁠/⁠2 fluidounce Lard 1 1⁠/⁠2 pounds Prepared suet 1⁠/⁠2 pound

«Antiseptic Nervine Ointment.»—

Iodoform 2 parts Salol 4 parts Boric acid 5 parts Antipyrine 5 parts Vaseline 80 parts

«Photographers’ Ointment.»—The following protects the hands from photographic chemicals:

Best castile soap, in fine shavings 1 ounce Water 1 ounce Wax 1 ounce Ammonia 45 minims Lanolin 1 ounce

The soap is dissolved in the water heated for that purpose, the wax mixed in with much stirring, and, when all is in solution, the ammonia is added. When clear, the lanolin is put in, and then, if the mixture is very thick, water is added until the whole has the consistency of honey. Keep in a covered stoneware jar. The hands should be first washed with ordinary soap, and then, while the lather is still on them, a bit of the mixture about the size of a hazel nut is rubbed in until all is absorbed, and the hands are dry. At the close of the work, the film of wax is washed off in warm water and a little lanolin rubbed into the hands.

«Pain-Subduing Ointment.»—The following is an excellent formula:

Tincture of capsicum 5 parts Tincture of camphor 1 part Ammonia water 2 parts Alcohol 2 parts Soap liniment 2 parts

«Skin Ointment.»—I.—Add about 2 per cent of phenol to petrolatum, perfuming it with oil of bergamot and color a dull green. It has been suggested that a mixture of Prussian blue and yellow ocher would answer as the coloring agent.

II.—Phenol 40 grains Boric acid 2 drachms Oil of bergamot 90 minims Petrolatum 1 pound Color with chlorophyll.

OINTMENTS FOR VETERINARY PURPOSES: See Veterinary Formulas.

OLEIN SOAP: See Soap.

OLEOMARGARINE: See Butter.

OLIVE-OIL PASTE: See Butter Substitutes.

ONYX CEMENTS: See Adhesives.

ORANGEADE: See Beverages, under Lemonades.

ORANGE BITTERS AND CORDIAL: See Wines and Liquors.