RECIPES. 687 



tincture of cayenne, catechu, guaiacum (guac), and laudanum, of each one ounce; tinc- 

 ture of myrrh, four ounces; oil of origanum, two ounces; oil of wintergreen, one-half 

 ounce; gum camphor, two ounces; and chloroform, one and one-half ounces. This 

 is one of the best applications for internal pains known; it is superior to any other 

 enumerated in this work. 



Shampooing Mixture, for Five Cents a Quart. Will be found just the thing 

 desired. Take purified carbonate of potash, commonly called salts of tartar, one 

 ounce; rain-water, one quart; mix, and it is ready for use. Apply a few spoonfuls 

 to the head, rubbing and working it thoroughly; then rinse out with clean, soft water, 

 and dry the hair well with a coarse, dry towel, applying a little oil or pomatum to 

 supply the natural oil which has been saponified and "washed out by the operation of 

 the mixture. 



Hair Restorative Equal to Wood's, for a Trifling Cost. Preparation. 

 Take sugar of lead, borax, and lac sulphur, of each one ounce; aqua ammonia, one- 

 half ounce; alcohol, one gill. These articles to stand' mixed for fourteen hours; then 

 add bay rum, one gill, and one tablespoonful of fine table salt, with three pints of soft 

 water, and flavor with one ounce of essence of bergamot. This preparation not only 

 gives a beautiful gloss to the hair, but will cause hair to grow on bald heads, arising 

 from all common causes, and turn gray hair to a dark color. 



Manner of Application. Where the hair is thin or bald, make two applications 

 daily, until this amount is used up, unless the hair has come out sufficiently to satisfy 

 you before that time. Work it well to the roots of the hair with a soft brush, or the 

 ends of the fingers, rubbing well each time. For gray hair, one application daily is 

 sufficient. It is harmless, and will do all that is claimed for it, and will cost only a 

 trifle in comparison with the advertised restoratives of the day, and will be found as 

 good as, or better than, most of them. 



Erasive Soap. For six pounds common bar soap, one ounce sal-soda, one ounce 

 borax; soap shaved fine; two quarts soft water. Boil all together twenty minutes; let 

 it cool a little; add two tablespoonfuls of hartshorn, one ounce spirits of turpentine. 



British Oil. Fearing that British oil is not now generally kept, as it should be, 

 I give its composition. Take oils of turpentine and linseed, each eight ounces; oils 

 of amber and juniper, each four ounces; Barbadoes tar, three ounces; Seneca oil, one 

 ounce. Mix. This of itself is an excellent application to cuts, bruises, swellings, and 

 sores of almost any description, and this recipe alone is worth treble the price paid 

 for this book, to those who have not got it. 



Green Mountain Liniment. Take ninety-five per cent alcohol, two quarts, and 

 add to it the following articles : Oils of sassafras, hemlock, spirits of turpentine, bal- 

 sam of fir, chloroform, and tinctures of catechu and guaiacum (guac), of each one 

 ounce; oil of origanum, two ounces; oil of wintergreen, one-half ounce; gum cam- 

 phor, one-half ounce. 



Oil of Gladness. Oils of marjoram, peppermint, horsemint (monarda), each one 

 drachm; ether, two drachms; tincture capsicum, four drachms ; tincture opium, rubri 

 (red saunders), each one drachm; alcohol, sufficient to make eight ounces. Mix. 

 Used externally for rheumatism, neuralgia, stiffness, etc.; internally for colic, cramps, 

 and diarrhoea. 



Bill Wright's Cure for Inflammatory Rheumatism. Take one ounce each of 

 sulphur and nitrate of potassa; gum guaiacum, one-half ounce; colchicum root and 

 nutmegs, one-quarter ounce; all to be pulverized and mixed with simple syrup or 

 molasses, two ounces. 



