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taffetas, give them an unfavourable appearance to the eye. 
The formula proposed by M. Deschamps, is the following : 
Take of Cantharides in powder, 10 ounces, 
Euphorbium in powder, 1 " 
Alcohol of 35° B., 2 lbs. 
Introduce the matters into a matrass, heat by means of a 
water bath in a manner to boil the alcohol, — allow to cool, de- 
cant, filter, and add to the residuum 
Alcohol of 35°, 1 lb. 
Operate in like manner; mix the alcoholic tinctures together, 
and distil so as to obtain 2lb. 8oz. of alcohol; then- — 
Ichthyocolla, 7 drachms. 
Water, q. s. to make it swell; 
The next day employ heat to dissolve it: strain, and mix with 
the residue of the solution; evaporate so as to have 12 ounces 
of liquid, and spread with a brush. 
Let each layer dry, and give the last coating with a tinc- 
ture made of one part of benzoin and three of alcohol of 35°. 
It is sufficient to wet the skin with cold water when you 
wish to apply these taffetas. 
The waxed taffetas may be replaced with white skin, but 
before applying the vesicating matter, it is necessary to give 
to the skin a coating of the following liquid: 
Take of Lampblack, 1 drachm, 
Gelatine, 2 drachms, 
Water, li ounce. 
M. Thierry has communicated a formula analogous to the 
preceding, and which he has always used with success; it is 
this: 
Take of Euphorbium, q. v. 
Alcohol of 32°, q. s. 
Make a saturated tincture; spread successive coats upon wax- 
