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Blonde or Flaxen Hair Dye

Mix in 10 ounces distilled water, 1 ounce acetate of iron, 1 ounce nitrate of silver, and 2 ounces nitrate of bismuth; moisten the hair with this mixture, and, after an hour, touch it with a mixture of equal parts of sulphide of potassium and distilled water.

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