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Common Pomatum

Take of a quart of hot castor oil; have perfume ready plain pomade (or fat), 1 pound, melt it at the to put in at once, and pour in warm bottles. lowest degree of heat that will effect the ob- Another very superior article is prepared in ject, add of oil of bergamot and lemon, of each 1 drachm stir the mixture until it beuntil it begins to concrete, and then pour it into the pots or bottles. This forms the ordinary pomatum. the following way: Fatty oil of almonds, 2½ pounds; spermaceti, & pound; oil of lemon, 3 ounces. The spermaceti is melted in a watera waterbath, the oils are then added, and the heat kept up until a uniform mass is obtained, in