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Dupuytren's Pomade
Take 12 melt by a gentle heat, add baume nerval, 4 avoirdupois ounces prepared beefmarrow; ounces; 3 ounces each balsam of Peru and oil of almonds; and mix thoroughly. Then out sufficient reason, since experience shows add alcoholic extract of cantharides, 36 grains, that it possesses no superiority over the fats dissolved in 3 Imperial fluid drachms rectiordinarily employed by the perfumers. In- fied spirit; ordinarily employed by the perfumers. In- fied spirit; stir the mass until it concretes. original formula for this celebrated smell of genuine bear's grease as an indication pomade ; but, in serious cases, Dupuytren of its quality, it must be inferior to them as a hair cosmetic; besides which, it is much more costly. The greater portion of the socalled bear's grease now sold is a factitious article, and is prepared by the following formula:was in the habit of doubling, or even tripling the proportion of the extract of cantharides without altering that of the other ingredients.
The product is a genial stimulant and rubefacient, and , not undeservedly, has long been by medicating the scalp. held in high esteem as a hair-cosmetic, acting