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Evaporating Lotions
These pieces, and dissolved in halfa pint of spirits of lotions are soothing and refrigerant if allowed wine in a closely corked bottle; when fully to evaporate by free exposure; and stimulant, dissolved, add pint of ox-gall and 60 drops if the evaporation is prevented by covering of laudanum. Shake it well, and bottle for the part with the hand, or a piece of oiled use. silk. They are useful applications in nervous is very efficacious in the cure of fresh wounds, This has been a patent medicine, and headaches, restlessness, irritability of the skin, cuts, bruises , swellings, sores, and inflamed &c. Mix 1½ fluid ounces each of sulphuric and pained parts. ether, rectified spirit, and solution of acetate of ammonia, with 3+ fluid ounces rose-water. sublimate, 4 ounce; spirits of salt (muriatic