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Rose Water (Take Troy forms a useful)

tain powerful essential oils. To produce the
tain powerful essential oils. To produce the

Take 48 Troy forms a useful caustic for warts and corns. ounces pale rose, and 16 pints water. Mix As it is highly corrosive, it should be kept them and distill 8 pints. When it is desirable from contact with the skin and clothes. to keep the rose for some time before distill- (Cooley.) ing, it may be preserved by being well mixed with 1/22 its weight of chloride of sodium (table salt). U. S. Ph. (See No. 1008.)

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