1 oz. 7 drms. some drops. Rasp the soap, put it in a vessel with the alcohol, and heat together over a water-bath, to perfect solution. Perfume with any desired essential oil. Add animal charcoal, and filter when the whole is cold. Thus is obtained a liquid, marking 30° B., which lathers readily with water. Essence de savon d'Italie, à la rose. White soda soap Alcohol 34° B. Rose water 10 parts. 34 parts. 34 parts. If orange Digest at a mild heat, and filter. flower water is substituted for rose water, an essence of corresponding odor is obtained. Essence of soap de Barière, à la bergamote. Essence of soap de Vienne, à la lavande. Soap Salt of tartar 3 oz. 1 drm. Alcohol of specific gravity .910 18 oz. Distilled lavender water Digest and filter. 6 oz. The perfume can be varied by using different essences. CHAPTER LVII. OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS. THIS very limited branch of the perfumer's art comprises-1st. Vulnerary waters; 2d. Cachou and pastilles for disinfecting the breath; 3d. Sundry remedies for trifling accidents. 1st. VULNERARY AND OTHER WATERS. Eau de mélisse des carmes, réformée. After some days' maceration, distil over a waterbath and rectify. Eau vulnéraire, simple-compound.-Take a handful of sage leaves, angelica, absinthe, savory, fennel, hyssop, balm, sweet basil, rue, thyme, marjoram, rosemary, serpolet, vervain, and lavender flowers, and infuse together for eight or ten days, in 6 quarts of alcohol 25° B. Then inclose them in a bag, in order to prevent their adherence to the bottom of the still, and conclude in the same manner as for the ordinary eau de mélisse. Eau d'arquebusade (distilled water) de Lausanne. This vulnerary water is renowned for its efficacy in cuts and contusions. It is more conveniently made in June or July, when its ingredients are most readily to be had. For 24 quarts, take Bruise these plants, and infuse them for 3 days in 24 quarts of alcohol and 6 quarts of water. Distil, and run off the alcohol. Eau de la reine de Hongrie.-This water, much resembling the spirituous water of lavender, is composed thus: In 6 quarts of spirit 32°, infuse for three days. 1 lbs. of tops and flowers of rosemary, lb. rose leaves, lb. orange flowers, 4 oz. barberry. Filter, and add a quart of rose water. To render it more agreeable, add a quart of orange-flower water, and distil over a water-bath. Eau de balsamines, for wounds.-This liquor, known under the name of Baume des Chartreux, is made by exposing the balsamine flowers, hermetically confined in a bottle, to the heat of the sun, until a goodly portion of them have deliquesced. Then filter and bottle up. Headache liquor.-Take Ammonia Camphor 4 oz. 2 oz. |