Lip Salve, No
1. - Take oil of almonds three ounces, spermaceti one ounce, virgin rice half an ounce.
Melt these together over a slow fire, mixing with them a little powder of alkanet root to color it. Keep stirring till cold, and then add a few drops of the oil of rhodium. No. 2.-Oil of almonds, spermaceti, white wax, and white sugar candy, equal parts, forms a good white lip salve.
Excellent for the Teeth and Gums. - Take Peruvian bark, coarsely powdered, one ounce, and infuse for a fortnight in half a pint of brandy. Gargle the mouth night and morning with a teaspoonful of this tincture diluted with an equal quantity of rose water.