The House-Keeper's Guide and Indian Doctor

1851, and one small book promises ice creams, perfumery, soap, furniture polish, a complete system of doctoring — and model letters for every occasion.

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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.

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