1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 564. A new Pomade against Baldness.

Take of extract of yellow Peruvian bark 15 grains, extract of rhatany-root 8 grains, extract of burclock- root, and oil of nutmegs, (fixed,) of each 2 drachms, camphor (dissolved with spirits of wine) 15 grains, beef-marrow 2 ounces, best olive-oil 1 ounce, '^dtron- juice \ drachm, aromatic essential oil as much as sufhcient to render it fragrant. Mix, and make into an ointment. 2 drachms bergamot and a few drops otto of roses would suffice. This is considered a valuable preparation. silver with 3 parts pearlash, IJ parts common salt, and 1 part whiting, and well rub the mixture on the surface of brass or copper, (previously well cleaned,) by means of a piece of soft leather, or a cork moistened with water and dipped into the powder. 1 part precipi- tate silver powder, mixed with 2 parts each cream of tartar and common salt, may also be used in the same wa3\ When properly silvered, the metal should be well washed in hot water slightly alka- lized, and then wiped dry. No. 565. Silvering of Metals. Cold Silvering. — Mix 1 part chloride of ,

No. 566. To solder Irm or any other Metal loithout Fire. Take 1 ounce of sal-ammoniac, and 1 ounce of 22