7. (Turkish d.; Turkish rusma.) Orpiment, 1 part; quicklime, 9 parts. For use, it is mixed up with soap lees, and a little powdered starch.
Depilatory, Boettger’s. Powdered sulphydrate of sodium, one part; washed chalk, three parts; made into a thick paste with a little water. Let a layer about the thickness of the back of a knife be spread upon the hairy surface. After two or three minutes the stoutest hairs are transformed into a soft mass which may be removed by water. A more prolonged action would attack the skin.
Depilatory, Boudet’s. Prep. Sulphide of sodium (crystallised), 3 parts; quicklime (in fine powder), 10 parts; starch, 10 parts; mix. To be mixed with water, and applied to the skin, and scraped off in 2 or 3 minutes with a wooden knife. Very effective and safe.
Depilatory, Cazenave’s. Syn. Mahon’s d.; Pommade épilatoire de Cazenave, Fr. Prep. Quicklime, 1 part; carbonate of soda, 2 parts; lard, 8 parts; mix. Applied as an ointment.
Depilatory, Chi′nese. Prep. 1. Quicklime, 8 oz.; pearlash (dry) and liver of sulphur, of each 1 oz.; all reduced to a fine powder; mixed, and kept in a close bottle.
2. (Roseate d.) As No. 1., but coloured with a little rose pink or light red.
These preparations are applied in the same manner as Boudet’s Depilatory.
Depilatory, Colley’s. See Depilatory, Arsenical.
Depilatory, Hydrosulphate of Lime. Prep. (Beasley.) Mix quicklime and water to a thick cream, and pass into the mixture 25 or 30 times its volume of sulphuretted hydrogen gas. When the gas ceases to be absorbed, stop the process. The pulpy mass is spread on paper, and applied for 12 or 15 minutes. It is very effective, but has a most disgusting smell. Spolasco’s depilatory is a very similar preparation (see below).
Depilatory, Mechan′ical. Syn. Depilatory plastee. Prep. From pitch and resin, equal parts, melted together and spread on leather. Applied as a plaster.