Depilatory, Rayer’s. Prep. Quicklime, 2 oz.; salt of tartar, 4 oz.; charcoal, 1⁄4 oz. Less active than Chinese Depilatory.
Depilatory, Redwood’s. Prep. A strong solution of sulphide of barium, made into a paste with powdered starch, and applied immediately. Mr Redwood says this is “the best and safest depilatory.”
Depilatory, Ro′seate. See Depilatory, Chinese.
Depilatory, Spolasco’s. Prep. Freshly prepared sulphide of calcium and quicklime, equal parts. Almost equal to Redwood’s (above).
DEPOSI′TION (of Metals). See Electro-type.
DERBY CONDITION POWDERS (J. Tobias Simpson, New York). Celebrated as a safe, infallible, and speedy remedy for glanders, coughs, colds, over feeding, worms, mouth disease, and loss of horns or hair, in horses and other valuable domestic animals. Tartar emetic, 2 grammes; black antimony, 20 grammes; sulphur, 10 grammes; nitre, 10 grammes; fenugreek, 40 grammes; juniper berries, 20 grammes. (Schädler.)
DER′BYSHIRE NECK. See Goitre.
DERMASOT (Apotheker Bertschinger, Baden, Switzerland). For profuse perspiration of the feet. Consists of acetate of alumina, 7·5 grammes; distilled water, 120 grammes; butyric ether, 2 drops; rosanilin to colour it slightly. (Weber.)
DESBRIERRE’S CHOCOLATE A LA MAGNESIE. 44 grammes of chocolate paste and 15 grammes of calcined magnesia, made into two tablets. (Reveil.)
DESIC′CANTS. Syn. Desiccan′tia, L. In pharmacology, substances that check secretion and dry sores of abraded surfaces, without acting as styptics, or constringing the fibres of the parts to which they are applied. See Astringents.