d. (Redwood.) Blanched almonds, 8 oz.; rose water, 3 pints; make an emulsion, add of white Windsor soap, white wax, and oil of almonds, of each 1⁄2 oz.; previously melted together by a gentle heat; triturate until
united, and strain; lastly, add a solution of oil of bergamot, 1⁄2 oz.; oil of lavender, 1 dr.; and attar of roses, 1⁄2 dr.; (dissolved in) rectified spirit, 12 oz.
2. (French.)—a. From rose water, 1 quart; tinctures of benzoin and styrax, of each 1 fl. oz.; spirit of roses, 1⁄2 fl. oz.; rectified spirit, 1⁄2 fl. oz.; mix.
b. (Augustin.) Tincture of benzoin, 1⁄2 fl. oz.; liquor of carbonate of potassa, 21⁄2 fl. dr.; rose water, 1⁄2 pint; agitate well together. As a lotion in acne.
c. (Gianinni.) Tincture of benzoin, 1 dr.; tincture of balsam of Peru, 20 drops; rose water, 1 pint; as the last.
d. (Schubarth.) Almond paste, 3 dr.; rose water, 1⁄2 pint; tincture of benzoin, 1⁄2 fl. oz. As before. The addition to the last 3 of a little rectified spirit is an improvement.
3. (German.) From dilute solution of diacetate of lead (Goulard water), and spirit of lavender, of each 1 fl. oz.; rose water, 6 fl. oz.; soft water, 1 pint.
Obs. All the above are used as cosmetic washes, and to remove scurf, pimples, and eruptions, in slight cases.
Milk, Sa′go. Syn. Lac sago, L. Prep. (Dr A. T. Thomson.) Sago, 1 oz.; cold water, 1 pint; macerate half an hour, pour off the water, add of milk, 11⁄2 pint, and boil slowly until the sago is dissolved. Very nutritious; also in lieu of arrow-root milk.
Milk of Sulphur. See Sulphur (Precipitated).