II.—As glycerine is bad for the skin of many people, here is a recipe which will be found more generally satisfactory as it contains less glycerine: Bay rum, 3 ounces; glycerine, 1 ounce; carbolic acid, 1/2 drachm (30 drops). Wash the hands well and apply while hands are soft, preferably just before going to bed. Rub in thoroughly. This rarely fails to cure the worst “chaps” in two nights.
III.—A sure remedy for chapped hands consists in keeping them carefully dry and greasing them now and then with an anhydrous fat (not cold cream). The best substances for the purpose are unguentum cereum or oleum olivarum.
If the skin of the hands is already cracked the following preparation will heal it:
Finely ground zinc oxide, 5.0 parts; bismuth oxychloride, 2.0 parts; with fat oil, 12.0 parts; next add glycerine, 5.0 parts; lanolin, 30.0 parts; and scent with rose water, 10.0 parts.
IV.—Wax salve (olive oil 7 parts, and yellow wax 3 parts), or pure olive oil.
Hand-cleaning Paste.
A good paste may be made by dissolving soap in the least possible quantity of hot water, and as it cools and sets stirring in the grit. A good formula is:
| White soap | 2 1/2 pounds |
| Fine sand | 1 pound |
| Water | 5 1/2 pints |
Lotion For The Hands.—
| Boric acid | 1 drachm |
| Glycerine | 6 drachms |
| Dissolve by heat and mix with | |
| Lanolin | 6 drachms |
| Vaseline | 1 ounce |