Massage Application.—
White potash soap, shaved 20 parts Glycerine 30 parts Water 30 parts Alcohol (90 per cent) 10 parts
Dissolve the soap by heating it with the glycerine and water, mixed. Add the alcohol, and for every 30 ounces of the solution add 5 or 6 drops of the mistura oleoso balsamica, German Pharmacopœia. Filter while hot.
Medicated Massage Balls.
Casein Massage Cream.
| Skimmed milk | 1 gallon |
| Water of ammonia | 1 ounce |
| Acetic acid | 1 ounce |
| Oil of rose geranium | 1 drachm |
| Oil of bitter almond | 1 drachm |
| Oil of anise | 2 drachms |
| Cold cream (see below), enough. | |
| Carmine enough to color. |
Add the water of ammonia to the milk and let it stand 24 hours. Then add the acetic acid and let it stand another 24 hours. Then strain through cheese cloth and add the oils. Work this thoroughly in a Wedgwood mortar, adding enough carmine to color it a delicate pink. To the product thus obtained add an equal amount of cold cream made by the formula herewith given:
| White wax | 4 ounces |
| Spermaceti | 4 ounces |
| White petrolatum | 12 ounces |
| Rose water | 14 ounces |
| Borax | 80 grains |
Melt the wax, spermaceti, and petrolatum together over a water bath; dissolve the borax in the rose water and add to the melted mass at one time. Agitate violently. Presumably the borax solution should be of the same temperature as the melted mass.