out the juice, strain it into a pewter dish, and set it in the sun
until it acquires the consistency of salve; then put it into an
earthen mug, add to it water and beeswax sufficient to make an
ointment of common consistency. Simmer the whole over a fire till
thoroughly mixed; when cold, it is ready for use. To be rubbed on
the part affected. The most obstinate cases have yielded to this in
three or four months. Try it.


489. ARTIFICIAL SKIN

Dissolve gun cotton in sulphuric ether, and thicken it with gum
mucilage. This article touched upon a cut or bruise, forms,
immediately, an artificial skin, which cannot be washed off. It is
very useful as it obviates the necessity of finger cots or bandages.
It is excellent for sore nipples.


490. HAIR RESTORATIVE

Take of sugar of lead, 1 oz.; lack sulphur, 1 oz.; essence of
bergamot, 1/2.; bay rum, 1 gill; alcohol, 1 gill; and half a
teaspoonful of salt; dissolve, first, the sugar of lead and sulphur
in the alcohol, then the other ingredients; and add the whole to a
gallon of warm soft water, then bottle it tightly, and it is fit for
use. To be applied several times a day. This is a most excellent
article, give it a trail.


491. TO REMOVE WARTS AND CORNS