=Remedy for Chapped Hands.=

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Historical use wording: Chapped Hands.=

Source: The Ladies Book of Useful Information by Anonymous (1896), paragraph-329.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Sweet oil, one pint
• Venice turpentine, three ounces; lard, half a pound; beeswax, three ounces
• exercise enough to promote circulation, and do not wear gloves too tight. =Almond Paste for the Hands.=--Take one pound of sweet almonds, one-quarter of a pound of bread crumbs, one half a pint of spring water, one-half a pint of brandy, and the yolks of two eggs

Method as extracted

1. Simmer till the wax is melted.
2. Rub on, or apply with a rag. =To Cure Red Hands.=--Wash them frequently in warm, not hot, water, using honey soap and soft towel.
3. Take exercise enough to promote circulation, and do not wear gloves too tight. =Almond Paste for the Hands.=--Take one pound of sweet almonds, one-quarter of a pound of bread crumbs, one half a pint of spring water, one-half a pint of brandy, and the yolks of two eggs.
4. Pound the almonds with a few drops of vinegar or water, to prevent them oiling; add the crumbs of bread, which moisten with the brandy as you mix it with the almonds and the yolks of eggs.
5. Mix a quarter of a pound of unsalted hog's lard, which has been washed in common, and then in rose, water, with the yolks of two fresh eggs and a large spoonful of honey.
6. Add as much paste from almonds (well pounded in a mortar) as will work it into a paste. =General Remarks.=--The human hand, regarded either with reference to its ingenious construction and usefulness, or to its beauty, stands alone, in its superlative excellence, in the whole animal world.

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