=To Cure Profuse Perspiration.=

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Historical use wording: Profuse Perspiration.=

Source: The Ladies Book of Useful Information by Anonymous (1896), paragraph-232.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• =To Cure Profuse Perspiration.=--Bathe the hands, feet, and parts of the body where the perspiration is greatest, with a cold infusion of rosemary and sage, and afterwards dust the stockings and under-garments with a mixture of two drams of camphor, four ounces of orris root, and sixteen ounces of starch, the whole reduced to a fine powder
• Put the mixture in a coarse muslin bag, and shake it over the clothes. =Cleopatra's Enamel for Whitening the Hands and Arms.=--One ounce of myrrh, four ounces of honey, two ounces of yellow wax, six ounces of rose-water

Method as extracted

1. Put the mixture in a coarse muslin bag, and shake it over the clothes. =Cleopatra's Enamel for Whitening the Hands and Arms.=--One ounce of myrrh, four ounces of honey, two ounces of yellow wax, six ounces of rose-water.
2. Mix well together the wax, honey and rose-water in a dish held over boiling water, and add the myrrh while hot.
3. Rub this thickly over the skin before going to bed. =To Cure Freckles and Parched or Rough Skin.=--Take one ounce of sweet almonds, or of pistachia nuts, half a pint of elder or rose-water, and one ounce of pure glycerine; grate the nuts and put the powder in a little linen or cotton bag, and squeeze it for several minutes in the rose-water; then add the glycerine and a little perfume.
4. Use it by wetting the face two or three times a day.

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