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DEPILATORY. — To remove superfluous Hairs. — Saturate the part well with fine oiL In about an hour, wipe it off ; then take finely powdered quick lime, 1 oz. ; powdered orpiment, 1 drachm ; mix with white of egg ; and apply with a small brush. DETERGENT S.— Deterge means to cleanse. Detergents remove unwholesome matters adhering to, and obstructing the vessels , usually applied to foul ulcers, &c., as tincture of myrrh, honey, alum, water, turpentine. DEV DIN DEVONSHIRE SOUP.-Lean beef, a lbs. ; 6 onions, 6 potatoes, x carrot, i turnip, % a pint of split peas, i gallon of water, a head of celery, and a nice herring, with salt and pepper. When boiled, pass through a sieve, add spinach and celery boiled, dried mint, and toasted bread. D I A B E T E S. — An excessive discharge of urine. Sassafras, 3 oz. ; guiacuiu, r. oz. ; liquorice root, 3 ozs. ; coriander seeds, bruised, 6 drachms ; infuse in 1 gallon of cold lime water for 2 days. Take a cupful 3 or 4 times a day. Or 4 ozs. of alum whey may be taken 3 times a day. Made thus — Boil 2 quarts of milk over a slow fire, with 3 drachms of alum till turned into whey. Or, take Diuretic Drops , page 162. — Give the Bitter Vapour Bath occasionally, and rub the body well with the Stimulating Liniment. If the bowels are constipated, give the Cathartic Powder. DIABETES. — Drink wine, boiled with ginger, as much and as often as your strength will bear. Let your drink be milk and water. All milk meats are good. — Or, drink 3 or 4 times a-day a of a pint of alum posset, putting 3 drachms of alum to 4 pints of milk. It seldom fails to cure in 8 or 10 days. — Dr. Mead. — Or, infuse % oz. of cantharides in a pint of elixir of vitrioL Give from 10 to 30 drops in Bristol water 2 or 3 times a-day. DIAMOND CEMENT.— Take Isinglass, soak it in water until it becomes soft, then dissolve it in proofspirit, and add a little resin varnish. Used for joining china, glass, &c., and, under the name of " Armenian cement," for joining and fixing precious stones. DIAPHORETICS.— Medicines producing perspiration, or gentle sweat. DIAPHORETIC POWDER. — Ipecacuanha powder, 2 grains ; purified opium, % grain ; nitrate of potass, or saltpetre, 10 grains. Take at bedtime in a severe attack of influenza, or bronchitis, in gruel. ig^T Henbane is preferable to opium. DIAPHORETIC DECOC- TION.— Simply 2 or 3 ozs. of Pleurisy root, boiled in 2 or g pints of water. A tea-cupful. A good remedy for pleurisy, and inflammation of the lungs. DIARRHCEA.-From the Greek, dia rheo, to flow through. It is an undue relaxed state of the bowels, as induced by improper food, drunkenness, cold ; or it may be a symptom of another disease, as consumption, &c. The Neutralising Mixture will be found efficacious in this complaint. — Or take a tea-spoonful of Composition Powder, and x of tincture of myrrh, and keep the patient warm. The following are good remedies : — To 1 quart of blackberry juice add 1 lb. of white sugar, 1 table-spoonful of cloves, I of allspice, I of cinnamon, and 1 of nutmeg. Boil all together 15 minutes ; add a wineglassful of whiskey, brandy, or rum. Bottle while hot, cork tight and seal This is almost a specific in diarrhoea. Dose : a wineglassfhl for an adult — % for a child — will often cure diarrhoea. Take 3 or 4 times a day if the case is severe-.