Black Spots on the Face. The black spots on the
face are not always what are called fleshworms. What are
mistaken for them are produced in this way: The skin may
be coarse, and the ducts, being large, collect the perspira-
tion, which hardens and blackens, and hence the common
supposition of their being grubs or maggots in the skin.
The remedy is simple. Clean the part affected by squeezing
out the substance that is lodged, and then use a lotion of
diluted spirits of wine several times a day, until the blotches
have disappeared. If they are really fleshworms, take
something to purify your blood — sulphur or sarsaparilla.
To Remove Sunburn and to Prevent the Skin
from Cracking. Melt two ounces of spermaceti in a pip-
kin, and add two ounces of oil of almonds. When they are
well mixed and have begun to cool, st'r in a tablespoonful
of fine honey✪ To Remove Sunburn and to Prevent the Skin from Cracking and continue to stir briskly until cool. Put in
small jars. Apply it on going to bed, after washing the
face, and allow it to remain on all night.
It is said that strawberries rubbed over the face at night
will remove freckles and sunburn.
Pearl Water for the Complexion. Take castile
^ap, one pound; water, one gallon; dissolve. Then add
alcohol, one quart; oil of rosemary and oil of lavender, of
each, two drachms; mix well.
Freckles No. 1. Take grated horseradish and put in
very sour milk✪ Freckles No. 1. Let it stand four hours, then wash the face
night and morning.
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Freckles No. 2. Rectified spirits of wine, one ounce;
water, eight ounces; half an ounce of orange-flower water,
or one ounce of rosewater; diluted muriatic acid, one tea-
spoonful; mix. To be used after washing.
Freckles No. 3. Take one ounce lemon juice, one-
fourth drachm of powdered borax, half drachm sugar✪ Freckles No. 3. Mix
and let them stand in a glass bottle for a few days. Then
rub it on the face and hands night and morning. Two tea-
spoonfuls of lemon juice equal an ounce.
Freckles No. 4. Take of sulpho carbolate of zinc, 2
drachms; glycerine, 3 fluid ounces; alcohol, half a fluid oz. ;
rose water, enough to make 8 fluid ounces✪ Freckles No. 4. Apply locally.
Wash for the Face. Wash the face at night with
either sour milk or buttermilk, and in the morning with
weak bran tea and. a little eau de cologne. This will soften
the skin and remove the redness, and will also make it less
liable to burn again with exposure to the sun. Bathing the
face several times in the day with elder flower water and a
few drops of eau de cologne is very efficacious.
Calamine LiOtion. Take of levigated calamine (white)
ten grains; oxide of zinc, twenty grains; glycerine, twenty
drops; rosewater, one ounce✪ Calamine Lotion. Apply to face. (A favorite
prescription with ladies who have flushed faces.)
Cure for Chapped Lips. Dissolve a lump of beeswax
in a small quantity of sweet oil — over a candle — let it cool,
and it will be ready for use. Rubbing it warm on the lips
two or three times will effect a cure.
liip Salve. Melt a lump of sugar in one and a half
tablespoonfuls of rosewater; mix it with two tablespoonfuls
of sweet oil, a piece of spermaceti half as large as an
English walnut✪ Lip Salve; simmer the whole and turn it into boxes.
The Hands. Soap is an indispensable article for
cleansing hands, but it often leaves the skin rough; cracks
on the hands come, and soap is often unpleasant. Use
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Black Spots on the Face. The black spots on the face are not always what are called fleshworms. What are mistaken for them are produced in this way: The skin may be coarse, and the ducts, being large, collect the perspiration, which hardens and blackens, and hence the common supposition of their being grubs or maggots in the skin. The remedy is simple. Clean the part affected by squeezing out the substance that is lodged, and then use a lotion of diluted spirits of wine several times a day, until the blotches have disappeared. If they are really fleshworms, take something to purify your blood — sulphur or sarsaparilla.
To Remove Sunburn and to Prevent the Skin from Cracking. Melt two ounces of spermaceti in a pipkin, and add two ounces of oil of almonds. When they are well mixed and have begun to cool, stir in a tablespoonful of fine honey and continue to stir briskly until cool. Put in small jars. Apply it on going to bed, after washing the face, and allow it to remain on all night.
It is said that strawberries rubbed over the face at night will remove freckles and sunburn.
Pearl Water for the Complexion. Take castile soap, one pound; water, one gallon; dissolve. Then add alcohol, one quart; oil of rosemary and oil of lavender, of each, two drachms; mix well.
Freckles No. 1. Take grated horseradish and put in very sour milk. Let it stand four hours, then wash the face night and morning.
240 * The Care of the Person
Freckles No. 2. Rectified spirits of wine, one ounce; water, eight ounces; half an ounce of orange-flower water, or one ounce of rosewater; diluted muriatic acid, one teaspoonful; mix. To be used after washing.
Freckles No. 3. Take one ounce lemon juice, one fourth drachm of powdered borax, half drachm sugar. Mix and let them stand in a glass bottle for a few days. Then rub it on the face and hands night and morning. Two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice equal an ounce.
Freckles No. 4. Take of sulpho carbolate of zinc, 2 drachms; glycerine, 3 fluid ounces; alcohol, half a fluid oz. ; rose water, enough to make 8 fluid ounces. Apply locally.
Wash for the Face. Wash the face at night with either sour milk or buttermilk, and in the morning with weak bran tea and. a little eau de cologne. This will soften the skin and remove the redness, and will also make it less liable to burn again with exposure to the sun. Bathing the face several times in the day with elder flower water and a few drops of eau de cologne is very efficacious.
Calamine Lotion. Take of levigated calamine (white) ten grains; oxide of zinc, twenty grains; glycerine, twenty drops; rosewater, one ounce. Apply to face. (A favorite prescription with ladies who have flushed faces.)
Cure for Chapped Lips. Dissolve a lump of beeswax in a small quantity of sweet oil — over a candle — let it cool, and it will be ready for use. Rubbing it warm on the lips two or three times will effect a cure.
Lip Salve. Melt a lump of sugar in one and a half tablespoonfuls of rosewater; mix it with two tablespoonfuls of sweet oil, a piece of spermaceti half as large as an English walnut; simmer the whole and turn it into boxes.
The Hands. Soap is an indispensable article for cleansing hands, but it often leaves the skin rough; cracks on the hands come, and soap is often unpleasant. Use
The Care of the Person 241
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To Remove Sunburn and to Prevent the Skin from CrackingFreckles No. 1Freckles No. 3Lemon Juice TreatmentFreckles No. 4Calamine LotionLip Salve