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Robert Kemp Philp
612
Beat
four
ounces
of
sweet
almonds
in
a
mortar,
and
add
half
an
ounce
of
white
sugar
during
the
process;
reduce
the
whole
to
a
paste
by
pounding;
then
add,
in
small
quantities
at
a
time,
eight
ounces
of
rose
water.
The
emulsion
thus
formed
should
be
strained
through
a
fine
cloth,
and
the
residue
again
pounded,
while
the
strained
fluid
should
be
bottled
in
a
large
stoppered
vial.
To
the
pasty
mass
in
the
mortar
add
half
an
ounce
of
sugar,
and
eight
ounces
of
rose
water,
and
strain
again.
This
process
must
be
repeated
three
times.
To
the
thirty-two
ounces
of
fluid,
add
twenty
grains
of
the
bichloride
of
mercury,
dissolved
in
two
ounces
of
alcohol,
and
shake
the
mixture
for
five
minutes.
The
fluid
should
be
applied
with
a
towel,
immediately
after
washing,
and
the
skin
gently
rubbed
with
a
dry
cloth,
till
perfectly
dry.
Wilson,
in
his
work
on
Healthy
Skin,
writes
as
follows:
"Substances
are
sold
by
the
perfumers
called
depilatories,
which
are
represented
as
having
the
power
of
removing
hair.
But
the
hair
is
not
destroyed
by
these
means,
the
root
and
that
part
of
the
shaft
implanted
within
the
skin
still
remain,
and
are
ready
to
shoot
up
with
increased
vigour
as
soon
as
the
depilatory
is
withdrawn.
The
effect
of
the
depilatory
is
the
same,
in
this
respect,
as
that
of
a
razor,
and
the
latter
is,
unquestionably,
the
better
remedy.
It
must
not,
however,
be
imagined
that
depilatories
are
negative
remedies,
and
that,
if
they
do
no
permanent
good,
they
are,
at
least,
harmless;
that
is
not
the
fact;
they
are
violent
irritants,
and
require
to
be
used
with
the
utmost
caution."
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