SKINNER’S DANDRUFF MIXTURE.

Hydrate of Chloral   1 dram
Glycerin             4 drams
Bay Rum             16 drams

The above amount would cost about 25 cents.

ST. JACOB’S OIL.

Gum Camphor              1 ounce
Chloral Hydrate          1 ounce
Chloroform               1 ounce
Sulp.  Ether              1 ounce
Laudanum               1/2 ounce
Oil Origanum           1/2 ounce
Oil Sassafras          1/2 ounce
Alcohol enough to make   1 gallon

Mix.  The above amount, eight pints, would cost about $2.25 or 30 cents per pint.

SYRUP OF FIGS.

Senna Leaves              7 ounces
Coriander Seed            3 ounces
Figs                     12 ounces
Tamarind                  9 ounces
Cassia Pulp               9 ounces
Prunes                    6 ounces
Glycyrrhizae            3/4 ounce
Essence Peppermint      3/4 ounce
Syrup Simple, to make   1/2 gallon

The formula omits directions; but probably a water extract should be made of the drugs, so as to measure about four pints, and in this dissolve eight pounds of sugar to make the syrup.  The above amount, four pints, would cost about $1.00.

[486 Mothers’ remedies]

Thomas’s electric oil. 
    Gum Camphor 1 dram
    Oil Wintergreen 1 dram
    Oil Origanum 1 dram
    Chloroform 2 drams
    Tincture Opium 2 drams
    Oil Sassafras 2 drams
    Oil Hemlock 2 drams
    Oil Turpentine 2 drams
    Balsam fir 2 drams
    Tincture Guaiacum 2 drams
    Tincture Catechu 2 drams
    Alcohol, to make 1 pint
    Alkanet sufficient to color

Mix.  The above amount would cost about 40 cents.

KELLY’S TONIC.

Tincture Nux Vomica                2 drams
Dilute Nitro-hydrochloric Acid     3 drams
Compound Tincture Cinchona     1-1/2 ounces
Compound Tincture Gentian          3 ounces

Mix.  Dose:  Two drams in water three times a day.

The above amount would cost about 35 cents.

VAN BUSKIRK’S FRAGRANT SOZODONT.

The following formula may be regarded as making an article identical with the original in all essential features: 

Alcohol                 1 fluidounce
Water               1-1/4 fluidounces
Soap                  120 grains
Oil of Gaultheria       2 minims
Red Sanders           sufficient

Dissolve the soap in the mixture of alcohol and water; add the color, perfume with oil of wintergreen, add enough water to make the fluid measure three ounces.

The above amount would cost about 15 cents.