Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists, and Great Physicians

About this eBook

Author

David, Wm. K. (William King)

Title

Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Thiers Halliwell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

T: Technology

Subject

Chemistry, Technical -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46711

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46711

Release Date

August 28, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SECRETS OF WISE MEN, CHEMISTS AND GREAT PHYSICIANS.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.INDEX.
5. 5.PART I.— MISCELLANEOUS. — Gelatine Copying Pad. — Foliotypes. — Fire-Extinguishers. — Hand Grenades. — Munich Fire-Extinguishing Powder. — Richardson’s Fire-Extinguishing Powder. — Vienna Fire-Extinguishing Powder. — Proteau’s Fire-Extinguishing Powder. — Transferring Photographs. — Stamping Patterns. — Magic Paper. — Cleaning Preparations. — Lightning Grease Renovator. — Cleaning Tarnished Silverware. — Clark’s Wash for Carpets. — Universal Stain Table. — UNIVERSAL STAIN-REMOVING TABLE. — Liebig’s Washing Fluid. — How I Iron Shirts. — Liquid Washing Bluing. — Family Washing Soaps. — Best Soft Soap. — Hard Soap With Lard. — White Hard Soap With Tallow. — Cleaning Soiled Wall-paper. — Polishing Preparations. — Polishing Pastes. — Cleaning Powder for Show Windows, Mirrors, Etc. — Marble Cleaning. — Furniture Varnish. — French Furniture Polish. — Maple Syrup and Sugar. — Artificial Honey. — Artificial Lemonade Syrup. — Best Artificial Cider. — Genuine New Orleans Mead. — Baking Powders. — Baking Powder No. 1. — Baking Powder No. 2. — Flavoring Extracts. — Best Lemon Extract. — Extract of Vanilla. — To Extract Essential Oils. — How to Make Rubber Stamps. — Vermin Exterminators. — Phosphorus or Luminous Paste. — Roach and Moth Exterminator. — Moth Powder. — Bedbug Poison. — Poison Fly Paper. — Sticky Fly Paper. — Mosquito and Fly Frightener. — Inks. — Fine Black Ink. — Fine Black Ink. — Fine Red Ink. — Fine Violet Ink. — Fine Blue Ink. — Fine Green Ink. — Copying Ink. — Gaffard’s Indestructible Ink. — Hektograph Ink. — White Ink. — Rubber Stamp Ink. — Ribbon Ink. — Marking Ink. — Indelible Ink. — Ink for Writing on Metals. — Ink Powders. — Disappearing Ink. — Invisible Ink. — Ink Erasing Fluid. — Cements and Glue. — Armenian Glue. — Glutina Cement. — To Cement Iron to Iron. — Cementing Metal to Glass, Stone, Etc. — Pastes. — Paste for Wall-paper, Etc. — Paste for Labeling on Tin. — Paste to Fasten Cloth or Leather on Wooden Surfaces. — Whitewash and Paints. — Brilliant Stucco Whitewash. — Durable Paint for Tin Roofs. — Paint for Roofs. — Paint for Blackboards. — Removing Smell of Paint. — Paint Remover. — Staining Wood. — Ebonizing Wood. — Staining Wood Rose Color. — Imitation of Cedar. — Hard Coating for Wood. — Metal and Glass Secrets. — Hardening Composition for Steel. — Composition to Toughen Steel. — To Soften Iron or Steel. — Restoring Burnt Steel. — Welding Cast-Steel. — To Drill Hardened Steel. — To Drill Holes in Cast-Iron. — To Solder Ferrules for Tool Handles. — Soldering Without a Soldering Iron. — To Clean Gun-barrels from Lead. — To Resharpen Old Files. — Mending Tinware by Candle Heat. — A Good Way to Sharpen Razors. — Razor-Strop Paste. — Cutting Ovals and Different Shapes on Glass. — Etching on Glass. — To Drill and Ornament Glass. — Plating Without a Battery. — Silver-Plating Solution. — Silvering Powder. — Gold-Plating Solution. — Nickeling Iron Without Electricity. — Gold and Silver Imitations. — Imitation Gold. — Imitation Silver. — Care of Teeth, Mouth, and Breath. — ERUPTION OF THE TEETH. — Best Tooth Powder. — Cherry Tooth Paste. — Antiseptic Tooth Wash. — Solution for the Breath. — Toothache Drops. — Removal of Freckles, Moles, Etc. — SUNBURN LOTION — WASH FOR THE SKIN. — ALBADERMINE. — ANTI-FRECKLE LOTION. — BISMUTH OINTMENT FOR FRECKLES. — COPPER OLEATE FOR FRECKLES, ETC. — COCAINE AND NITRIC ACID FOR MOLES, ETC. — Preparation for Red Noses. — Other Toilet Preparations. — Calamine Face Lotion. — Lotion for Chapped Hands, Face, and Lips. — Lip Salve. — Pimple Lotion. — Manicure Powder. — Manicure Salve. — Best Bay Rum. — Fine Rose Water. — Hoyt’s German Cologne. — Hair Tonic. — Clifford’s Shampoo Compound. — Quillaya Sea Foam. — Cream Hair Oil. — Pomade Hair-Grower. — Perspiration Powder. — Corn and Wart Salve. — German Corn-Killer. — Chilblains. — OINTMENT TO BE USED AT NIGHT. — POWDER TO PREVENT CHILBLAINS. — WASH FOR NON-ULCERATED CHILBLAINS. — OINTMENT FOR NON-ULCERATED CHILBLAINS. — FOR UNBROKEN CHILBLAINS. — FOR UNBROKEN CHILBLAINS. — FOR BROKEN CHILBLAINS. — How to Make an Incubator. — DIRECTIONS. — BROODERS. — A Cheap Charcoal Stove. — Preservative Compounds. — DISCUSSION. — An Improved Boracic Acid-Glycerine Compound. — Preservation of Butter, Lard, Etc. — Compound for Preserving Food. — Fruit-Juice Preservatives. — Smoke or Vapor Preserving Compound. — Salicylic Acid as a Preservative. — Ice-House and Refrigerator. — Cheap Ice-Houses. — A Cheap Ice-Chest. — Ice Without an Ice-House. — Freezing Mixtures. — FREEZING MIXTURES WITHOUT ICE. — FREEZING MIXTURES WITH ICE. — COMBINATIONS OF FREEZING MIXTURES. — Constant Water Baths. — Silos and Ensilage. — CONSTRUCTING THE SILO.—BY PROF. W. A. HENRY. — FILLING THE SILO. — PLANTING, CUTTING, FEEDING, ETC.
6. 6.PART II.— STAGE ILLUSIONS. — The Three-Headed Woman. — The Mysterious Voice. — An Improved Psycho. — Magic Cabinets, Boxes, Etc. — The Magic Portfolio. — Magic Envelopes. — Magic Boxes. — The Swinging Half Lady. — The Aerial Suspension. — The Ghost Illusion.
7. 7.PART III.— MEDICAL. — Prescriptions of Eminent Physicians. — Albuminuria (Bright’s Disease). — Alcoholism (Chronic). — Amenorrhœa (Absence of Menstrual Flow). — Asthma. — Biliousness. — Burns and Scalds. — Biliary Calculi (Stone in the Bile Duct). — Renal or Vesical Calculi (Stone in Kidney or Bladder). — Cancer. — Carbuncle. — Nasal Catarrh. — Cholera. — Cholera Infantum. — Constipation. — General Debility. — Delirium Tremens. — Diarrhœa (Children.) — Diarrhœa (Adults). — Dysentery. — Dysmenorrhœa (Difficult Menstruation.) — Dyspepsia. — Epilepsy. — Eyes (Inflammation of). — Frost-bite. — Gonorrhœa and Gleet. — Hay Fever. — Headache (See Liniments ). — Hemorrhoids (Piles). — Impotence and Sexual Debility. — Leuchorrhœa. — Menorrhagia (Excessive Menstrual Flow). — Neuralgia (See Liniments ). — Nymphomania (Excessive Sexual Desire). — Rattlesnake Bite. — Rheumatism (See Liniments ). — Sciatica. — Spermatorrhœa (See Impotence ). — Syphilis. — Tapeworm. — SYMBOLS OR SIGNS USED IN PRESCRIPTIONS. — PHRASES AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN PRESCRIPTIONS. — APPROXIMATE MEASURES. — TABLE TO ASSIST THE BEGINNER IN PRESCRIBING LIQUIDS. — TABLE FOR CALCULATING THE PERIOD OF UTERO-GESTATION. — COMMON NAMES OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES. — Proprietary and Elegant Preparations. — MEDICATED PADS. — Liver Pad. — Kidney Pad. — Lung Pad. — Liniments. — Wonder Liniment. — Liquid Lightning. — Perry Davis’ Pain Killer. — Hamlin’s Wizard oil. — Mexican Mustang Liniment. — Merchant’s Gargling Oil. — Radway’s Ready Relief. — Liver Regulator. — Elixir Cascara Sagrada Compound. — Dr. Hamilton’s Blood Purifier. — Blood Purifying Tea. — Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. — Electric Catarrh Remedy. — Catarrh Snuff. — Catarrh Salve. — Rubber Patching and Waterproofing. — To Patch a Rubber Boot or Garment. — To Make Rubber Cement. — To Waterproof Canvas or Cloth. — To Make Tissues Incombustible. — For all Light Tissues. — For Painted Decorations and Wood. — For Coarse Linen, Ropes, Straw, and Wood. — Gold and Silver Inks. — Worcestershire Sauce. — Butter Color. — Rarey’s Original Horse Liniment. — Hog Cholera Cure.

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