Formula Book compiled by W. Sharp, Chemist and Druggist

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A.2008.0002

1826

1 volume

Formula book of recipes believed to be compiled by W. Sharp, Chemist and Druggist. The book also contains two blank Dispensing Docket forms, with annotations on the reverse. The book includes recipes for Brunswick Black, Blistering Oil, Court Plaister, Cheltenham Salts, Cement for Glass, Cold Cream, Daffy's [Gin], Tooth Powder, Currie Powder, Dinner Pills, Cough Pills, James's Pills, Scot's Pulls, Hooper's Pills, Tooth Ache Pills, Lemonade Powders, Black and Red Ink, Milk of Roses, Almond Paste, Cough Balls, Diuretic Balls, Cordial Balls, Purging Balls, Worm Balls, Fever Balls, Condition Balls, Dog Balls, Sheep Ointment, Sheep Liniment, Fly Powder, Spavin Ointment, Rat Poison, Rat Oil, Furniture Oil, Italian Fluid, Nankeen Dye, Volatile Essence, Tooth Ache Drops, Jasmine Oil, Eau de Cologne, Purple Dye, Pastilles, Cordial Pepper, British Oil, Rheumatic Drops, Black Currant Lozenge, Acid Rose Lozenge, Heartburn Lozenge, Fruit Lozenges, Tooth Paste, Crimson Red, Marking Ink, Asthmatic Mixture, Ginger Beer, Ginger Wine, Black Draught Mixture, Japan Blacking, Milk Punch, Squires Elixir, Vegetable Syrup, Worm Lozenges, Pudding Spice, Prussian Blue, Verdigrease, Rouge, Pudding Spice, Mint Drops, Gin, Carmine, Ratcliffs Elixir, Bug Poison, Chilblain Lotion, Chilblain Ointment, Cough Lozenges, Cough Pills, Rum Punch, Gooseberry Wine, Currant Wine. The book contains an index to recipes at the front, and a copy of 'Mr Hope's Receipt for the Cholera' in the back, originally published in the Leeds Mercury Newspaper.

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