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A Cosmetic Bath

Yield: 1 servings

Ingredients and directions for this recipe

-A COSMETIC BATH-

Boil slowly one pound (*) starwort in two quarts of water, with half a
pound of linseed, six ounces of the roots of the water lily, and one
pound of bean meal; when these have boiled for two hours, strain the
liquor, and add to it two quarts of milk, one pint of rose water, and
a wine glass of spirits of cmphor; stir this mixture into a bath of
about ninety eight degrees. * Any plants having a star shaped
appearance.

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