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Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians

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A Cheap Charcoal Stove48

Approximate Measures116

Baking Powders15

Bay Rum, Best40

Blood Purifier, Dr. Hamilton’s120

Blood Purifying Tea121

Breath Solution34

Butter Color125

Care of Teeth, Mouth, and Breath32

Cascara Cordial120

Catarrh Remedy, Electric121

Catarrh Snuff122

Catarrh Salve122

Cements and Glue24

Armenian Glue24

Glutina Cement24

Iron Cement25

Metal, Glass, and Stone Cement25

Cement, Rubber123

Chapped Hands, etc., Lotion for39

Chilblains, Treatment of42, 43

Cider, Artificial15

Cleaning Preparations7

Lightning Grease Renovator7

Glove-Cleaning Compound7

Cleaning Tarnished Silverware8

Cleaning Carpets8

Universal Stain-Removing Table9

Cleaning Soiled Wall-paper12

Cleaning Marble and Tombstones13

Cleaning Powder for Show-windows, etc.13

Cologne, Hoyt’s German41

Common Names of Chemical Substances117

Copying Paper, Magic6

Copying Pad, Gelatine1

Corn and Wart Salve42

Corn-Killer, German42

Essential Oils, To Extract17

Face Lotion, Calamine39

Fire Extinguishers4

Fire Hand Grenades4

Fire Extinguishing Compounds5

Fire-proofing Compounds123, 124

Flavoring Extracts16

Foliotypes2

Freckles, To Remove35 to 38

Freezing Mixtures69 to 71

Furniture Varnish13

Furniture Polish14

Gold and Silver Imitations32

Hair Tonic41

Hair Grower, Pomade41

Hair Oil, Cream41

Hamlin’s Wizard Oil119

Hektograph1

Hog Cholera Cure125

Honey, Artificial14

How to Make an Incubator43 to 48

Ice House and Refrigerator64

Ice Houses, Cheap66

Ice Chest, Cheap69

Ice Without an Ice House69

Inks20

Black Inks20, 21

Red Ink21

Violet Ink21

Blue Ink21

Green Ink21

Copying Ink21

Indestructible Ink22

Hektograph Ink22

White Ink22

Rubber Stamp Ink22

Ribbon Ink22

Marking Ink22

Indelible Ink22

Gold and Silver Ink124

Ink for Writing on Metals23

Ink Powders23

Disappearing Ink23

Invisible Inks23

Ink Erasing Fluid24

Kidney and Liver Cure, Warner’s Safe121

Lemonade Syrup, Artificial15

Liniments119

Liniment, Wonder119

Liniment, Liquid Lightning119

Liniment, Rarey’s Horse125

Lip Salve39

Liver Regulator120

Manicure Powder40

Manicure Salve40

Maple Syrup, Artificial14

Maple Sugar, Artificial14

Mead, Genuine New Orleans15

Medical Department—Prescriptions of eminent physicians, arranged and revised by F. V. Luse, M. D., Chicago, Ill. Diseases arranged alpha­betic­ally. Authorities quoted: Agnew, Atthill, Bartho­low, Basham, Beasley, Bibron, Browne, Brown-Séquard, Chapman, Da Costa, Dewees, Ellis, Fenner, Gerhard, Getchell, Gross, Guy, Harts­horne, Hazard, Hebra, Keyes, Liebreich, Luse, Mackenzie, Milton, Mitchell, Pancoast, Porcher, Ricord, Ringer, Schafhirt, Smith, Squibbs, Tanner, Thornton, Trousseau, Waring103

Medicated Pads118

Liver Pad118

Kidney Pad118

Lung Pad118

Merchant’s Gargling Oil120

Mexican Mustang Liniment120

Metal and Glass Secrets28

Hardening Composition for Steel28

Composition to Toughen Steel28

Softening Iron or Steel28

Restoring Burnt Steel29

Welding Cast Steel29

To Drill Hardened Steel29

To Drill Holes in Cast Iron29

To Solder Ferrules for Tool Handles29

Soldering Without a Soldering Iron29

Cleaning Gun-Barrels29

To Resharpen Old Files30

Mending Tinware at Home30

Good Way to Sharpen Razors30

Razor-Strop Paste30

Cutting Ovals, etc., on Glass30

Etching on Glass30

To Drill and Ornament Glass31

Moles, to Remove38

Paints26

Durable Paint for Roofs26, 27

Paint for Blackboards27

Removing Smell of Paint27

Removing Paint27

Pastes25

Paste for Wall-paper25

Paste for Labeling on Tin25

Pasting Cloth or Leather to Wood25

Perry Davis’ Pain Killer119

Perspiration Powder42

Phrases and Abbreviations Used in Prescriptions114, 115

Pimple Lotion40

Plating Without a Battery31

Silver-Plating Solution31

Silvering Powder31

Gold Plating Solution31

Nickeling Iron31

Polishing Preparations12

Polishing Powder12

Polishing Pastes and Balls13

Preservative Compounds49

Barff’s Boroglyceride49 to 57

Fickett’s Preservative Compound57

Howard’s Preservative Compound58

Preservation of Butter, Lard, etc.58

Corwin’s Preservative Compound59

Fruit Juice Preservatives59

Smoke or Vapor Preserving Compounds60

Salicylic Acid as a Preservative60 to 64

Radway’s Ready Relief120

Red Noses, Preparation for39

Rose Water, Fine40

Rubber Patching123

Rubber Stamps, How to Make17

Sea Foam, Quillaya41

Shampoo Compound, Clifford’s41

Shirts, How to Iron10

Silos and Ensilage73 to 84

Stage Illusions85

The Three-Headed Woman85 to 87

The Mysterious Voice87 to 89

An Improved Psycho89 to 92

Magic Cabinets, Boxes, etc.92 to 96

The Swinging Half Lady96 to 98

The Aerial Suspension99 to 100

The Ghost Illusion100 to 102

Stamping Patterns6

Sunburn, to Remove36

Symbols or Signs Used in Prescriptions114

Table for Calculating the Period of Utero-Gestation116

Table to Assist the Beginner in Prescribing Liquids116

Toilet Preparations39

Toothache Drops34

Tooth Powder, Best33

Tooth Paste, Cherry34

Toothwash, Antiseptic34

Transferring Photographs6

Transferring Embroidery7

Transferring Leaves7

Vermin Exterminators19

Phosphorus Paste19

Roach and Moth Exterminator19

Moth Powder19

Bedbug Poison20

Poison Fly Paper20

Sticky Fly Paper20

Mosquito and Fly Frightener20

Washing Fluid, Liebig’s10

Washing Bluing, Liquid11

Washing Soaps, Family11

Best Soft Soap11

Hard Soap with Lard11

White Hard Soap with Tallow12

Water Baths72, 73

Water-proofing Cloth and Canvas123

Whitewash, Brilliant Stucco26

Wood Stains27

Staining Wood Rose Color27

Ebonizing Wood27

Imitation of Cedar28

Hard Coating for Wood28

Worcestershire Sauce125

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