A gargle is also made
for this purpose by pouring boiling water upon bruised char-
coal and filtering it when cold; but it is most unpleasant to use
and can only confer a temporary benefit. Vitiated breath may
be a source of annoyance when its cause cannot be ascertained;
but the measures so often insisted upon by physicians in order
to promote health on other accounts will always exercise a
beneficial influence upon it. We may mention, among others,
early rising, exercise in the open air especially, equestrian ex-
ercise, strict temperance, and constant attention to the econ-
omy of the stomach and bowels; perseverance in these will,
if not remove it altogether, at least ameliorate the evil.
The Lips. — The thinness of the skin which forms the out*
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ward covering of the lips, although contributing in itself to
their peculiar beauty, renders them particularly susceptible of
injury from cold; and chaps and excoriation from this cause
are to many ladies a constant source of annoyance during
winter. Otherwise the lips are almost independent of assist-
ance from the toilette. When tendewiess of the face and lips
occurs from taking exercise in cold weather, and the skin is
rendered rough, though not actually broken, a little cold cream
is a most soothing application on returning to the house, as it
immediately allays the smarting and restores the natural
smoothness to the surface. Cold cream, for this particular
purpose, should be prepared thus:
Melt two ounces of the finest white wax with eight ounces
of oil of almonds over a very slow fire, and add gradually half
a pint of distilled rose water✪ Cold Cream, stirring it until cold. By gentle-
men who are habitually exposed to the action of the atmo-
sphere the following lip salve will be found most useful as a
prophylactic against the effects of frost: Take four ounces of
the oil of almonds, one ounce of spermaceti, and one drachm
of prepared suet✪ Lip Salve, with any simple vegetable coloring according
to fancy; simmer these until thoroughly mingled; as soon as
taken off the fire stir into the mixture fifteen drops of tincture
of capsicum, and, when nearly cold, twenty drops of oil of
rhodium.
A pleasing and efficacious lip salve is made thus: Put four
ounces of the best olive oil into a wide-mouthed bottle, with
one ounce of alkanet root well bruised, stop the bottle care-
fully, and place it in the heat of the sun until the color be-
comes a rich crimson; then strain the oil into a pipkin, with
two ounces each of fine white wax and new lamb suet; melt
the whole slowly, and, when almost cold, add six drops of otto
of roses, carefully stirred in, and put the salve up in small
ivory pots. The use of cayenne losenges deepens the natural
crimson of the lips; the effect of this carminative preparation
upon the stomach and the breath are at the same time correc-
tive and grateful, and it should be had immediate recourse to
upon the slightest symptom of sore throat. The habit of
smoking, now so generally adopted by gentlemen, is a decided
enemy both to the color and the contour of the lips. Nor are
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A gargle is also made for this purpose by pouring boiling water upon bruised charcoal and filtering it when cold; but it is most unpleasant to use and can only confer a temporary benefit. Vitiated breath may be a source of annoyance when its cause cannot be ascertained; but the measures so often insisted upon by physicians in order to promote health on other accounts will always exercise a beneficial influence upon it. We may mention, among others, early rising, exercise in the open air especially, equestrian exercise, strict temperance, and constant attention to the economy of the stomach and bowels; perseverance in these will, if not remove it altogether, at least ameliorate the evil.
The Lips. — The thinness of the skin which forms the outward covering of the lips, although contributing in itself to their peculiar beauty, renders them particularly susceptible of injury from cold; and chaps and excoriation from this cause are to many ladies a constant source of annoyance during winter. Otherwise the lips are almost independent of assistance from the toilette. When tenderness of the face and lips occurs from taking exercise in cold weather, and the skin is rendered rough, though not actually broken, a little cold cream is a most soothing application on returning to the house, as it immediately allays the smarting and restores the natural smoothness to the surface. Cold cream, for this particular purpose, should be prepared thus:
Melt two ounces of the finest white wax with eight ounces of oil of almonds over a very slow fire, and add gradually half a pint of distilled rose water, stirring it until cold. By gentlemen who are habitually exposed to the action of the atmosphere the following lip salve will be found most useful as a prophylactic against the effects of frost: Take four ounces of the oil of almonds, one ounce of spermaceti, and one drachm of prepared suet, with any simple vegetable coloring according to fancy; simmer these until thoroughly mingled; as soon as taken off the fire stir into the mixture fifteen drops of tincture of capsicum, and, when nearly cold, twenty drops of oil of rhodium.
A pleasing and efficacious lip salve is made thus: Put four ounces of the best olive oil into a wide-mouthed bottle, with one ounce of alkanet root well bruised, stop the bottle carefully, and place it in the heat of the sun until the color becomes a rich crimson; then strain the oil into a pipkin, with two ounces each of fine white wax and new lamb suet; melt the whole slowly, and, when almost cold, add six drops of otto of roses, carefully stirred in, and put the salve up in small ivory pots. The use of cayenne losenges deepens the natural crimson of the lips; the effect of this carminative preparation upon the stomach and the breath are at the same time corrective and grateful, and it should be had immediate recourse to upon the slightest symptom of sore throat. The habit of smoking, now so generally adopted by gentlemen, is a decided enemy both to the color and the contour of the lips. Nor are
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