Hand Softening Treatment
From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886
Serves 1
This treatment removes roughness caused by housework and should be used daily.
Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 320. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
a wash basin half full of fine white sand and soapsuds as hot as can be borne. Wash the hands in this five minutes at a time, brushing and rubbing them in the sand. The best is flint sand, or the white powdered quartz sold for filters. It may be used repeatedly by pouring the water out and adding fresh. To keep it from blowing about, rinse in warm lather of fine soap. After drying the hands rub them with dry bran or corn meal. Dust them, and finish by rubbing cold cream well into the skin
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