1280. Cazenave's Pomade

1280.    Cazenave's Pomade. Prepared beef-marrow, 4 ounces (avoirdupois); tincture of cantharides, 1/2 fluid ounce (Imperial); and cinnamon coarsely powdered, 1/2 ounce; melt them together by the heat of a water-bath; stir until the spirit in the tincture has evaporated, decant the clear portion, and again stir until the mass concretes. It is cheaper and more convenient to omit the powdered cinnamon, and to strongly scent it with oil of cinnamon (or of cassia), after the removal of the vessel from the bath. Some scent it with the oils of origanum and bergamot; and others employ the oils of nutmeg and lavender for the purpose. Recommended in weak hair and remediable baldness. It is ordered to be used night and morning; the head being washed with soap and water, and afterwards with salt and water, and wiped dry, each time before applying it, or at least once a day.

1281. Tar Pomade

1281.    Tar Pomade. Dr. Dauvergne extolled in unmeasured terms the virtue of vegetable tar in failing hair and baldness. His formula is as follows: - 61/4 troy ounces lard; 5 drachms Norwegian tar; 31/2 drachms each butter of nutmegs and gum-benzoin; 5 drachms fiovarenti balm; 5 drachms baume de commander; 1 ounce essence of patchouli; and 3 grains musk; mix. This formula appears unnecessarily and absurdly complicated. We have no hesitation in stating that the substitution of 3 to 5 drachms English oil of lavender, and 2 drachms essence of musk or essence royale, for the last four articles, would disguise the smell of the tar quite as well, without impairing the efficacy of the preparation.

1282. Dupuytren's Pomade

1282.    Dupuytren's Pomade. Take 12 avoirdupois ounces prepared beef-marrow; melt by a gentle heat, add baume nerval, 4 ounces; 3 ounces each balsam of Peru and oil of almonds; and mix thoroughly. Then add alcoholic extract of cantharides, 36 grains, dissolved in 3 Imperial fluid drachms rectified spirit; stir the mass until it concretes. This is the original formula for this celebrated pomade; but, in serious cases, Dupuytren was in the habit of doubling, or even tripling the proportion of the extract of cantharides without altering that of the other ingredients. The product is a genial stimulant and rubefacient, and, not undeservedly, has long been held in high esteem as a hair-cosmetic, acting by medicating the scalp.

1283. Soubeiran's Pomade

1283.    Soubeiran's Pomade. Take of oil of almonds, 1/2 ounce; disulphate of quinine, 1 drachm; triturate them together in a warm wedgwood ware mortar until thoroughly united; then add of prepared beef-marrow, 11/2 ounces; and continue the trituration until the mass is cold. Scent may be added. Recommended for strengthening and restoring the hair.

1284. Pomade Contre l'Alopécie, to Cure Baldness

1284.      Pomade Contre l'Alopécie, to Cure Baldness. Fresh lemon juice, 1 drachm; extract of bark (by cold water), 2 drachms; marrow, 2 ounces; tincture of cantharides, 1 drachm; oil of lemon, 20 drops; oil of bergamot, 10 drops; mix. First wash the head with soap and water, with a little eau de Cologne, then rub it dry. Next morning rub in a small lump of pomade, and repeat it daily. In 4 or 5 weeks the cure of baldness is effected.