Camphorated Oil
Put into a large bottle four ounces of olive oil and four of spirits of camphor, and shake well. When there is pain in the chest or lungs rub with the camphorated oil. This is excellent to use in case of sprains or bruises.
Source: Miss Parloa’s Young Housekeeper, Maria Parloa
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Thirty drops of camphorated sal volatile in a small wine-glassful of hot water, taken several times in the course of the day.
Source: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, C.E. Francatelli
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Roll a small bit of cotton wadding into a ball the size of a pea, dip this in a very few drops of camphorated chloroform, and with it fill the hollow part of the decayed tooth.
Source: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, C.E. Francatelli
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This favorite tooth powder is easily made. Take a pound of prepared chalk, and with this mix two drams of camphor very finely powdered, and moisten with spirits of wine. Thoroughly mix.
Source: The Ladies’ Book of Useful Information
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