Cough Mixture
March 21st, 2021
One ounce of tincture of benzoin, two wine-glasses of whisky, one cup of molasses. Mix well. One teaspoonful whenever cough is troublesome.
Source: The Canadian Family Cookbook, Grace E. Denison
Anti-Freckle Lotion
October 22nd, 2018
Take tincture of benzoin, 2 ounces; tincture of tolu, 1 ounce; oil of rosemary, 1/2 a drachm. Mix well and bottle. When required to be used, add a teaspoonful of the mixture to about a wine-glassful of water, and apply the lotion to the face or hands, &c., night and morning, carefully rubbing it in with a soft towel.
Source: The Ladies’ Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness, Florence Hartley