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Or, Take of the essence of bergamot, lemon-peel, lavender, and orange-flower, of each one ounce ; essence of cinnamon, half an ounce; spiritof rosemary, and of the spirituous water of melisse, of each fifteenounces; strong alcohol, seven pints and a half. Mix the whole to-gether, and let the mixture stand for the space of a fortnight; afterwhich, introduce it into a glass retort, the body of which is immersedin boiling water contained in a vessel placed over a lamp, while thebeak is introduced into a large glass reservoir, well luted. By keepingthe water to the boiling point, the mixture in the retort will distilover into the receiver, which should be covered over with wet cloths.In this manner will be obtained pure Eau de Cologne. (Dr. A. B.Granville.)Imitated, by pouring into a bottle containing Jx of spirit of wine, jijeach of essence of bergamot and oil of rosemary, 20 drops of essenceof lemon, and 12 drops of essence of neroli, or oil of orange. Corkthe bottle well, and seal it with wax, shake it frequently, for the sixfollowing days, and then add 5J of balm water. Cork, seal, andshake it again for three or four days, when it will be ready. Caremust be taken to mix the ingredients in this order, for if the balmwater is added before the others it will spoil it.Adulterated with distilled water, and with alcohol scented with rose-mary oil and bergamot essence.

Eau Divine. Divine Water. Take 5 j each of essence of bergamotand essence of lemons, one gallon of rectified spirit, distil in a waterbath, and fbiv of sugar, dissolved in two gallons of distilled water,and lastly jjiv of orange-flower water.

Eau d'Husson. See Eau Medicinale.

Eau de Javelle. A solution of chloride of potass in water, sold as ableaching liquor.

Eau de Luce. Take gr. x of Castile soap, 9j of rectified oil of amber,Jj of rectified spirit of wine, dissolve, and add jiv of pure solution ofammonia. See Spiritus Ammonite Succinatus.

Eau de Mareciiale. Take gr. xx of musk, 5J each of essence of ber-gamot, oil of lavender, and oil of cloves, gr. ij of essence of amber,15 drops of oil of sassafras, 20 drops of oil of origanum, and Oiv ofrectified spirits. Mix.

Eau Medicinale. Medicinal Water of Husson, for gout. The com-position of this water was first discovered by Dr. Wilson, of Yoxford,after giving rise to much conjectural analysis, and being said to becomposed of hellebore, hyoscyamus, hedge-hyssop or gratiola, &c.The formula given by Dr. Wilson is: Take two parts of the ex-pressed juice of the flowers of the Colclucum autumnale, and onepart of brandy. Mix them, and, in order to allow the impurities to