℞. New wax, 12 ℔. Fluid styrax, oil of turpentine, _a.a._ 1 ℔. Melt and mix them over a slow fire, then draw the linen through it frequently so as to impregnate both sides. 2.--_Another._ ℞. Yellow wax, 25 ℔. Turpentine, colophane,[J] resin, _a.a._ 3 ℔. Ship-pitch, 2-1/2 ℔. Verdegris, 1 ℔. Incense, fluid styrax, _a.a._ 2 ℔. Oil of spike, 1-1/2 ℔. Melt, and mix the whole with two pounds of mutton suet, and plunge the linen in it as before. [J] Colophane, a species of resin, used by violinists to rub their cat-gut strings.--_Tr._ 3.--_Another._ ℞. New wax, 4 ℔. Resin of pine, turpentine, _a.a._ 8 ℔. Gum Arabic, 8 ℥. Melt, and soak as before. 4.--_Another._ ℞. Turpentine, 3 ℔. Wax, 15 ℔. Mix it with a sufficient quantity of oil to make a cerate. 1.--_Mixture for soaking the linens, the chemise, the coiffure, and the bandages._ ℞. New wax, 20 ℔. Venice turpentine, gum elemi, _a.a._ 2 ℔. Powdered florence iris, 4 ℔. Styrax, calamite, benzoin, _a.a._ 6 ℥. Myrrh, aloes, _a.a._ 3 ℥. Balsam of Peru, oil of absynth, _q. s._ Melt the wax and the gum, add the balsam, and then the powdered aromatics for use. 2.--_Another._ ℞. New wax, 12 ℔. Common resin, 2 ℔. Venice turpentine, 1 ℔. Gum elemi, 4 ℥. 3.--_Another._ ℞. White wax, 6 ℔. Oil of nutmegs, distilled oil of lavender, citron bark, oranges, _a.a._ 2 ℥. The following are some formulæ of liniment, or fluid balsam, proper to rub the corpse both internally and externally. 1.--_Liniment._ Dissolve two ounces of true balsam into two pints of spirit of wine. 2.--_Another Liniment._ ℞. Turpentine, oil of spike, _a.a._ 2 ℔. Gum elemi, fluid styrax, _a.a._ 4 ℥. Oil of laurel, 3 ℔. 3.--_Another._ ℞. Fluid styrax, 6 ℥. Balsam of Peru, 2 ℥. Oil of mace, 1/2 ℥. Rosewood, 1 ℥. 4.--_Another Liniment._ ℞. Oil of rosemary, rosewood, _a.a._ 3 ℥. Cloves, 1-1/2 ℥. Absynth, origan, _a.a._ 1 ℥.