Take of fresh lime-stone, 1 oz.
pure potass, 1 drachm,
sulphuret of potass, 1 drachm.
Reduce them to a fine powder in a Wedgewood mortar. If the hair be
first washed, or soaked in warm water, (130 Fahr.) for ten minutes,
this article, formed into a thin paste with warm water, and applied
whilst warm, will so effectually destroy the hair in five or six
minutes, that it may be removed by washing the skin with flannel.
It is a powerful caustic, and should therefore be removed as soon
as it begins to inflame the skin, by washing it off with vinegar.
It softens the skin, and greatly improves its appearance.