Dissolve ten or twelve grains of white soap in four ounces of
rectified spirit of wine; after which, strain the solution. A dram of
rectified oil of amber is then added, and the whole filtered: with
this solution should be mixed such a proportion of the strongest
volatile spirit of ammonia, in a clear glass bottle, as will, when
sufficiently shaken, produce a beautiful milk-white liquor. If a kind
of cream should settle on the surface, it will be requisite to add a
small quantity of the spirituous solution of soap. Those who may wish
to have this liquor perfumed, may employ lavender or Hungary water,
instead of the spirit of wine.
It is employed for curing the _bites of adders_, _wasps_, _bees_,
_gnats_, _ants_, and other insects, and for _burns_.