Foe Frosted Limbs
Ingredients
Directions
Melt the beeswax, turpentine, and lard over low heat.
Add the camphor and chloroform to the mixture.
Bathe the frosted parts in warm water.
Rub the ointment on the affected areas while sitting by the fire.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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