The Kitchin-physician, or, A guide for good-housewives in maintaining their families in health wherein are described the natures, causes, and symptoms of all diseases, inward and outward, incident to the bodies of men, women, and children : prescribing natural, useful and proper medicines, both in physick and chirurgery, as well for the prevention as speedy cure of the said distempers : adorned with sculptures ... / published for the common good ... by T.K., Doctor in Physick.

Another smoothing Water.

Take Goats Milk six pounds, white or red Roses, small yellow Prunes, of each three pounds; crums of a white loaf, two pounds; Roots of Flower-de-luce, two ounces: distil these in hot water, through a glass.

Or, Boyl Roots of Nettles in Vineger and white-Wine; wash your Hands with this Decoction at night when you go to bed, and the next morning wash them clean with fresh water and soap.

Or, take fresh Butter, Oyl of Sweet Al∣monds, Lambs Suet; let these soak ten or twelve hours together, then melt them over a little fire, in a glazed earthen pot, adding thereunto white wax, with a little Musk or Civet: make this into a Salve.

Or sometimes you may wash your hands with sweet-sented water and soap, or with

stilled water of Bread, or with water and Rolls of bread. To these waters you may add sweet-scented water, as water of Orange-flowers, Damask-water, or a little Oyl of Cloves, Cinnamon, or the like.