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HINDU CHEMISTRY

Formulæ for Eye-ointment

Red ochre, rasôt, galena, realgar, calx of brass (रीतिकुसुम) in equal parts...

With pepper and calx (of brass) one should boil gold on a slow fire together with clarified butter.[1]


  1. The Bower Ms., Pt. I., verses 110 and 111.