Balls, Barèges

(-rāzhe’). Syn. Boules de Barèges , Fr. Prep. 1. Extract of soap-wort, 3 oz. ; good glue or gelatin, 1 1 ⁄ 2 oz. ; water, 4 oz. ; di olve with heat, and add of sulphide of calcium, 6 oz. ; common salt, 1 oz. (both in powder); mix thoroughly, and form the ma into balls weighing 2 1 ⁄ 2 oz. each, adding a little powdered gum, if required, to thicken it, and using powdered starch to roll them in. 2. Gelatin, 8 oz. ; sulphide of calcium, 12 oz. ; common salt, 2 oz. ; water, q. s.; after solution and admixture, add carbonate of soda and Castile soap, of each (in powder), 2 1 ⁄ 2 oz. One ball is added to the water of a bath for an adult, to be used as a substitute for that of Barèges.