COLD CREAM

n. Kold-krem'. Fr., c. c. [Fr. Cod.], crSme froide. Ger., C. C. A name given to various white scented ointments, used chiefly as cosmetics and as an application to chapped hands, slight excoriations of the face, herpes labial is, etc. The c. c. of the Fr. Cod. is the unguentum aquse rosas; that of H. M. Wilder is the c. c. with borax. Other varieties of c. c. are made by melting together white wax, spermaceti, and olive-oil, adding precipitated chalk, and flavoring with chloroform and otto of roses; or by beating together almond-oil, rose-water, wax, and spermaceti. [B, 81, 113; ''Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxvii, xxix, xxx (a, 21).] C. c. with borax. A preparation made by mixing a solution of white wax 1 oz. in almond-oil 4 oz. and a solution of borax i dr. in rose-water 2 oz., and adding 5 drops of oil of rose; or, acC. c. with glycerin. Of A. F. N. Neynaber, a preparation made by melting together 7 oz. of almond-oil, 2 oz. of spermaceti, and 1 oz. of white wax, adding a warm solution of J oz. of borax in 2 oz. of glycerin, and aromatizing with 4 drops each of oil of rose and oil of bitter almonds. For the oils, rose-water may be substituted. ["Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxvii (a, 21).] Unalterable c. c. A preparation made by mixing together 40 parts of quince mucilage, 1 part of almond-soap, 10 parts of stearic acid, and 2 parts of glycerin. ["Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxviii, p. 44 (a, 21).] [s. 341]