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Hebe, or, The art of preserving beauty, and correcting deformity: being a complete treatise on the various defects of the human body, with the most approved methods of prevention and cure : and the preservation of health and beauty in general : including an extensive collection of simple yet efficacious cosmetic and medical recipes, for essences, pomatums, and washes for the complexion : liniments for thickening, strengthening, and preserving the hair, and changing its colour : dentrifices for cleaning and whitening the teeth, preserving the gums : sweetening the breath, and curing the tooth-ach : remedies for pimples, freckles, warts, corns, chilblains, and every blemish injurious to beauty

Alternate Title(s):
Art of preserving beauty, and correcting deformity
Uniform Title(s):
Hebe
Publication:
London : printed for J. Walker, MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Beauty Culture
Cosmetics -- therapeutic use
Oral Hygiene -- methods
Skin Care -- methods
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information)
Extent:
[2], xxiii, [1] pages,174, that is, 184 pages, [4] pages
Binding Note:
NLM copy, bound in full brown speckled calf.
NLM Unique ID:
2484058R (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/2484058R