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Definition of Bath powder

1. Noun. A fine powder for spreading on the body (as after bathing).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bath Powder

Literary usage of Bath powder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nostrums and Quackery: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery Reprinted by American Medical Association (1912)
"... bath powder" must be applied to "the fat parts or whole body twice daily." Fourth, the patient must take "a good long walk each day. ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1897)
"The Emollient bath powder, Plain. This is also prepared in conjunction with the following ... Price: Plain bath powder, 8d. each ; Medicated, is. each. ..."

3. The Clinical Journal (1906)
"Of these, the bath powder which is known as the - emollient bath powder " is a very good substitute for the bran bath. The powders are medicated by various ..."

4. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"Evaporate the liquid to dryness on :i bath, powder the residue, mix it in a test tube with 20 mils of distilled »Tt ' Mid complete the test for other ..."

5. The Life of the Buddha: According to the Pali Canon by Bhikkhu Nanamoli, Ñāṇamoli (1992)
"... his apprentice heaps bath-powder in a metal basin, and sprinkling it gradually with water, kneads it up till the moisture wets his ball of bath powder, ..."

6. The Standard Formulary: A Collection of Nearly Five Thousand Formulas for by Albert Ethelbert Ebert, A. Emil Hiss (1904)
"bath powder. I. Tartaric acid av.oz. 10 Sodium bicarbonate av.oz. 9 Starch av.oz. fi A few spoonfuls of this when stirred into a ..."

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