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Oil of White Birch Bark

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 20, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 19.

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Oil of White Birch Bark

According to the Chemist and Druggist the substance which gives to Russia leather its peculiar aromatic and lasting qualities is the oil of white birch bark (oleum betulae). Dissolved in alcohol, it is said to render fabrics proof against water, acid, and insects, and renders them more lasting.—Sel.