[EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I, too, have a problem with cyclically recurring hardened skin on my > fingertips, and I thought oil of tartar might do the trick. I spoke to a > local pharmacist about it, and he referred to a 19th c. pharmacopeia to see > how to make it. When he saw what it was, he politely declined to prepare any > for me. Apparently, it will do more than just soften the skin--it will remove > it.
Perhaps the meaning changed over 200 years.
