Ancient Roman Recipe
The Roman physician Aetius created a recipe for tattoo ink:
One pound of Egyptian pine bark
Two ounces of corroded bronze, ground with vinegar
Two ounces of gall (insect egg deposits)
One ounce of vitriol (iron sulphate)
Mix well and sift. Soak powder in 2 parts water and 1 part leek juice. Wash the skin to be tattooed with leek juice. Prick design with needles until blood is drawn. Rub in the ink.
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