Any of the above tooth powders may be made into a paste with honey, clarified honey, or honey of roses. A little perfumed spirit may be added. A common objection to these pastes or electuaries, is their liability to fermentation, or effervescence. Some makers keep the paste in the bulk for a considerable time, till the effervescence has completely subsided, and then put it up in pots for sale. Others heat the honey, stir in the powders, and keep the mixture warm till any effervescence produced by the action of the acidity of the honey on the cretaceous powder has subsided. It would perhaps be preferable in all cases to use the prepared honey (see Mel Depxiratum, Pocket Formulary) for these purposes. Electuaries of this kind are termed by the French opiats, although they may contain no opium in any form.

Coral Tooth Paste. Opiat Dentifrice. 1. Prepared coral 5 oz., cream of tartar 3 oz., cuttle-fish bone 3 oz., cochineal 1/2 dr., Narbonne honey 16 oz. - Desforges.

2. Opiat Dentifrice Rouge. Prepared coral 8 oz., cochineal 1 oz., cinnamon 2 oz., alum 3 drs., honey 20 oz., water 1 oz.; triturate the cochineal with the alum and water, add the honey, then the coral and cinnamon; leave the whole for 24 hours, or till the effervescence has subsided; then rub it with a few drops of oil of cloves, or other aromatic oil, and put it into covered pots for sale.

Dyon's Charcoal Paste. Triturate 1/2 dr. of chlorate of potash with 1/2 oz. of mint water, and add gradually 1 oz. of powdered charcoal.

Metges' Tooth Paste. Metges' tooth powder (see back) 48 oz., Narbonne honey 32 oz., syrup 64 oz., cochineal 1 Oz., alum 1 oz., water 4 oz.; triturate the cochineal and alum with the water (and strain), add the honey and syrup, and lastly the powder.

Pelletier's Odontine. This is said to consist of magnesia and butter of cacao, aromatised with some essential oil.

Rose Tooth Paste. Cuttle-fish bone 3 oz., prepared or precipitated chalk, 2 oz., orris 1 oz., lake or rose pink to give it a pale rose colour, otto of roses 16 drops, honey of roses q. s.

Red or Cherry Paste. See Coral Paste, No. 2.

Rosemary Paste. Levigated bole 4 oz., myrrh 1 oz., oil of rosemary 2 drs. (dissolved in 1 oz. rectified spirit), clarified honey q. s.

Saline Tooth Paste. Sulphate of potash 1 oz., bay salt 1/2 oz., clarified honey q. s., eau de Cologne 2 drs. (or essence of ambergris 30 drops).

Vanilla Tooth Paste (French). Charcoal 1 oz., white honey 1 oz., vanilla sugar 1 oz., Peruvian bark 1/2 oz., and a few drops of any essential oil. The vanilla sugar may be made by triturating a drachm of saturated tincture of vanilla with 1 oz. of pure sugar, and drying the mixture with a gentle heat.

White Tooth Paste. 1 (French). Orris, sal ammoniac, cream of tartar, of each 2 oz., tincture of cinnamon and tincture of vanilla, of each 1/2 oz., oil of cloves 60 drops, clarified honey and syrup to form a paste.

2. Precipitated chalk 4 oz., sulphate of potash 1/2 oz., prepared honey sufficient to form a paste.; to be flavoured with a few drops of otto of roses or oil of cinnamon, etc.