1293. To Purify Hartshorn

1293.    To Purify Hartshorn. Burn pieces of harts' horns until perfectly white; then grind them, and purify in the same manner as chalk. (Sec No. 1292.)

1294. Lardner's Tooth Powder

1294.    Lardner's Tooth Powder. Take of powdered charcoal (recent), 1 ounce; prepared chalk (see No. 1292 (To make Prepared Chalk)), 3 ounces; mix, and keep it from the air. A simple, but good tooth powder, known also as Lardner's Prepared Charcoal.

1295. Miahle's Rational Dentifrice

1295.    Miahle's Rational Dentifrice. Take of sugar of milk, 3 ounces; tannin (tannic acid), 3 drachms; red lake, 1 drachm; oil of mint and oil of aniseed, of each 7 or 8 drops; neroli, 4 or 5 drops; mix. Very serviceable in foul, lax, or bleeding gums, loose or rotten teeth, etc.. As a tooth powder it is improved by the addition of 1 ounce each of burnt hartshorn and cuttle-fish bone.

1296. Deschamp's Dentifrice for Removing the Yellow Color from Teeth

1296.    Deschamp's Dentifrice for Removing the Yellow Color from Teeth. Take of dry hypochlorite of lime, 1/2 drachm; red coral, 2 drachms; triturate well and mix thoroughly. This powder is employed in the following manner: a new brush is slightly moistened, then dipped in the powder and applied to the teeth. According to Deschamp, a few days' use of this powder will produce a marked alteration in the appearance of the the teeth, which will acquire a white color.

1297. An Excellent Dentifrice

1297.    An Excellent Dentifrice. Precipitated chalk (see No. 1291 (Precipitated Chalk)), 1 pound; powdered borax, 1/2 pound; powdered myrrh, 4 ounces; powdered orris, 4 ounces. Mix, and sift through finest bolting cloth. (See No. 28 (Sifting).)

1298. Morfit's Dentifrice

1298.    Morfit's Dentifrice. Powdered willow charcoal, 4 ounces; chinchona bark and sugar of milk, in powders, each 1 pound; old transparent soap, in powder, 4 ounces; mix in a marble mortar, sift through the finest bolting cloth (see No. 28 (Sifting)), and perfume with attar of orange-flower, 1 ounce.

1299. Grosvenor's Tooth Powder

1299.      Grosvenor's Tooth Powder. Take of red coral, 6 ounces; prepared oyster-shells, 5 ounces; orris root, 1 ounce; oil of rhodium, 4 or 5 drops; mix. This is the original formula. Equal parts of prepared shells, rose-pink, and cuttfe-fish bone, are now generally substituted for the coral. It is also sold as coral dentifrice and coral tooth powder. They are all favorites in the fashionable world.

1300. Violet Tooth Powder

1300.    Violet Tooth Powder. Take of precipitated chalk, 6 ounces; cuttle-fish bone, 3 ounces; rose-pink (bright), 21/2 ounces; orris root, 11/2 ounces; essence of violets (orris), 1/2 fluid drachm; indigo (pure, to strike a violet tint), a sufficient quantity; mix. A favorite dentifrice among ladies.

1301. Areca Nut Tooth Powder

1301.      Areca Nut Tooth Powder. Take of areca nut charcoal, 5 ounces; cuttlefish bone, 2 ounces; areca nuts (raw), 1 ounce; mix. About 1/2 drachm each of cloves and cassia are usually added, but it is better without any such addition. Areca nut charcoal, in fine powder, is often sold under this name. This powder cannot be excelled. (See No. 1302 (Areca Nut Charcoal).)

1302. Areca Nut Charcoal

1302.    Areca Nut Charcoal is prepared and kept by only a few houses; four-fifths of that sold by the druggists is spurious. The genuine powder is heavier and harder than common charcoal, and has a peculiar appearance and feel, when pressed with the fingers, which is readily distinguishable.

1303. Pearl Dentifrice; Pearl Tooth Powder

1303.    Pearl Dentifrice; Pearl Tooth Powder. Take of white marble-dust, 4 ounces; cuttle-fish bone, 1 ounce; smalts (finest), 1 drachm; essence de petit-grain, 10 to 12 drops; mix. A favorite with ladies who have white, healthy teeth. Precipitated chalk or heavy carbonate of magnesia is commonly substituted for the marble-dust, but the quality of the product suffers in all but color.

1304. Pelletier's Quinine Dentifrice

1304.    Pelletier's Quinine Dentifrice. Take of red coral, 3 ounces; myrrh, 1 drachm; disulphate of quinine, 15 grains; scent at will; mix. Recommended as a tonic for the teeth and gums. Prepared oyster-shell is commonly substituted for the coral, and a little red bole added to color it.