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Clarified honey .. 100 drachms Precipitated chalk 100 drachms Powdered orris

root.......... 100 drachms

Powdered rose

leaves........ 60 drops

Oil of cloves..... 55 drops

Oil of mace..... 55 drops

Oil of geranium.. 55 drops

Chinese Tooth Paste

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Powdered pumice 100 drachms

Starch.......... 20 drachms

Oil of peppermint 40 drops Carmine........         J drachm

Eucalyptus Paste

Forty drachms precipitated chalk, 11 drachms soap powder, 11 drachms wheaten starch, 1 drachm carmine, 30 drops oil of peppermint, 30 drops oil of geranium, 60 drops eucalyptus oil, 2 drops oil of cloves, 12 drops oil of anise mixed together and incorporated to a paste, with a mixture of equal parts of glycerine and spirit.

Myrrh Tooth Paste

Precipitated chalk 8 ounces

Orris............ 8 ounces

White castile soap. 2 ounces

Borax........... 2 ounces

Myrrh........... 1 ounce

Glycerine, quantity sufficient. Color and perfume to suit. A thousand grams of levigated powdered oyster shells are rubbed up with 12 drachms of cochineal to a homogeneous powder. To this is added 1 drachm of potassium permanganate and 1 drachm boric acid and rubbed well up. Foam up 200 drachms castile soap and 5 drachms chemically pure glycerine and mix it with the foregoing mass, adding by teaspoonful 150 grams of boiling strained honey. The whole mass is again thoroughly rubbed up, adding while doing so 200 drops honey. Finally the mass should be put into a mortar and pounded for an hour and then kneaded with the hands for 2 hours.

Tooth Paste to be put in Collapsible Tubes

Calcium carbonate,

levigated............100 parts

Cuttlefish bone, in fine

powder.......... 25 parts

Castile soap, old white,

powdered......... 25 parts

Tincture of carmine,

ammoniated...... 4 parts

Simple syrup........ 25 parts

Menthol............ 2 parts

Alcohol............. 5 parts

Attar of rose or other perfume, quantity sufficient. Rose water sufficient to make a paste. Beat the soap with a little rose water, then warm until softened, add syrup and tincture of carmine. Dissolve the perfume and menthol in the alcohol and add to soap mixture. Add the solids and incorporate thoroughly. Finally, work to a proper consistency for filling into collapsible tubes, adding water, if necessary.