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The Teeth: Paste
Carbon Paste.
Do.
Charcoal Paste.
Honey(white) q. s. gal. 3 oz. 8 oz. 4 oz. q. s. 3 oz. q. s.
Chalk. 2 oz. 8 oz. 1 oz. 2 oz. 5 oz. 4 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. 10 oz. ..
Charcoal...... 4 dr. 2 oz. 3 oz. 2 oz.
Cuttlefish Bone....... 3 oz. 4 oz. oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. 2 dr. 1 oz. 1 oz.
Pow. Sugar... 2 oz.
Castile Soap... eq.parts 2 oz.
Cream of Tar.. 1 oz.
Bicar. of Soda. dr.
Burnt Alum 1 oz. ..
Sal Ammoniac. 1 oz. 1 dr. dr.
Chlor. Potassa.
Camphor..... 4 dr. eq.parts Disulphate Quinine.... dr.
Tinc. Opium.. 14 dr.
Myrrh... 203. 1 oz.
Orris Root..... 1 oz. oz. 14 dr. 1 dr. 8 oz. 1 dr. 2 dr.
Any Essential Oils Any Essences..
Drop Lake..
Rose Pink.
Red Coral..
Cochineal..
Alcohol. 1 di. dr. 10 d. 2 dr. 1 dr. 3 dr. q. s. 2 dr. oz. 2 oz. 3 oz. 3 fl. dr. dr. 2 fl. dr. 11 dr. q. s. 4 O& 1 oz. 1 oz. 1 OZ. .
Do.
Coral Paste.
Or, after the ingredients have been rubbed up together in the mortar as finely as possible, the whole may be rubbed through a very fine gauze sieve to remove the coarser particles.
As tooth powders contain absorbent substances, they should be kept in tightly closed wide-mouthed bottles when not in use.
Tooth Pastes.-Any of the ordinary tooth powders may be put up in the form of pastes by reducing them to a very fine powder and mixing them with a little clarified honey or almond cream or simple sirup to a moderately stiff paste. Sufficient es- To compound tooth pastes, first rub up the dry materials to a very fine powder in a mortar, moisten slightly with alcohol or perfumed toilet water, and add slowly enough honey or sirup to form a paste of the right consistency, beating all the time with an egg beater or otherwise to thoroughly incorporate the materials.
Or mix the mass on a piece of glass or marble or other smooth hard surface. Let stand twenty-four hours before sealing.