Tooth Powder.
Take precipitated chalk and powdered orris-root, each 1 lb.; carmine and powdered sugar,
each 15 grs.; essence rose and essence neroli, each 60 grs.
Tooth Paste.
Honey, precipitated chalk, powdered orris-root, each 8 oz.; tincture of opium, tincture of
myrrh, each 1 3/4 drs.; essence of rose, cloves, and nutmeg, each 1/2 dr.
Charcoal Tooth
Powder.
Finely powdered charcoal, sugar, each 2 oz.; oil of cloves, 6 drops.
Another. - Finely powdered charcoal and red Peruvian bark, each 2 oz.; sugar, 1 oz.;
oil of spearmint, 8 drops.
Charcoal Tooth Paste.
Finely powdered charcoal, white honey, and vanilla candy, each 2 oz.; red bark, 1 oz.; oil
of rose or mint, 8 drops. Mix the whole into a paste.
Perfume for Mouth
Washes.
Asarum Canadense, orris root, each 1 oz.; strong alcohol, 1 pt. Make a tincture and add
tincture of musk, 1 dr.; essence of millefleurs, 1/2 dr.; essence of patchouli, 20 drops.
A Superior Mouth Wash.
A close imitation of the popular sozodont. It cleanses the mouth thoroughly and is
destructive to the parasites found in the deposits on the teeth. Add white castile soap, 2
drs.; alcohol, 3 fl. oz.; honey, 1 oz.; perfume as above, 4 fl. oz. Dissolve the soap in
the alcohol, and add the honey and perfume.