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An Excellent Dentifrice

Precipitated chalk (see No. 1291), 1 pound; pow dered borax, 1/2 pound; powdered myrrh, 4 ounces; powdered orris, 4 ounces. Mix, and sift through finest bolting cloth. (See No. 28.) beaten up with sufficient honey (liquefied by a gentle heat), syrup, or capillaire, to give them the form of a smooth and moderately stiff paste or electuary, a sufficient quantity of aromatics being usually added, as it were to "embalm and perfume the mouth." Honey of roses is often, and conserve of roses sometimes, used for those in which their odor and