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Cleveland's Tooth Wash
Tinc- ingredients should be first reduced to fine tures of myrrh, Peruvian bark, and gentian powder, and the balsams and essential oils root, each 1 fluid ounce; aqua ammonia, 1 (if any) being added, the whole should be drachm pure water, 1/2 pint; tincture of thoroughly and perfectly incorporated, after wintergreen, or any flavor to suit; mix. This which the mixture should be beaten to the is a fine wash for the mouth, gums, and teeth. consistence of a stiff ductile mass or dough
1332. Myrrh Tooth Wash; Kirk- with the liquid ordered for the purpose. land's Tooth Lotion. Take of tincture of When powdered gum is one of the ingredients, myrrh, 1 ounce; water, 2 ounces; mucilage, the mass should be beaten up with water; 1/2 ounce; agitate them well together, and again but otherwise mucilage must be employed. each time before use. As a wash in rotten Gum-tragacanth, owing to its greater thicken.. and loose teeth, foul, spongy, and ulcerated ing and binding powers, is here generally preferred to gum-arabic. The charcoal of the gums, fetid breath, &c., it is often very light woods, as the linden, willow, and alder,
1333. Myrrh and Borax Mouth make the best pastils; that of the first being Wash. Rub well together in a mortar, 1 most esteemed for this purpose in France. ounce each of borax and honey; then gradu- The following receipts are among the best ally add 1 quart spirit of wine (not above that can be made, and will serve as examples proof), and add 1 ounce each of gum myrrh of these articles, from which the operator will and red saunders wood. Macerate for 14 be able to devise others: days, and filter. This is an excellent wash 1338. Dr. Paris's Fumigating Pastils. for the gums and mouth.
Pulverize + pound benzoin, 4 pound cascarilla, serviceable where there is a scorbutic taint. 1334. To Cleanse the Spaces Be- 14 ounces myrrh, and 14 pounds charcoal; tween the Teeth. Some dentists recom- mix them through a sieve; then add ounce mend silk floss for cleaning the spaces between each of attars of nutmegs and of cloves; disteeth, but we know from experience, that solve 2 ounces of nitre in sufficient mucilage No. 8 gum rings are superior. They are much of tragacanth to make the whole into a stiff more convenient in every respect. paste; beat well in a mortar, make into pas-