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Odontine

There are several dentifrices advertised under this name, two or three of which have acquired a very 1321. Patey's Orris Tooth Paste. large sale in the fashionable world. That of an eminent perfumery house appears to have 3 ounces orris root; alum, 1/2 ounce oil cloves the following composition:-Cuttle-fish bone, Castile soap and red coral, equal parts; color with tincture of cochineal and mix with honey sufficient to make a paste, and essential oils to aromatize, a sufficient quantity of each. 1314. Pellitier's Odontine is said to consist of pulverized sepia-bone (cuttle-fish bone), with a little butter of cacao, beaten up with honey and aromatized or scented with essential oils.