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Opiate Tooth Paste

Honey, powdered orris, and precipitated chalk (see No. 1291), each 1/2 pound; rose pink, 2 drachms.

Rub into paste with simple syrup, and perfume with oils of cloves, nutmeg, and rose, each 1/2 ounce.

Take 1 pound Paris white, 1/2 pound rose pink,

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