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Violet Tooth Paste

Take of little powdered myrrh (1 to 3 drachms) is prepared chalk, 3 ounces; cuttle-fish bone and white sugar (powdered), of each, 2 ounces; orris root (powdered), 1 ounce; smalts, 2 to 3 drachms; mix with sufficient syrup of violets to make a paste. A fashionable tooth-paste, highly esteemed for its power of cleaning the teeth, and its delicate color and odor. sometimes added. A very fashionable and popular article. Use, &c., the same as Peruvian paste.