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Wash to Harden the Gums
Take 1/2 pint of Jamaica spirits, 1/2 tea-spoonful each powdered alum and saltpetre pulverized, and 1 ounce of pulverized myrrh. Mix.
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Take 1/2 pint of Jamaica spirits, 1/2 tea-spoonful each powdered alum and saltpetre pulverized, and 1 ounce of pulverized myrrh. Mix.