Tooth
Pastes
The variety
of pot lids found indicates the variety of tooth pastes produced in the late 19th
& early 20th centuries, the following are a selection of 1892
recipes for such pastes, utilizing some rather unusual ingredients;
Areca Nut
Take of
Precipitated chalk
8 oz
Powdered areca nut
4 oz
White castile soap
...2 oz
Powdered orris
root
4 oz
Bole Armenian (finely levigated)
..1/2
oz
Glycerine
2 ½ fl oz
Rose water
.2 ½ fl oz
Otto of roses
..4 minims
Oil of cloves
...5 minims
Oil of pimento
.5 minims
Mix.
Cherry
Take of
Otto of roses
10 drops
Oil of cassia
..1/2 drm
Oil of cloves
..1 drm
Orris root, in powder
.4 oz
Cuttle fish
..4 oz
Precipitated chalk
..4 oz
Prepared chalk, in powder
1 pound
Glycerine of borax
.A sufficiency
Liquid cochineal
.A sufficiency
Mix well.
Carbolic
Take of
Oil of wintergreen
6 drops
Carbolic acid, liquefied
20 drops
Glycerine
.1 oz
Cuttlefish bone, in powder
1 oz
Precipitated chalk
.4 oz
Honey
..A sufficiency
Mix the
acid and oil with the glycerine, and add it to the
powders, previously triturated together. Rub well together, and add sufficient
honey to make the product of a suitable consistency.
Rose
Take of
Orris root, in powder
..4 drms
Cuttle fish, in powder
..8 drms
Precipitated chalk
...8 oz
Carmine, in fine powder
.10 grns
Mix well
together, the take
Otto of rose
...3 drops
Oil of cassia
...4 drops
Oil of cinnamon
..4 drops
Oil of cloves
..14 drops
Oil of lemon
...30 drops
Clarified honey
...2 oz
Simple syrup
..6 oz
Mix these
thoroughly, and gradually incorporate the previously mixed powders.
American Dentifrice
Take of
Carbonate of magnesia
..4 oz
Precipitated chalk
.8 oz
Orris root (powdered)
..4 oz
Cuttle fish bone (powdered)
.3 oz
Oil of wintergreen
.2 drms
Extract of musk
2 drms
Mix.