Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes

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V.—	Boric acid	50 parts
	Salicylic acid	50 parts
	Dragon’s blood	20 parts
	Calcium carbonate	1,000 parts
	Essence spearmint	12 parts

Reduce the dragon’s blood and calcium carbonate to the finest powder, and mix the ingredients thoroughly. The powder should be used twice a day, or even oftener, in bad cases. It is especially recommended in cases where the enamel has become eroded from the effects of iron.

Menthol Tooth Powder.

Menthol	1 part
Salol	8 parts
Soap, grated fine	20 parts
Calcium carbonate	20 parts
Magnesia carbonate	60 parts
Essential oil of mint	2 parts

Powder finely and mix. If there is much tartar on the teeth it will be well to add to this formula from 10 to 20 parts of pumice, powdered very finely.

Tooth Powders And Pastes.

I.—Charcoal and sugar, equal weights. Mix and flavor with clove oil.

II.—	Charcoal	156 parts
	Red kino	156 parts
	Sugar	6 parts
	Flavor with peppermint oil
III.—	Charcoal	270 parts
	Sulphate of quinine	1 part
	Magnesia	1 part
	Scent to liking.
IV.—	Charcoal	30 parts
	Cream of tartar	8 parts
	Yellow cinchona bark	4 parts
	Sugar	15 parts
	Scent with oil of cloves.
V.—	Sugar	120 parts
	Alum	10 parts
	Cream of tartar	20 parts
	Cochineal	3 parts
VI.—	Cream of tartar	1,000 parts
	Alum	190 parts
	Carbonate of magnesia	375 parts
	Sugar	375 parts
	Cochineal	75 parts
	Essence Ceylon cinnamon	90 parts
	Essence cloves	75 parts
	Essence English peppermint	45 parts
VII.—	Sugar	200 parts
	Cream of tartar	400 parts
	Magnesia	400 parts
	Starch	400 parts
	Cinnamon	32 parts
	Mace	11 parts
	Sulphate of quinine	16 parts
	Carmine	17 parts
	Scent with oil of peppermint and oil of rose.
VIII.—	Bleaching powder	11 parts
	Red coral	12 parts
IX.—	Red cinchona bark	12 parts
	Magnesia	50 parts
	Cochineal	9 parts
	Alum	6 parts
	Cream of tartar	100 parts
	English peppermint oil	4 parts
	Cinnamon oil	2 parts

Grind the first five ingredients separately, then mix the alum with the cochineal, and then add to it the cream of tartar and the bark. In the meantime the magnesia is mixed with the essential oils, and finally the whole mass is mixed through a very fine silk sieve.

X.—	Whitewood charcoal	250 parts
	Cinchona bark	125 parts
	Sugar	250 parts
	Peppermint oil	12 parts
	Cinnamon oil	8 parts
XI.—	Precipitated chalk	750 parts
	Cream of tartar	250 parts
	Florence orris root	250 parts
	Sal ammoniac	60 parts
	Ambergris	4 parts
	Cinnamon	4 parts
	Coriander	4 parts
	Cloves	4 parts
	Rosewood	4 parts
XII.—	Dragon’s blood	250 parts
	Cream of tartar	30 parts
	Florence orris root	30 parts
	Cinnamon	16 parts
	Cloves	8 parts
XIII.—	Precipitated chalk	500 parts
	Dragon’s blood	250 parts
	Red sandalwood	125 parts
	Alum	125 parts
	Orris root	250 parts
	Cloves	15 parts
	Cinnamon	15 parts
	Vanilla	8 parts
	Rosewood	15 parts
	Carmine lake	250 parts
	Carmine	8 parts
XIV.—	Cream of tartar	150 parts
	Alum	25 parts
	Cochineal	12 parts
	Cloves	25 parts
	Cinnamon	25 parts
	Rosewood	6 parts
	Scent with essence of rose.
XV.—	Coral	20 parts
	Sugar	20 parts
	Wood charcoal	6 parts
	Essence of vervain	1 part
XVI.—	Precipitated chalk	500 parts
	Orris root	500 parts
	Carmine	1 part
	Sugar	1 part
	Essence of rose	4 parts
	Essence of neroli	4 parts
XVII.—	Cinchona bark	50 parts
	Chalk	100 parts
	Myrrh	50 parts
	Orris root	100 parts
	Cinnamon	50 parts
	Carbonate of ammonia	100 parts
	Oil of cloves.	2 parts
XVIII.—	Gum arabic	30 parts
	Cutch	80 parts
	Licorice juice	550 parts
	Cascarilla	20 parts
	Mastic	20 parts
	Orris root	20 parts
	Oil of cloves	5 parts
	Oil of peppermint	15 parts
	Extract of amber	5 parts
	Extract of musk	5 parts
XIX.—	Chalk	200 parts
	Cuttlebone	100 parts
	Orris root	100 parts
	Bergamot oil	2 parts
	Lemon oil	4 parts
	Neroli oil	1 part
	Portugal oil	2 parts
XX.—	Borax	50 parts
	Chalk	100 parts
	Myrrh	25 parts
	Orris root	22 parts
	Cinnamon	25 parts
XXI.—	Wood charcoal	30 parts
	White honey	30 parts
	Vanilla sugar	30 parts
	Cinchona bark	16 parts
	Flavor with oil of peppermint.
XXII.—	Syrup of 33° B.	38 parts
	Cuttlebone	200 parts
	Carmine lake	30 parts
	English oil of peppermint	5 parts
XXIII.—	Red coral	50 parts
	Cinnamon	12 parts
	Cochineal	6 parts
	Alum	2 1/8 parts
	Honey	125 parts
	Water	6 parts