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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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FOR
THE
TEETH.
TO
REMOVE
TARTAR
FROM
THE
TEETH.--1st.
The
use
of
the
tooth-brush
night
and
morning,
and,
at
least,
rinsing
the
mouth
after
every
meal
at
which
animal
food
is
taken.
2nd.
Once
daily
run
the
brush
lightly
two
or
three
times
over
soap,
then
dip
it
in
salt,
and
with
it
clean
the
teeth,
working
the
brush
up
and
down
rather
than--or
as
well
as--backwards
and
forwards.
This
is
a
cheap,
safe,
and
effectual
dentrifice.
3rd.
Eat
freely
of
common
cress,
the
sort
used
with
mustard,
under
the
name
of
small
salad;
it
must
be
eaten
with
salt
only.
If
thus
used
two
or
three
days
in
succession
it
will
effectually
loosen
tartar,
even
of
long
standing.
The
same
effect
is
produced,
though
perhaps
not
in
an
equal
degree,
by
eating
strawberries
and
raspberries,
especially
the
former.
A
leaf
of
common
green
sage
rubbed
on
the
teeth
is
useful
both
in
cleansing
and
polishing,
and
probably
many
other
common
vegetable
productions
also.
CARE
OF
THE
TEETH.--The
water
with
which
the
teeth
are
cleansed
should
be
what
is
called
lukewarm.
They
should
be
well
but
gently
brushed
both
night
and
morning;
the
brush
should
be
neither
too
hard
nor
too
soft.
The
best
tooth-powders
are
made
from
cuttle-fish,
prepared
chalk,
and
orris-root
commingled
together
in
equal
quantities.
SIMPLE
MEANS
OF
REMOVING
TARTAR
FROM
THE
TEETH.--In
these
summer
months,
tartar
may
be
effectually
removed
from
the
teeth,
by
partaking
daily
of
strawberries.
TOOTH
POWDER.--Powdered
orris-root,
1/2
an
ounce;
powdered
charcoal,
2
ounces,
powdered
Peruvian
bark,
1
ounce;
prepared
chalk,
1/2
an
ounce;
oil
of
bergamot,
or
lavender,
20
drops.
These
ingredients
must
be
well
worked
up
in
a
mortar,
until
thoroughly
incorporated.
This
celebrated
tooth-powder
possesses
three
essential
virtues,
giving
an
odorous
breath,
cleansing
and
purifying
the
gums,
and
preserving
the
enamel;
the
last
rarely
found
in
popular
tooth-powders.
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