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Opiate for the Teeth.
Take of the above powder, (Baume) 3 i.
Painters' red lake, - - 3 ij.
Narbonne honey, - - 3iv.
Mulberry syrup, - - S ij-
Essential oil of cloves, - ij drops.
Make an opiate, and make use of it like the powder with
the brush I have described above.

Vogler's Odontalgic Remedy.*

Take mastic, - - - 3ij. vij grains.
Sandarac,- - - 3 ij- vij grains.
Choice dragon's blood, • xxxvi grains.
Dried opium, - - 3i.
Volatile oil of rosemary, viij. drops.
Spirit of scurvy grass,- a sufficient quantity.
After having separately pulverised the mastic, the sandarac,
the dragon's blood, and the opium, they are mixed, and mois-
tened with the volatile oil of rosemary, and are ground in a
marble mortar ; then the spirit of scurvy grass is put in by
little and little, and in sufficient quantity to form a uniform
mass of a soft consistence, both plastic and semi-ductile.
It is used against pains of the teeth, by applying and
spreading on the gum a portion of this emplastic mass of the
size of a pea.
Lalande's Dentifrice Elixir.^

Take root of pyrethrum, - 3i 3ij.
Cloves, - - - 3ss.

* Le Maire, page 210. t Le Maire, page 197.