30 THE TOILET 



pofe the bell inHrument is a firiall piece of 

 wood, like a butcher's TKcwer, rendered 

 foft at the end. It is generally to be ufed 

 alone; only once in a fortnight dip it into 

 a few grains of gunpowder,, which has pre- 

 vioudy been bruifed. This will remove 

 every fpot and blemifli, and give your 

 Teeth an inconceivable whitenefs. It is 

 almofl needlefs to fay, that the mouth mu(t 

 be well waOicd after this operation ; for 

 befides the neceflity of fo doing, the falt- 

 petre, &:c. ufed in thecompofition of Gun- 

 powder, would, if it remained, prove in- 

 jurious to the gums, &c. but has not, nor 

 can havCj any bad effedt in fo fliort a time. 



It is necefi'iry to obferve, that very near 

 the gums of people v/hofc teeth are other- 

 wife good, there is apt io grow a cruft, 

 both within and without^ which, if neg- 

 leifled, fep^rates the gums from the fangs 



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