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Recipe Book for Tooth Powder in Smithson's Receipt Book

James Smithson Receipt Book - Inside

Inside the front cover of James Smithson's Receipt Book 

James Smithson Receipt Book Cover

Cover of James Smithson's Receipt Book

James Smithson Toothpowder Recipe

Tooth Powder
Rx
Creta ppt
Quinine
Myrrha
Oss Lessia
Trich Flor
or Cinnan. Caryoph
Nuc Mosch a 

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