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Hoyt’s German Cologne advertisement, including Rubifoam (for the teeth): a perfect liquid dentifrice. Price 25 cents. From Ladies Perfumed Calendar, 1899. Manufactured by E. W. Hoyt & Co. of Lowell, Massachusetts, United States.
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Various online searches for “Felt Tooth Polisher” credit this advertisement to the year 1883, but give no explanation as to the nature of the tool. We might simply assume it’s a device for polishing teeth, made from felt.
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Calvert’s Carbolic Tooth Powder, Manchester, England. According to Wikipedia, Carbolic soap is a strong antiseptic.
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In August 1865, Dr. Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister applied a piece of lint dipped in carbolic acid solution onto the wound of an eleven-year-old boy at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, who had sustained a compound fracture after a cart wheel had passed over his leg. After four days, he renewed the pad and discovered that no infection had developed, and after a total of six weeks he was amazed to discover that the boy’s bones had fused back together, without the danger of suppuration.
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In 1894, William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme introduced the first mass-produced carbolic soap to the market, Lifebuoy.
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From a print ad offered on Amazon, Wright’s Antiseptic Myrrh Tooth Soap was for sale in 1885, possibly earlier and possibly later.
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In 1885, cocaine was a common pain reliever found in medicines, including teething drops for infants, toothache drops, coughs, female complaints (menstrual cramps), and patent medicines. Not to mention the “nerve specific,” Coca-Cola.
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Updated February 2021
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