TOOTHACHE REMEDIES Use the oil of cloves or equal parts of the oil of cloves and chloroform. Saturate a bit of cotton with this and crowd into the cavity. Renew frequently. But if the tooth is ul cerated, saturate the cotton and place it on the gum. Meantime soak a small piece of absorbent cotton in chloroform and insert it loosely in the ear on the affected side. Renew from time to time. Care, of course, must be taken.not to be overcome by the fumes of the chloroform.
Or mix 1 dram of finely powdered alum with 3 drams of nitrous spirit of ether. Apply to the cavity on a piece of cotton.
Or miX equal parts of salt and alum with just enough water to dissolve them, saturate a bit of cotton and in sert in the cavity. Renew frequently.
Or place ounce of carbolic acid in a glass bottle and melt by placing the bottle in hot water. Add ounce of collodium, saturate a bit of cotton and insert in the cavity, but do not let this come in contact with the in side of the mouth, as the catholic acid will burn wherever it touches.
Or 5 grains of opium, 5 grains of extract of henbane, 3 drams of oil of cloves, 10 grains of extract of bel ladonna with powdered pellitary into a stiff paste and fill the cavity with this.
Or saturate a bit of cotton with a solution of ammonia and insert. Or insert cotton saturated with camphor dissolved in turpentine.
Or, with great care, touch the in side of the cavity with the point of a pencil of lunar caustic. Protect all but the point of the caustic by means of a cloth br otherwise, and carefully hold the lips and face away from the parts while the application is being made.
Or mix 4i ounces of alcohol, 2 drams of camphor, 2 scruples of opium, 3 drams of oil of cloves, ounce of bruised pellitory. Let stand a week or 10 days and strain. Rub on the outside of the face or in very small quantities on the gum, or insert in the cavity on cotton.
Or mix 1 ounce each of ginger, cloves, and camphor. Grind to pow der in a mortar, add 4 ounces of tincture of opium, 16 ounces of pure soft water, let stand a week or 10 days and strain. Apply as above.
Or dissolve in alcohol 5 grains of opium, 5 grains of camphor, 1 dram of oil of cloves, 1 dram of oil of cajeput. Apply to the cavity on cot= ton.
Or place in a glass bottle 1 ounce of creosote and add dram of sul phate of morphia. Let stand until the solution is clear, then add 3 ounces of chloroform. Apply to the cavity on cotton.
Or rub to powder in a mortar dram of chlorate hydrate, I grain of sulphate of morphia, S drams of cam phor until they liquefy. Add 1 dram of oil of peppermint. Apply on cot ton.
Or mix 10 drops each of cam phorated oil, carbolic acid; creosote, chloroform, oil of peppermint, oil of cloves. Apply to the cavity on cot ton.
In addition to the above, tooth ache will usually be relieved by ap plying to the face any poultice hav ing the property of retaining heat, or resting the face on a hot-water bot tle, soapstone, or common red brick covered with flannel.
Dental Work.—Teeth should never be pulled unless it is absolutely nec essary. And this will not often be the case if the warning given by sen sitiveness of the tooth, or by tooth ache, is heeded in season. The loss of the tooth usually renders the corre sponding tooth on the opposite jaw useless for chewing. It also impairs proper pronunciation in speech.
Always consult the best dentists available and do not put too much confidence in the men who advertise cheap or painless dentistry. When the pulp or nerve of the tooth is af fected it should be deadened and completely removed, and the root canal should be thoroughly cleaned out. This cannot be done properly without some pain. And if the op eration is painless there is ground for suspicion that it may not have been thorough. Once the cavity and roots have been thoroughly cleaned and filled by a competent dentist, all trouble with that tooth will be at an end. The judgment of a dentist should be taken as to what sort of filling should be employed in any tooth. But all cavities should be filled promptly and properly, other wise stomach troubles are sure to follow.