Toothache and anti-rheumatic Embrocation.—(No. 567.)
In no branch of the practice of physic is there more dangerous quackery, than in the dental department.
To all people the toothache is an intolerable torment; not even a philosopher can endure it patiently; what an overcoming agony then must it be to a grand gourmand! besides the mortification of being deprived of the means of enjoying that consolation which he looks to as the grand solace for all sublunary cares.
When this affliction befalls him, we recommend the following specific for it;—
℞ Sal volatile, three parts. Laudanum, one part.
Mix, and rub the part affected frequently, or if the tooth which aches be hollow, drop some of this on a bit of cotton, and put it into the tooth. For a general faceache, or sore throat, moisten a bit of flannel with it, and put it at night to the part affected.
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