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least carious ; from which circumstance he was induced to
saw it apart in order to examine the state of the nerve, blood
vessels, and lining membrane within ; he found the latter in
a high state of inflammation and the cavity filled with pus.
Several other cases have been mentioned to me by den-
tists. I give one from the work of Fauchard.

Disposition to a fistula of the gums, by an abscess in the in-
terior of a tooth*

M. Desjardins, surgeon, called upon me to see conjointly
with him, old Father Rose, Liquor Merchant at the Place de
Greve. This patient experienced such violent pains along
the whole extent of the chin, which prevented him entirely
from sleeping at night, so that in the day he could not attend
to his business. As no spoiled teeth could be seen, neither
were any of the teeth susceptible to impressions of heat and
cold, we thought this case might be regarded like the sequel
of a flux, or some humour lodged in this part. The patient
was treated accordingly, but without any success. At length
the pains having become insupportable, I was called for. I
then examined the lower incisor teeth ; I perceived nothing
at the time ; neither was the sound to me of any advantage.
The other teeth were not painful, they were sound. The
lower part of the gums of the painful teeth appeared to us
only slightly inflamed, but without real swelling or fluctua-
tion. A small eruption of a purple red colour, situated on
the gum of the right incisor tooth, was all that could be par-
ticularly seen ; and which was not sufficient to decide upon
the extraction of this tooth any more than the others. In

Jourdain Tome 2. Pages. 317, 319.