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this tooth being more used than the others at its extremity,
the nerve that was contained in its cavity having been more
exposed to the air than those of the other teeth.
" I told him, that I was persuaded there was purulent mat-
ter contained in this cavity, and that he ought to have the
tooth perforated for its evacuation ; that by this means the
pain would soon cease, and the tooth be preserved. After I
had persuaded M. Tartanson of the utility of this operation,
I took a graver that I used as a perforator ; when I carried
the point to the extremity of the tooth in the place where its
cavity was, and turning it to the right and left, and left and
right, I commenced opening this same cavity ; at length I
took a drilling instrument, which I made use of for turning in
the same manner, to widen and deepen the opening which I
had already commenced, and as soon as the cavity of this
abscess in the tooth was opened, there came out of it consid-
erable pus and blood ; which I shewed this person by means of
a mirror, in presence of Sire Larregee, his son, Surgeon. This
appeared rather singular to M. Tartanson, although well
versed in his art, and indeed it is not common to see this dis-
ease. If other authors have reported before me diseases
nearly similar, I do not believe that they thought of before
making use of proper means to cure it, of which the princi-
pal is to trepan the tooth, as I did on this occasion, to give
exit to the matter shut up in its cavity.
" M. de Nain, of whom I have already spoken, had many
teeth attacked with the same malady, which gave him much
I cured them all by the means I have just mentioned.
pain :
Some months after I plugged his teeth, without their having
since given him the least pain, and he can use them like the
other teeth.
" Since then Madame, of the religious order of Saint Ben-
net, Convent of Chasse-Midi, being attacked by a severe pairji