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urnishedthe nurse with a common solution of sulphate of cop-
per, and with a vial containing 72 grains of the sulphate in
an ounce of water, for the purpose of being progressively to the
other at different periods. This stronger solution was ap-
plied, by mistake, instead of the diluted one ; and it was the
first remedy which had produced a rapid tendency to a cure.
I finally settled down, after various trials, in the employment
fy Sulph. Cupri, ... 3ij.
of the following
Pulv. Cinchonas, - - 3ss.
Aquae, - - - - 3iv. m.
S. To be applied twice a day, very carefully, to the full
extent of the ulcerations and excoriations.
The cinchona here is not absolutely necessary ; but ope-
rates by retaining the sulphate longer in contact with the
edges of the gums.
Simple ulcerations and small gangrenes, as well as the
troublesome excoriation, when not in the last stage, yield
promptly to this remedy ; the good effect being generally
visible from the first application.
Dr. Fox, my friend and fellow-labourer in the asylum, had
already taught me that it was important early to extract the
teeth. I was not, however, sensible of the full extent of this
rule, till after examining the fangs of some of them which
were drawn. The separation of a portion of the perios-
teum from the fang, within the socket, which was univer-
sally found whenever the tooth was loose, among two or
three hundred specimens, proved the existence of the dis-
ease in a deep and narrow crevice, into which it was impos-
sible, by any contrivance, to insinuate the lotion. This cavi-
ty was laid open by extracting the tooth, and when the rem-
edy was applied, the sanatoiy effect was surprisingly prompt.
From this period forwards, the universal rule was to extract
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urnishedthe nurse with a common solution of sulphate of cop-
per, and with a vial containing 72 grains of the sulphate in
an ounce of water, for the purpose of being progressively to the
other at different periods. This stronger solution was ap-
plied, by mistake, instead of the diluted one ; and it was the
first remedy which had produced a rapid tendency to a cure.
I finally settled down, after various trials, in the employment
fy Sulph. Cupri, ... 3ij.
of the following
Pulv. Cinchonas, - - 3ss.
Aquae, - - - - 3iv. m.
S. To be applied twice a day, very carefully, to the full
extent of the ulcerations and excoriations.
The cinchona here is not absolutely necessary ; but ope-
rates by retaining the sulphate longer in contact with the
edges of the gums.
Simple ulcerations and small gangrenes, as well as the
troublesome excoriation, when not in the last stage, yield
promptly to this remedy ; the good effect being generally
visible from the first application.
Dr. Fox, my friend and fellow-labourer in the asylum, had
already taught me that it was important early to extract the
teeth. I was not, however, sensible of the full extent of this
rule, till after examining the fangs of some of them which
were drawn. The separation of a portion of the perios-
teum from the fang, within the socket, which was univer-
sally found whenever the tooth was loose, among two or
three hundred specimens, proved the existence of the dis-
ease in a deep and narrow crevice, into which it was impos-
sible, by any contrivance, to insinuate the lotion. This cavi-
ty was laid open by extracting the tooth, and when the rem-
edy was applied, the sanatoiy effect was surprisingly prompt.
From this period forwards, the universal rule was to extract
