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all the former in a state of disease, and the latter were in a
state of suppuration, much inflamed and swollen. A con-
siderable deposit of tartar was formed around the necks of
the teeth; in several instances their fangs were denuded of
the gum by the deposit of tartar, and in fine her mouth was
in a general state of disease. I need not detail the several
operations by which her mouth and teeth were rendered
healthy, as the principles of treatment are elsewhere in this
work fully detailed. Suffice to say, that in about four weeks
her mouth was perfectly well. The amendment of the gen-
eral health after the first operations were performed on her
teeth, was almost surprising, and would have been entirely
so, to any person not acquainted with the immense sympathy
between the mouth, gums, &c. and the stomach. Within five
weeks after I first saw her, every vestige of disease in her
digestive organs left her, and she was apparently in perfect
health.

SECTION III.

PAIN IN THE EAR, AND FORMATION OF MATTER IN THAT
ORGAN.

It often happens that painful teeth and those affected with
complicated caries, are the cause of great pain in the ear,
and occasionally affect the functions of that organ ; and so
great is the nervous sympathy between the nerves of the
teeth and the ear, that remedies applied to the latter, will re-
lieve pain in the former. Laudanum dropped upon a lock of
cotton, and introduced into the ear, will often relieve the
tooth-ache. This is quite a popular remedy. Upon the
same principle or a knowledge of the same facts that the