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actual cautery has been applied to the antihelix of the car to
relieve pained teeth.
It is often the case, that persons suffering pain in their
teeth, from cold, &c. find great and occasionally complete
relief by simply filling the ear with cotton.
I will give a case of this kind from the work of the cele-
brated Jourdain.
# " A lady experienced for a long time, very severe pains in
the ear on the right side. All the means were tried but in
vain, to remove this painful affection. Eventually, those
who were most discerning, asked her if she had not some
carious teeth. She assured them that her teeth were very
good, performed their functions well, and had never given her
any pain. Nevertheless, she was advised to have her mouth
examined. She addressed herself to me, and after the ac-
count she gave me of her case, what had been done, and the
suspicions entertained, I examined all her teeth with the
most scrupulous attention. Their first aspect was very im-
posing. At length proceeding farther in the examination,
and removing the cheeks upon the wisdom molar teeth of
the lower jaw, I perceived the one on the right side was ca-
rious very deeply externally, and that the internal part of the
cheek was lodged in this caries. As the pains of the ear ex-
tended to the posterior angle of the jaw, and also a little
along its base, I beseeched the patient to have the true cause
of her malady removed. This tooth having been extracted,
the pains entirely ceased on the third day, and the malady
never returned."
Mr. Koecker has given a case of disease in the ear from dis-
eased teeth. He remarks^ " Miss G. of Philadelphia, about

* Jourdain, Tome. 1, page 486.
\ Koecker, pages ir>6 to 159