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nent health, but, most probably also, very salutary effects might
be produced with regard to his sight : in consideration of
this, he consented to their immediate extraction.
My anticipation proved just, for by this treatment the dis-
ease of the mouth was perfectly cured in one or two days,
and since that period, not only has the general health of the
patient been much benefitted, but the pain and weakness of
his eyes have greatly diminished, and their sight has gradually
much improved.

section v.

NERVOUS AFFECTIONS.

Epylcpsia and Hysteria.

The teeth being supplied with nerves from the fifth pair,
exert, in many instances, a remarkable sympathy over distant
parts of the system. The nervous affections which are oc-
casionally excited by diseased teeth, are epilepsy, hysteria,
hypochondriasis, rheumatic affections, tic douloureux, sympa-
thetic head-ach, hemicrania, palsy, &c.
It is not my intention to discuss this subject at large, but
to merely mention a few cases in reference to it, with a view
only of pointing out the injurious effects of diseased teeth, as
seen in their producing these diseases.
Dr. Rush mentions the following case of epilepsy, pro-
duced by diseased teeth. The doctor says, " Some time in
the year 1801, 1 was consulted by the father of a young gen-
tleman in Baltimore, who had been affected with epilepsy.
I inquired into the state of his teeth, and was informed that
several of them in his upper jaw were much decayed. I di-