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pied by the bicuspis in question, and the first molaris, or
large grinding-tooth.
I forbear to trouble the reader with any thing more on
this subject. Facts enough have been adduced to remind
us ever to attend to the teeth in painful affections of the
face.

SECTION IX.

SYMPATHETIC HEAD-ACH, &C.

Violent head-achs are occasionally to be excited by dis-
eased teeth, so much so as to have been a subject of notice
for a great length of time—of which I subjoin a few cases.
The first three from the work of Jourdain.
*In 1775, Madame de Maubreuil, living at Nantz, was af-
flicted with a very severe head-ach, and consulted, on this
occasion, her physician and surgeon, who ordered her sever-
al remedies. This lady was bled and purged several times ;
but as her malady was not, in the least diminished, the gen-
tleman ordered her the bath, and the application of leeches
to the head : she executed punctually their orders. All the
remedies which were applied, did not ease her in the least.
This lady had two teeth decayed, which, long since, had giv-
en her pain, and hindered her from eating. This made her
think that they might be the cause of all the pain she suffer-
ed. As I had the honour to be particularly known to her,
she was resolved to come to me, at Angers, where I lived
then. Having come to me, I examined her mouth, and found

'Fauchard, pages, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417.
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