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Tinctura Thebaici, - 3i
Mix.

Plaster for the Aching of tlie Teeth.*

" Take the gums or resins of Jacamoque and of Caregne,
of each 3 i ; dissolve them with a gentle heat in a sufficient
quantity of mastic oil ; put in a drachm of the extract of
laudanum ; all being well incorporated together, take it off
the fire ; let it become cool, and make plasters on taffeta or
black velvet of the size of a French farthing ; they are ap-
plied on each side of the temporal arteries, and remain there
until they fall off themselves ; then others are applied, and
worn as long as may be necessary."

Paste to dissipate Dcftuxions and appease Pains in tlie Teeth.

Take Root of Pyrethrum, Black Pepper,
Ginger, Staphisaigre, Mace, Cloves,
Cinnamon, of each, 3 ss. Marine Salt, 3 i.
Reduce them all to a fine powder, put them in a glazed
earthen vessel, pour over them twelve ounces of good red
vinegar, boil them with a gentle fire, stirring them all the
time with a wooden spatula, until reduced to the consistence
of thick honey ; then it is taken off the fire, and kept in a fine
earthen water-pot. For using this paste, the size of a small
bean is put in small fine cloth, which is placed between the
gum and the cheek of the side where the pain and deflux-
ion is.
" The effect of this remedy is, to make the spittle flow
more freely than the smoking or mastication of tobacco, which

* Fauchard, pages 165 and 166.