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Plencli Odontalgic Lotion.
Take root of pyrethrum, - 3ij.
Muriate of ammonia, - 3i.
Extract of opium,- - grains ij.
Distilled water of lavender, 3 ij.
Distilled vinegar, - - 3ij.
Digest this mixture for the space of some days, and filter.
In pains of the teeth, a spoonful of this lotion is held in the
niouth from time to time, and care taken not to swallow it.
* " If the gums are found ulcerated, without being excres-
cenced, there is no other operation to practice but the appli
cation of the following remedies : Take two drachms of rock
alum in powder, one ounce of tincture of myrrh and aloes,
with one drachm of camphor ; put all into a half pint of
brandy, and let the affected person frequently rinse his mouth
with it, or by injecting it upon the ulcers only, by means of a
syringe : these ulcers are again rubbed by means of a piece
of linen rag rolled around a small stick, which is dipped in
the lotion, and with which the gums are rubbed : this is the
practice in the Hotel Dieu at Paris, in which most of the
diseases of the mouth are treated ; it should be remembered
also, that when the disease is prolonged by any excrescences
of the gums, they are extirpated. It should be remarked
that these rubbings should be repeated very frequently, to
derive any utility from them."

Detersive Opiate.f

" I here give the formulary of an opiate, because there are
persons who prefer this kind of preparation.

* Le Denliste Observateur, pages 9S, 99. t Maury, pages 82, 83.