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THE SIXTEENTH CENTURV 2\:\
in the gums, in tlie dental ner\e, or in tlie vcr\ substance ot" the tootli;
and in each ot these cases it nia\ depend on warm or cold matter, on
dr\ ness, humidity, etc.
The method ot treatment must \ ai\ in all these cases; ami in rei-ard to
this the author enters into minute particulars, commencing with dietetic
cure—which itselt must he varied accordino; to the causes of the affection
Fig. 76
A Dutch denrisr. (From a picture of the XVI century.) By Lucas Van Leyden.
and then treats of all the other therapeutic means — purgatives, blood-
letting, revulsives, local narcotic or resolvent medicaments, and so forth.
The letting of blood was, it seems, a verv favorite method ot cure; not
only were the veins of the arm opened, but also those of the tongue,
ot the gums, of the lips, and of the ears!
Another remedy which the author seems to have a predilection for is
oil of vitriol. When a tooth shows a carious perforation, he applies
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURV 2\:\
in the gums, in tlie dental ner\e, or in tlie vcr\ substance ot" the tootli;
and in each ot these cases it nia\ depend on warm or cold matter, on
dr\ ness, humidity, etc.
The method ot treatment must \ ai\ in all these cases; ami in rei-ard to
this the author enters into minute particulars, commencing with dietetic
cure—which itselt must he varied accordino; to the causes of the affection
Fig. 76
A Dutch denrisr. (From a picture of the XVI century.) By Lucas Van Leyden.
and then treats of all the other therapeutic means — purgatives, blood-
letting, revulsives, local narcotic or resolvent medicaments, and so forth.
The letting of blood was, it seems, a verv favorite method ot cure; not
only were the veins of the arm opened, but also those of the tongue,
ot the gums, of the lips, and of the ears!
Another remedy which the author seems to have a predilection for is
oil of vitriol. When a tooth shows a carious perforation, he applies
