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THE EIGHTEI-NTU CENTURY 2S<)

cases, Faiicliard acKiscs stopping oT the tooth imniLthatL-K , lor li it lie
carried out with delay, it is sure to he followed h\ inHaiiuiiatioii and
great pain, rendering necessar\ the renio\al ot tiu' lead or t\cn rht-
extraction of the tooth.

Fu;. 83

A gum lancet and two elevators, the second of wiiich is destined to act from
inside outward (Fauchard).
Cauterization of the teeth' continued to be much used in tauchard's
time, and this is very easily explainable when one considers that there
was not then any other means of destroying the dental pulp. In makmg
use of the actual cautery, the immediate end in view was to cause the
cessation of obstinate toothache. "When the teeth give great pam and
no relief is to be derived from the use of other remedies, one ought to
cauterize the caries after having removed the extraneous substances that

' Chap. vii.
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