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or six years of age are frequently exposed to this nialach . The hest
means of cure consists in the extraction of the tooth. 'I'here are, besides,
various internal and external remedies prescribed. One of these latter
contains verdigris and three other ingredients. Among those to be
used internally there is a decoction prepared with twelve different
drugs, two of which are mint and rhubarb. The quantit\ of rhubarb is
about seven and one-half grams; therefore, this prescription is certainl)
intended to act as a purgative.
4. Ta-ting. The right or left gum suddenly swells; a tumor forms
of about the size of a grain of sorgo; in the beginning it is red, after-
ward black; severe pain in the cheek and neck; itching in the cheek;
the tumor afterward bursts, giving exit to blood, and becomes black
;
it ought to be pricked directly (before it opens of itself) w^ith a silver
needle; blood of a violet color will flow from it, which should be left
free course until it regains its ordinary color. The sufferer has at the
same time pains in the stomach, great thirst, abdominal pains, and
sometimes even delirium.
5. Ta-png. Gums swollen and pamful, abscess, fever, swollen
cheeks; great thirst, and vomiting of a liquid kind; dejections dr\
The treatment consists m the methodical use of certain medicines
to be used internally, among which is rhubarb. If one neglects to
make use of this treatment, an ulceration sets in with discharge of a
purulent and sanguine mucus; it is then necessar\' to rub the part with
a medicinal substance called by the Chinese, pmg-pang-san. Should
the tooth be somewhat loose, it ought to be extracted and the gum
rubbed again with the substance just now named.
6. Tso-ma-ya-kan. An illness common to children after the small-
pox; ulceration of the gums, which turn black; fetid breath. In certain
cases the gums are hard and the mucous membrane of the cheek is also
attacked; all the teeth shake; there is flow of blood from the gums,
upon which certain spots begin to form that are clearl\- distinguishable
as small holes. These holes must be filled with a particular medicinal
substance (named lav-nia-tnig-konei-sse), and, besides, one ought to make
use of various other internal and external remedies.
This is a very serious illness. In the case of recovery, the patient
ought to abstain from taking any heating aliment for one hundred days.
Tsee-kin-tong or tsee-ly-tong. Gums swollen; slight but continuous
7.
pain, aggravated by the effort of the wind ; the gums become ulcerated
little by little, with discharge of purulent and sanguine mucus; and the
root of the tooth is afterward seen to be uncovered. This malady is
to be treated by means of draughts, pills, mouth washes, and frictions
of various kinds.
After the treatise on the maladies referred to above, we find in Dabry's
DENTISTRY AMONG THE CHINESE 37
or six years of age are frequently exposed to this nialach . The hest
means of cure consists in the extraction of the tooth. 'I'here are, besides,
various internal and external remedies prescribed. One of these latter
contains verdigris and three other ingredients. Among those to be
used internally there is a decoction prepared with twelve different
drugs, two of which are mint and rhubarb. The quantit\ of rhubarb is
about seven and one-half grams; therefore, this prescription is certainl)
intended to act as a purgative.
4. Ta-ting. The right or left gum suddenly swells; a tumor forms
of about the size of a grain of sorgo; in the beginning it is red, after-
ward black; severe pain in the cheek and neck; itching in the cheek;
the tumor afterward bursts, giving exit to blood, and becomes black
;
it ought to be pricked directly (before it opens of itself) w^ith a silver
needle; blood of a violet color will flow from it, which should be left
free course until it regains its ordinary color. The sufferer has at the
same time pains in the stomach, great thirst, abdominal pains, and
sometimes even delirium.
5. Ta-png. Gums swollen and pamful, abscess, fever, swollen
cheeks; great thirst, and vomiting of a liquid kind; dejections dr\
The treatment consists m the methodical use of certain medicines
to be used internally, among which is rhubarb. If one neglects to
make use of this treatment, an ulceration sets in with discharge of a
purulent and sanguine mucus; it is then necessar\' to rub the part with
a medicinal substance called by the Chinese, pmg-pang-san. Should
the tooth be somewhat loose, it ought to be extracted and the gum
rubbed again with the substance just now named.
6. Tso-ma-ya-kan. An illness common to children after the small-
pox; ulceration of the gums, which turn black; fetid breath. In certain
cases the gums are hard and the mucous membrane of the cheek is also
attacked; all the teeth shake; there is flow of blood from the gums,
upon which certain spots begin to form that are clearl\- distinguishable
as small holes. These holes must be filled with a particular medicinal
substance (named lav-nia-tnig-konei-sse), and, besides, one ought to make
use of various other internal and external remedies.
This is a very serious illness. In the case of recovery, the patient
ought to abstain from taking any heating aliment for one hundred days.
Tsee-kin-tong or tsee-ly-tong. Gums swollen; slight but continuous
7.
pain, aggravated by the effort of the wind ; the gums become ulcerated
little by little, with discharge of purulent and sanguine mucus; and the
root of the tooth is afterward seen to be uncovered. This malady is
to be treated by means of draughts, pills, mouth washes, and frictions
of various kinds.
After the treatise on the maladies referred to above, we find in Dabry's
