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348 DENTAL MEDICINE.

Dose.—Of powdered cinchona, 9j to 5iij> given in infusion
of liquorice ; of the extract of cinchona, gr. j to gr. x, in pill;
of sulphate of quinine, gr. j to 3j.
Dental Uses.—Cinchona and its alkaloid, quinine, are em-
ployed in dental practice, in the treatment of neuralgia of the
fifth pair of nerves, when due to malaria, in from five to ten
grain doses of quinine ; in aphthous ulcerations, in one or two
grain doses every two or three hours, especially when there is
great debility; and in cancrum oris; also in the form of gargles
and lotions, in gangrenous ulcerations of the mouth. Cinchona
is also employed in the form of powder, as an ingredient of cer-
tain dentifrices, for its tonic and antiseptic properties.
DENTAL FORMULA.
Dentifrice. Dentifrice.
B- Pulv. cinchonse flav. . z^ iv li . Pulv. cinchonae flav. . ft.ss
Cretae prep
Pulv. saponis cas. albi 5 iv Ib.ss
Pulv. myrrhae
Cretse prep . . . ,5 iv
^ ij
Magnesise calc. ." . ^iij Pulv. radicis iridis . ^jv. M,
.
Otto rosas gtt. viij For Ulceration of Gums.
Olei caryophylli . . gtt. vj M.
R. Pulv. cinchonae . . . ^ij
Cupri sulph gr. x
Dentifrice. Acaciae (pulv.) . . . ^j
B. Pulv. cinchona flav. . ^iij Mellis ^i]
Cretse prep ^^ iij Aquae purae . . . . 3 iij. M.
Sacchari albi . . . . ^ j SiGNA.—Apply with a camel's-hair
Pulv. cinnamomi brush to ulcerated surface of mucous
. . ^j
membrane.
Pulv. saponis cas. albi 3 ij
Pulv. myrrhae M.
. . . . gj.
For a IVash after the Extraction of
Teeth.
For Mercurial Stomatitis.
R. Cinchonae (decoct.) . f^ij
Dr. Garrettson.
Aluminae ... ' • S'j
B Tinct. cinchona . 3y
Infus. rosae .... f,^ij. M.
Potassae chloratis |ss
SiGNA.—Use as a gargle.
Sodae bibor. . .
Alumnis pulv. 3'J For Digestive Stimulation in Pyorrhaa
Potassse permanganatis gr. xxv Alveolaris.
Aquae colonise Dr. Chas. B. Atkinson.
Tinct. myrrhae R. Cinchonidinae sulph. . ^ss
I)
Tinct. capsici 3i Acid, sulph. arom. . . ^ij
Tinct. krameriae Alcohol (95 per cent.) "^ iij
Aquae viij. M. Aquae dest, q. s. ad. xv. M.
S . J^
SiGNA.—Use as a gargle SiGNA.—One teaspoonful ter die.