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372 DENTAL MEDICINE.
trie irritability and vomiting, flatulence, diarrhoea, diabetes, hemop-
tysis, pulmonary consumption, chronic bronchitis, epilepsy, neu-
ralgia, etc. Externally, it is applied to ulcers, eruptions, diseases
of the skin, wounds, hemorrhage from wounds or leech bites,
warts ; also in putrid sore throat, as a gargle.
Dose.—Of creasote, gtt. j or gtt. ij, several times a day, either
in mucilage, in the proportion of half a fluid ounce to a drop of
the creasote; or it may be given in pill form. For external use,
from gtt. ij to gtt. vj, or more may be added to a fluid ounce of
water.
Creasote Water.— Jqua Creasoti (creasote, oj^ distilled water,
Oj). Dose of creasote water, f5j to f5iv.
Solidified Creasote.—For the purpose of making the appli-
cation of creasote to the teeth more convenient, and preventing
the effects upon the mucous membrane of the mouth when apply-
ing it to carious cavities in teeth, a gelatinous solidity may be
given to it by adding lo parts of collodion to 15 parts of creasote.
Dental Uses.— Creasote, like carbolic acid, is a valuable agent
in dental practice, although the use of the latter has, in some re-
spects, superseded that of the former, the two being very similar
in their action, with some advantages in the case of carbolic acid.
Creasote is employed for the relief of odontalgia, obtunding the
sensitiveness of dentine, alveolar abscess, periodontitis, suppura-
ting pulps of teeth, devitalizing pulps of teeth, treatment of ex-
posed pulps of teeth, mercurial, and other forms of stomatitis,
ulcers of the mouth, diseases of the gums ; as a styptic for hem-
orrhage from the gums, mucous membrane and leech bites, and
after the extraction of teeth. Creasote, like carbolic acid, has a
peculiar power as an antiseptic, hence it is a valuable application
in cases attended with offensive purulent discharges. It promotes
the growth of healthy granulations, and hastens the healing of
wounds, and arrests the process of suppuration. Properly diluted
in the form of a gargle, creasote in sloughs of the mouth or throat
stimulates the ulcer to healing and corrects fetor of the breath.
When applied to ulcerated surfaces, it should be repeated as pus
is formed, or fungous growths appear. It is a painful escharotic
upon mucous membrane, with, however, a soothing reaction.