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happened so often, regularly and constantly, that there was
no reason to doubt but that it was owing to that cause.
Case III. — A lady, about the age of five-or-six-;n id-
twenty years, was attacked with a violent pain in the upper
jaw ; which at last extended through the whole side of the
face, similar to a violent Tooth-ache, from a cold ; and was
attended with consequent fever.
It was treated at first as a cold ; but from its continuance,
was afterwards supposed to be nervous.
The case was represented to me from the country ; and I
gave the best directions, that I could, on a representation of
the symptoms.
She came to London some months after, still labouring
under the same complaint. Upon examining the mouth, I
observed one of the points of the dens sapientice ready to
come through. I lanced the gums, and the disorder gave way
immediately.
A lady, about the same age, was attacked with a violent
pain in the left side of her face. It was regularly periodical
coming on at six o'clock in the evening. She took the Peru-
vian bark, which had no effect. She^took antimonials, and
Dover's powder, which also were equally ineffectual. But
one of the points of the dens sapientice of the upper jaw, of
the same side, appearing, showed the cause, and indicated the
remedy. The gums were lanced ; and the pain ceased.

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