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Symptoms.——Pain and difficulty in swallowing swelling of the tonsels, which are covered with a viscid mucous; if not relicved carly, suppuration takes place.
Treatment.——At the commencement give an emetic, and follow it up by an active purgative; drink plentifully of warm diluents, such as toast and water, and gargle with vinegar and warm water.
Observations.——On the continent of Europe, the practice in Quinscy is to deluge the patient with mild drinks, such as from the pomegranate seed, liusecd tea, &c.——N.B. Should throat suppurate, it sometimes requires to be lanced.
TOOTHACHE
Causes.—Caries in tooth, caused by disordered state of the stomach and bowels; cold or damp; sweetmcats, &c.
Symptoms.——Violent pain in affected tooth, darting sometimes to the jaw, side of face, and head.
Treatment.——If decay be fairly commenced, extraction of the tooth is the only certain remedy; temporary benefit is felt by introducing into the decayed tooth a bit of lint with oil of cloves, caguput, or laudanum, &c.; dose of castor oil, &c.
Observations.——In cases where there is a cavity in the tooth, further decay is often prevented by filling with silver filings mixed with quicksilver, rubbed together till it form a paste, to be introduced into the cavity, and which by and by hardens, thus excluding the air.—N.B. Rinsing the mouth morning and evening, and after mcals, with cold spring water, is a good preventative against toothache; also, cold bathing or sponging the neck and arms on getting out of bed.
