The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-05-21
roO.A,AOAs aud us Morbid COnsequenosa.

lTOoth.Acho aud It's Morbid Consequencess
Twenty Five years taok. not TO have
Liver COmblainI OF Dyspepsia, was re-
garded as being quito iDsxcusablei and
those wh6 could MT show. by wRutvis-
age sud salow complexion, that he or she
we're the victims Of one or the other or
both. Of, these maladivs. were held to be
uDprese btshe. for lack Of sylei while
he who. with ruddv cheek and tullneSs Of
firm. sought admissiOa inlo respectable
circles. was esteemed an imposter and
treated accordingly. Bat what areyOlu>
tion dose not twenty. y.6vo years bring
about And TO talk of Dyspepsia, or
distase OF ths Liver, IN the year 1863,
would at once bring down upon The
devoted head the ro.dy a. pelatiou by
|"Young America" "Ofi E,gy To be
a. all respectable now, IN society" one
must have Neuralgia. or Typhoid fever.
Ito ,te afflicted in any oihsr way. would
be decidedly vulgar. besides showing,
culpahle want Of respect tor tie "ntods.-
We are therefore aware. that when we use
the term tooth ache, We are 10 b. regard
ed as unprogrsssed. as lhe "styls" will
insist upon ,neuralgia, But as the term
neuralgia has too wide range of sigrii-
cation Tor our subject. we must incur the
risk ofbciug dubbed "Old fogy," and slilI
say too'h,scho. stEc 35 Hm ~
Tooth ache is term o@n confonrded
aud generally little understood. Az
pains about the teeth or Jaws. tho aIis'
ing from morbid conditions Of the teeth,
are not too,h-aohs, properly. The frat
form of the disease. that ofsimpls irriIs-
ton of tho, nerve OF a decnyed tooth, Is
tooth ache. 1t is usually Characterised
by a sharp jumping pain; and in most
cases eau be quickly relieved by tooth
ache drops. This form of disease is siric-
;, tly neuralgia unaecompanied by iDham'
ation. Ths second condition OF the
parts, is inflammation, in which local appli'
cations not only fail to relieve, but often
: augment the pain This change in the
, condition Of thiags, is known by the pain
becoming continuous. while the tootl
, becomes sore to the touch. Swelling o
the soft parts some times takes place
: terminating usually in ab cess. III
: treatment. where iua,matiOn has st 10, |
y ehectual Of any good at all, must be con
sliiulional But 10 most cases Il is 9th
u cult to 10 luce the ind ,nistion, on accoun
. OF irs seat being fix d in the membrane
: which arc piuohrd between the fang i
. the tooth and the bony sockcts. Absces'
D or gnm boil always ends the case t.
J the ime being; but it is better to extra(
o. tho tooth vt once, asa recurrence OF III
} attack is likely 10 take place at any tim
o. after wards. s.l, s
y, All pain is neuralgia, in n par'icul'
J, sense but il is important 10 know II
10 cause, or causes. from which it itprocceC
a' else our attempts 10 relieve it will
groupings lin til, dark Morbid Good
." ions OF the teeth an1 their surrounding
- .xcite painful sensations Of tho nerve
10 which arc often so eTratie and strange
v their movements as to require pation! II
Y vc,tigatiIu to 6od the puncium salen
ro or starring poin'. THUS, The exposed ner'
Of ,onh often gives pain IN the opp
he site Jaw, ear or templ4 and even in T
" mote parts oflhe system, We somstim
u hear persons say they have tooth ach
'rS but that they are unable 10 tell what Too
I'd u, 1t is 10. Sometimes patients point ont
J /" the Dentist pcrfc " healthy tooth,
NV he seat Of pain to remove which won
'h' be great bunder bul 10 y eT snrPrl
0, and great relief, the offending moIar
ia found in an entirely different ca,ily, a
&c upon its removal, the patient rejoices
fnd that his paiu hn' departed with t.
... SCOTT q CRlDER.
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