The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-16

while an abscessed one has a dun.
steady pain with heat and redness OF
the assessed parts Bear in mind
mat IN all cases of Inflammation or
assesses the natural outlets of the
system must not be clOgged. Give
the child good cathartic, such as
castor or or In adult cases calOmeI.
at IhSntIaH and the next morning CT
trate OF maSnesia- In this way all
the machinery of the system is
Drought into coordinate action to
throw OFF the irritant (and we can aC-
comphsh most when all things work
together with one accord).
In all abscessed conditions home
remedies are but temporary as the
dentist alone can afford permanent re-
lief
For Neuralgia.
1t is rule of dentistry to locate the
seat OF trouble and remove the cause.
Neuralgia may spring from a dozen
sources and medicines must be care
fully administered, only as directed
and to give temporary relief until the
dentist can be consulted. Make il q
rule Of your life to use the simplest
remedies first. and the hot water bag
applied to the temple, or over the
point OF greatest pain, will give the
needed relief. Hot or cold towels
bound about the face and head will
be found valuable in neuralgia and in
ali facial infiammations. The follow
Ing prescription, used with care and
only as directed, will be found valua-
bic in neuralgia troubles. 1t should
not be taken by people with weak
hearts.
Il. Acetanilid Comp.
grain tablets.
Sig. Take > grains q tablet)
and follow each half hour for
next hour with 21z grains Ga tab
let) in water.
Do not take more than three doses.
the first one being a whole tablet and
the two following half hourly being
half tablets. People must use some
discretion in the administration OF
drugs and if the first tablet accom-
pushes the result don't take the rest
OF them. If the remedy should fail
to give relief, get as much comfort as
you can out of the hot water bag I'M
til morning and make a bee line for
your dentist.
Earache is often caused by aching
teeth and your druggist can put uD
either Of the following prescriptions,
which are to be used in the ear only
and in smallest quantities:
III. ext. aconite, One-half dram.
FL. ext. belladonna, one-half dram
wafer, one and a half drains.
For earache, apply on cotton tucked
into ear or use with drOpper.
Laudanum and sweet oil. equal parts.
Apply on cotton to inside of ear or
use with dropper.
For earache, saturate a small piece
Of cotton with either Of the foregoing
remedies and tuck carefully into the
ear with blunt wooden toothpick or,
better still, have some one drop a
couple OF drops into the ear, tucking In
a plug of cotton to prevent the out
flow. When the. eyes are infIamed or
blOodshot, as is often the case in alb
scessed conditions, an eye wash will be
found very soothing. Have either OF
these prescriptions filed and their use
Will be found vSry satisfactory:
Acid boracic (pOWdered), ounces.
Dissolve a teaspOonfuI in a glass OF
warm water and use in eye cup.
Zinc sulphate, per cent solution.
Drop in eye night and morning.
But bear in mind that hot and cold
applications will do a great deal toward
reducing infiammatiOns and should be
used first AntiphloSistine, except in
abSceSsed conditions, can be applied to
neck or any uneXpOsed part Of the body
to draw the Inflammation.
Frequently in the cutting OF wisdom
teeth the glands and muscles OF the
neck become infiamed and often fol-
lowing extractiOnS OF non-abscessed
teeth there is swelling Of the tissues Of
the neck and antiphlogistine is valua-
bic in such cases. When desirable to
draw pus to the surface, IL will make a
grand poultice. Canker sores frequent
ly annoy us by appearing on lips or
cheek inside the mouth and they re-
spond quickly to treatment with arO-
matte sulphuric acid. Keep the tissue
about the canker sore dry and with
wisp of cotton on a tOOthpick touch the
sore with the acid. Use care not to
get the medicine on any other spot
than the sore.
Powdered alum on a moist piece OF
cotton tucked into the socket is use
full. Paint the gums around and in the
socket with tincture Of iodine to re-
duce soreness. If however, ali OF these
remedies have no effect use MonseIl's
solution and carefully pack a small
ball of cotton saturated with II into
the cavity and follow with a plug OF
cotton to hold the first in place
The care of the teeth and exercises
In the manipulation Of the toothbrush
should be a vital part Of the training
of the kindergarten. By nippinS all
diseases in their incipiency we can rear
a race of Trojans, and as we made the
education of the youth compulsory, we
must be equally despOtic. and making
strong, healthy children, put a sound
mind in a sound body. For the great
mass of the poor properly conducted
clinics must be supported by the state
and by philanthrODically inclined hui
manitarians which will enable the p0Or
TO have skillfuI treatment. In such a
time those who prey upon them, the
dental parlor faker with the electric
sign and painless front. will fold up
his tent like an Arab and silently stink
away.