Wesley Corpus

851. Or, put into the hollow Tooth, a little Cotton, dipt in Lucatelli's Balfam : 852. Or, a Drop or two of Oil of Cloves on Cotton : 853. Or, diffolve a Dram ofcrude Sal Armoniac in two Drams of Lemon-juice : Wet Cotton herein and apply : . 854. Or, apply to the Cheek Gum Tacamahac spread on Silk : 855. Or, keep the Feet in warm Water, and rub them well with Bran , juft before Bed-time : Tried. The first twenty Teeth generally laft till the fixth or feventh Year. After that, till the fourteenth or fifteenth Year, they fall out one by one, and are fucceeded by others. The fhedding of the Teeth is wifely intended, and brought about in a fingular Manner. Their Hardness will not admit of Diftenfion like other Parts ofthe Body . Hence after an Inlargement of the Jaw-bone, the original Teeth are no longer able to fill up the Cavities of it. They must stand unfupported by each other, and leave Spaces betweenthem. Under the fift Teeth therefore is placed a new Set, which by conftantly preffing upon their Roots, rob them of their Nourishment and Hold, and finally push them out of their Sockets. 2:36. Toath 236. Tooth-achfrom cold Air. 856. Keep the Mouth full of warm Water. 237. Teethfet on Edge. 857. Rub the Tops of the Teeth with a dry Towell : 858. Or , chew Sorrel-leaves. There is no fuch Thing as Worms in the Teeth. Children's ufing Coral, is always useless, often hurtful. Forcing the Teeth into Order is always dangerous ; Filing is generally hurtful. All rough and cutting Powders deftroy the Teeth : So do all the common Tinctures. Sweet Meats are apt to hurt the Teeth, if the Mouth is not rinsed after them . Cracking Nuts often breaks off the Enamel ; fo does biting Thread in two. Conftant Ufe of Tooth picks is a bad Practice : Conftant Smoking of Tobacco, destroys many good Sets of Teeth. "- Mr. Beardmore. 238. Extreme Thirft . 859. Drink Spring water, in which a little Sal Prunella is diffolved. 239. Pain