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Cure for Toothache
Take equal parts of burnt alum and salt. Saturate a piece of cotton, cover with the mixture, and put in the tooth. Or saturate a small bit of clean cotton wool with a strong solution of ammonia, and apply it immediately to the affected tooth. Immediate relief will be experienced. 5874. Perry's Essence for the Toothache. A concentrated tincture of pellitory made with about equal parts of ether and rectified spirit largely charged with camphor.
Though a nostrum, it is an excellent preparation. (See No. 4532.)