ce on the nerves of
the tooth sufficient electricity to establish a current, and
consequently to relieve the pain. Or smoke a pipe of tobacco and
caraway-seeds. Again--

2679. A small piece of the pellitory root will, by the flow of saliva it
causes, afford relief. Creosote, or a few drops of tincture of myrrh, or
friar's balsam, on cotton, put on the tooth, will often subdue the pain.
A small piece of camphor, however, retained in the mouth, is the most
reliable and likely means of conquering the paroxysms of this dreaded
enemy.

2680. WARTS.--Eisenberg says, in his "Advice on the Hand," that the
hydrochlorate of lime is the most certain means of destroying warts; the
process, however, is very slow, and demands perseverance, for, if
discontinued before the proper time, no advantage is gained. The
following is a simple cure:--On breaking the stalk of the crowfoot plant
in two, a drop of milky juice will be observed to hang on the upper part
of the stem; if this be allowed to drop on a wart, so that it be well
saturated with the juice, in about three or four dressings the warts
will die, and may be taken off with the fingers. They may be removed by
the above means from the teats of cows, where they are sometimes very
troublesome, and prevent them standing quiet to be milked. The wart
touched lightly every second day with lunar caustic, or rubbed every
night with blue-stone, for a few weeks, will destroy the largest wart,
wherever situated.

2681. To CURE A WHITLOW.--As soon as the whitlow has risen distinctly, a
pretty large piece should be snipped out, so that the watery matter may
readily escape, and continue to flow out as fast as produced. A
bread-and-water poultice should be put on for a few days, when the wound
should be bound up lightly with some mild ointment, when a cure will be
speedily completed. Constant poulticing both before and after the
opening of the whitlow, is the only practice needed; but as the matter
lies deep, when it is necessary to open the abscess, the incision must
be made _deep_ to reach the suppuration.

2682. WOUNDS.--There are several kinds of wounds, which are called by
different names, according to their appearance, or the manner in which
they are produced. As, however, it would be useless, and even hurtful,
to bother the reader's head with too many nice professional
distinctions, we shall content ourselves with dividing wounds into three
classes.

2683. 1. _Incised wounds or cuts_