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Hollow, Aching Teeth
-Mix equal parts of gum camphor, gum opium, and spirits of turpentine; rub them in a mortar to a paste, dip raw cotton in the paste, and put it into the hollow of the tooth each time after eating. Use it regularly one week, and the tooth will be effectually cured.
THE INDIAN DOCTOR.
Canker in the Mouth. - Put one pound of fresh butter into a glazedearthen vessel, set it on the fire until it boils, then add four common green frogs and let them stew until they are dry; take out the frogs, and add a little chamomile and parsley. When cold, stir in one ounce of pulverized alum; and if the fever is high, give a dose of rattlesnake's gall, dried in chalk. This is the Indian remedy for canker in the mouth, throat, or stomach; and although perhaps disagreeable to the fastidious, on account of some of the ingredients, it is said to be infallible.