This is owing to scurvy in the gums and putrified matter lodged in the hollow teeth. The following gargle stands in high esteem: - Take two ounces of cinnamon, six drachms of cloves, and six ounces of Florentine orrice root, nutmeg and mace; bruise and macerate them in a quart of spirits of wine or French brandy, during forty-eight hours. When used let it be diluted with water. Or chew every night a small piece of gum myrrh. Or chew every night and morning a clove, or a piece of orrice root, about the size of a bean; or rub the teeth with a piece of rag dipped in spirits of vinegar.
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