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Such an operation is very often followed by the im- 

 mediate subsidence of the symptoms. If due to tartar 

 its removal should be effected in the manner already 

 described; and if resulting from dead, carious or 

 fractured teeth, remove them and bathe the mouth 

 with a dilute solution of distilled extract of witch- 

 hazel, carbolic acid and water. The solution should 

 not contain more than one part of carbolic acid to 

 forty parts of water and ten parts of the witch- 

 hazel. In no case is it necessary to scarify or burn 

 the gums to relieve the symptoms, for it only adds 

 to the already existing irritation a foul, sloughy, 

 carious sore, which can in no way ease the Lampas. 

 The tumidity of the bars is the effect of the disease 

 and not the cause, hence any treatment which is 

 applied to relieve the effect must necessarily fall 

 short of its object unless the cause first receives 

 attention. 



The true cause of unthriftiness in many cases of 

 supposed Lampas, is some constitutional disturbance, 

 existing independently of a diseased mouth, and 

 requiring a different mode of treatment. A few 

 doses of tonic or alterative medicine will usually 

 relieve the symptoms in a short time. 



