1811 .] Remedy for the Tooth'-Ache 111 
Carthage—tnd bombast, for which a 
school-boy would be fl(igged, are coni- 
inoii with them, as it the Roman charac¬ 
ter assin)iiated the French. Tim Romans 
mostly, unlike the French, fought with 
interim nunibers. Usuler the Fabian 
j^ysrcm Buonajjarte cannot terniinute the 
second punic vAar. 
The French force the Spaniards con- 
stanllu into acli 07 i , The Romans always 
did so with undisciplined and barbarous 
troops'. See Tacit. Ann. 52. Livy (X. 
22. c. 32.) ought to have taught the pa¬ 
triots the slow but sure result ot the 
Fabian system. From Plutarch in Ser- 
torius, they have derived the Guerillas. 
Cssar got rid of this species of enemy 
by employing the neighbouring nations 
against them. I’he French lia\'e tried it 
with the native Spaniards in vain. 
Ford Wedington may (think some per¬ 
sons,) w/Xwa/tX/Xui//tir want of British 
troops. The institution of the militia 
confines always at home 80,000 effective 
troops; and recruits cannot be obtained 
for the line at 161. b<)unty, while 40hOr 
more is given for substitutes. The ballot 
ought to be superseded and the militia 
become disposeable, or government have 
an unlimited privilege of raising as many 
volunteers from it as circumstances de¬ 
mand.— Review, and others. 
Goldsmith {Lett, Hist. Eng. n. 20,23, 
37.) siOtes, that to be gver in tiie field is a 
grand method of becoming despotic; that 
conquests repress popular discontents; 
and that liberty always attends commerce. 
Lloes not this explain in part the politics 
of Napoleon ? 
I shall end by giving, for the entertain¬ 
ment ofyour readers, a political opinion of 
some of the superior orders, with wliich I 
have no mannerofconcern,and neither ad¬ 
vocate or oppose. “Until,” they say, “there 
is an alteiation upon the continent, no 
pe.acecan or ought to be made Iryi Ids coun¬ 
try; for it is probable, they tiiink, that 
peace, in present ciicumstances, would 
give to France a preponderance in power 
and commerce, w hich England triustfrom 
its dearest interests repel. France would 
retain its influence through its power.and 
its iTiercliandize, in consequence, be 
favoured far beyond, very far beyond, 
that o-f England ; wliile England would 
lose that part of trade w'hich results from 
a state of war, and so forfeit the small 
advantages of a peace: They therefore 
think, that,.if Buonaparte found us truly 
lormidable in a militaiy vievv, an event 
impeded only by ike militia systeWy he 
Would f)e forced into tolerable terms 
MojtTiiLy Mac, No. 217. 
through the danger of or.r assisting otlief 
nations again^t him.” My plan being 
purely for conveying actual knowledge, I 
offer the above witfioutGominent^.'*—The 
authors are officers of rank. 
Ja/j/10, 1811. T. F. IC. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 
SIR, 
UT of fellow-feeling for the affliction 
of your correspondent E. C. con¬ 
cerning his pain from a decayed tooth, 
and in answer to bis request concerning a 
cure, I inform him of a mVthod which I 
have practised b.)th on myself and others, 
for many years past. Most persons ap¬ 
ply remedies to the tooth witiun side iha 
mouth, tlie pain is indeed there, but the 
cause of it is without side in the glands, 
under the iaw-bnne and ear, and theie 
the remedy must l,>e applied, in order to 
remove the obstructions there arising 
from colds For this purpose I rub those 
parts a whide day togetiier with spirits 
of wine, mixed with rum. It must be 
begun as soon as he rises, and by such 
Continual friction he will get rid of the 
pain by tea-time, or supper. But the 
common misfortune is, that people grow 
tired, and others tell tliem it \Vill do no 
good ; but I know otherwise' from long 
experience; and by this method I have 
prevented several persons from losing liieir 
teeth wdien young, which cannot be 
spared too much. Several, after losing 
two or ilnee teeth, have not been cured, 
except by my method: but it must be 
persevered in a wluile day, and the paja 
will tiien often cease instantaneously. 
Several have never had tlie tooth¬ 
ache afterwards. After the spirits and 
rum are mixed in a vial, a small part only 
should be poured at a time into a tea¬ 
cup, because the frequent dip of the 
finger lakes off the strength of it; and tlie 
rubbing must be continual, except whea 
the hand is tired, or on account of meals 
or other necessary intenuptions, until 
the pain ceases. Where the glands feel 
most Sore must be tubbed most, if it caa 
be endured, or else as near as possible to 
the sore parts. The spirits alone are 
apt to make tlie part sore, so that the 
spirits feei too sharp this is the reason 
of mixing some rum witii them, the oily 
nature of which moderates the sharpness 
of the spirits, otherwise spirits alone may 
be as well, or pnssiblv more active. I 
never found this medWid to fail in my» 
* The irhiitiu officers rwerit the highest 
prwise, 
F self 
