Tes iatrikes kartos, or, A treatise de morborum capitis essentiis & pronosticis adorned with above three hundred choice and rare observations ... / by Robert Bayfield ...

CAP. CXXII. De Gingivarum erosione, & exulceratione.

ERosio gingivarum, & exulceratio, Erosion and exulceration of the gums, happeneth either from Worms, or from the corrupt hu∣mors which cause them, vel ab humoribus acri∣bus. & erodentibus, à eerebro, aut ventriculo, aut liene, ad eas partes confluentibus.

Fabricius Hildanus saith, That the Son of a Citizen of Dusseldorp was long troubled with erosion of the gums, and died, after the use of many internal Medicines and Topicks: and when he was opened there was found abundance of Worms which had eaten through his guts, and many in his stomack.

This water following is very much commend∣ed in the erosion of the gums: Take of unripe Galls, A corn cups, and Flowers of Pomgranates,

of each an ounce: Red Roses one Pugil, Allum three drachms: Boil them in two parts of Frog-water, and one part of old red Wine, and wash the gums often therewith.

The Spirit of Vitriol and Sulphur, as they cleanse and whiten the teeth, so they take away the rottenness of the gums, either alone, vel cum aqua, aut melle rosaceo permixtus, ut supra capite de dentium nigredine dictum est.

If the Ulcer be deep and foul, you may an∣noint with this: Myrrhae Elecctae, & sacchari candi, ana, partes aequales. Pulverizentur, iisque impleatur album ovi ad duritiem coctum, & per medium sectum; then tie it with a thred, and hang it in a Wine-Cellar with a glass under it, and there will come forth a Liquor or Balsam, with which anoint often: But if by the use of the aforesaid, the disease be not cured, if the tooth neer the Ulcer be rotten, you must pull it out, and then it will be presently cured.