Platerus golden practice of physick: fully and plainly discovering, I. All the kinds. II. The several causes of every disease. III. Their most proper cures, in respect to the kinds, and several causes, from whence they come. After a new, easie, and plain method; of knowing, foretelling, preventing, and curing, all diseases incident to the body of man. Full of proper observations and remedies: both of ancient and modern physitians. In three books, and five tomes, or parts. Being the fruits of one and thirty years travel: and fifty years practice of physick. By Felix Plater, chief physitian and professor in ordinary at Basil. Abdiah Cole, doctor of physick, and the liberal arts. Nich. Culpeper, gent. student in physick, and astrology.

The Kinds.

THe Tooth-ach is any pain in or about the Teeth, and it is either a true Tooth-ach, or such only as a little disturbeth.

A true Tooth-ach, is in or about one tooth, only somtimes in more, seldom in the Fore-teeth, but in the sides, and com∣monly but on one side, somtimes on both, somtimes in the upper, somtimes in the lower jaw, seldom in both, This is the proper Tooth-ach which is often and grievous.

This pain is in Infants that breed their grinders, which they declare by crying and restlessness, and it is known by the redness and hear of the Cheek, and when the teeth appear out of the swollen and open Gums, there is also a little Feaver known by hear and other signs. Somtimes convul∣sions, but not so dangerous, as when they come from other causes.

There is also a tooth-ach which comes to people of all Ages, from which few are free, especially such as have hollow or broken teeth. This is often violent and lasteth long or returns often, with stretching and bea∣ting, which they suppose they feel in the tooth it self, which is pained. The Gums are then very hot and red somtimes swollen with the Cheek, also which being swollen the tooth-ach abateth, somtimes there is an Impostum at the bottom of the tooth, and when that breaketh the tooth-ach ceaseth, and there cometh fotth foul and stinking matter. And the Ulcer somtime re∣maineth long after, or turns hollow, peircing the lower Jaw and opening it self outwardly, sending forth wa∣terish and somtimes thick matter for a long time.

Somtimes when these appear not, there is a great pain in the teeth, such as we use to feel at our Fingers ends in cold weather. In this the Patient spits much, and if the teeth be hollow, he seems to feel a cold Air coming from them, to his tongue, when he toucheth them there with.

There is a kind of tooth-ach, when a tooth is drawn, somtimes greater, som∣times lesser: but usually it is gone after the tooth is drawn, except by the vio∣lent motion of the part or hurt of the In∣strument, or when a little part is only drawn out, there be a pain after.

There is a Molestation, rather then pain in teeth at the time of eating, in the disease called Haemodia, this is a pres∣fing of the teeth, when one is longer then another.

Notes

• Tooth-ach.
• Tooth-ach in Children which breed Teeth.
• Pain of the Teeth when a Tooth is drawn.
• Numness of the Teeth cal∣led Haemodia.