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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 29 August 1914, Page 6

CI'IMXG TOOTHAOHF THROUGH THE NOSE. At last a real euro for toothache rte-\ rla I'ctl to be effective by several reliable doctors, lias been discovered, ft is the invention of Dr. Adolpli Schwartz, an Austrian army surgeon now stationed at firavosa, in Dalmatia, in Austria. It is based 011 tbo use of etlieric oil of mustard winch can be obtained in nearly every drug store. The sufferer must bo very careful to follow the instructions given by In - . Schwartz in using the oil. othenvls* it may do serious injury to the eyes. The patient should dose his eyos s and lips as firmly as possible, and with his finger stop the nostril 011 the opposite side of the face from that affected by the toothache, lie then places a tin} bottle not containing more than five grams of the etlieric oil of mustard to the open nostril and takes a deep breath. Immediately he will suffer a violent and painful inflammation accompanied bji an abundant llow of tears, reddening of the face ami temporary Stopping of the breath. This pain lasts at tlie most one or two minutes. When it goes away, the toothache disappeais with it. The inflammatory conditions subside vcrv quickly, and in several eases, the toothache does not'appear for several hours, if at all. I.he treatment may be then recommenced and repeated two or three times with suiTl'io exiilanation of tihe success of this treatment is that the oil of mustard .rcac.hes the main trunk of the trigeminal nerve through the nose. The nerves of tlie teeth are little offshoots from this main nerve. The mustard sets up a temporary inflammation in the main nerve, and when the nerve reacts against tlie mustard, it drives out the inflammation from the little nerve end 9 in the teeth.