... poisoning and relaxing the vessels of the gums, it may impair the healthycondition of the vessels belonging to the membranes of the socket, with the condition of which, the state of the tooth is closely ... allay the horrors of tedium vitæ, or to drown the anguish of a guilty conscience. And may not many of these patients say to those of the Faculty, who give advice for the use of either these stimulants: ... of innumerable acts of self-denial; while the gratification of appetites, regardless of others, is the strongest feature of barbarism. We see then, even as a dictate of refinement, that the use...