[MR] Atlantia Digest, Vol 75, Issue 14

[Richard Wymarc]

Speaking from personal experience, oil of cloves is an excellent topical 
anesthetic. I snapped two teeth off at the root once. It would have been a 
lot less fun without the clove oil.

Richard

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From: "Dexter Guptill" <3fgburner at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:57 AM
To: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: [MR]  Atlantia Digest, Vol 75, Issue 14

> In his case, it was probably less as a breath mint and more to relieve
> the pain of cavities. Eugeniol (Clove oil) used to be the active
> ingredient in Anbesol before it was replaced with benzocaine.
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Catherine Clark <clothier16c at hotmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> Even Louis XIV chewed cloves as an offset to aging (rotting) teeth.
>
> Erich von Kleinfeld,
> Occasional Barber-Surgeon, mka
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> Dex
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> "Rule 37: There is no overkill. There is only 'Open Fire', and 'I need
> to reload'. " http://www.schlockmercenary.com
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