Impetiginous Eruption of the Face Caused by Peripheral Irritation of Branches of the Trigeminal Nerve

and painful ; the gums were spongy and tender. Two or three teeth in the lower jaw were also decayed, but not painful. It appears that he has suffered from tooth-ache more or less for the last ten years, and that he had a molar tooth extracted some time ago ; he has had facial neuralgia, but no eruption previously.. He is otherwise in fair health, and is temperate. The eruption extended from the right half of the lower lip, where it commenced abruptly as though a line were drawn