Nah, canker sores, cold sores, geographic tongue…people knew those went away. No real need to “treat” them, though they did have some funky super-concentrated menthol goop, a few other ointments, and (of course), the option of simply covering up the blemish with lovely lead paints (if it was outside the mucosal area of the mouth).

if the sores were in the mouth, the only cure I can find is having some laudanum applied to the area…before swallowing it, of course. I know that both alcohol and opiates can numb topically, but just straight up drinking them together might have “helped” just as much…