Practical directions for preserving the teeth : with an account of the most modern and improved methods of supplying their loss; and a notice of an improved artificial palate invented by the author / by Andrew Clark.

  • Clark, Andrew.
Date:
1825
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Credit: Practical directions for preserving the teeth : with an account of the most modern and improved methods of supplying their loss; and a notice of an improved artificial palate invented by the author / by Andrew Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ CONTENTS OF PART FIRST. Introduction Page I CHAPTER I. Sect. I.—Of the Jaw-bones.—Description of their position and uses 4 Sect. II.—Diseases of the Jaw-bones.—Of the deep- seated abscesses in the jaws.—Prevention and cure.—Dan- gerous diseases in the bones under the eyes.—Causes, methods of preventing them, and the cure , 5 CHAPTER II. Sect. L—Of the Alveolar Processes, or Sockets of the Teeth 10 Sect. II.—Diseases of the Alveoli.— Connexion of the alveoli with the teeth.—Wasting of the alveoli.—Causes of decay.—When the disease spreads over the roof of the mouth, the loss of the palate is occasioned 11 CHAPTER HI. Sect. I.—Of the Gums.—Their properties and uses treated of. 13 Sect. II.—Diseases of the Gums,—Gum-boil.—Cause of, and cure.—Teething in infancy, considered as being the cause of many sufferings, and even death.—Treatment of.—Ex- crescences of the gums ib.