Principles of surgery, for the use of chirurgical students / by John Pearson. Part the first.

  • Pearson, John, 1758-1826.
Date:
1788
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Credit: Principles of surgery, for the use of chirurgical students / by John Pearson. Part the first. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    upon the innde of the Lips and Cheeks ; and is attended with a copious flow of ofFenfivc Saliva. CCCC. This difeafe is feldoni feen in Adults, hut it moft comr monly attacks Children from the age of eighteen months, to that of . fix or feven years. When the ceration begins at the inner part of the lip, it exhibits a deep narrovf fulcated appearance, and quickly fpreads along the infide of the cheek, which becomes hard, and tumefied externally. The Qums arc very frequently interefted in this complaint, and in fuch cafes, the Teeth are generally fqund in a loofe and difeafed ftate ; Matter is often found in their fockets, and Abfcef- fes fometimes burft externally thro' the Cheek, the Lip, or a little be- low