Lectures on the natural history and management of the teeth : the cause of their decay, the art of preventing its accession, and various operations, never hitherto suggested, for the preservation of such teeth as it is too frequently considered necessary to extract / by L.S. Parmly.

Date:
1820
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Credit: Lectures on the natural history and management of the teeth : the cause of their decay, the art of preventing its accession, and various operations, never hitherto suggested, for the preservation of such teeth as it is too frequently considered necessary to extract / by L.S. Parmly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    “ We may therefore reasonably suppose, that it is a disease arising originally in the Tooth itself.”—Natural History of the Human Teeth ; by John Hunter. London : Printed 3800. The fallacy of this opinion must he apparent from the fact we have endeavoured to esta- blish, viz. that the Teeth, in regard to the other parts of the system, may be considered as extraneous bodies ; and, since they cannot exfoliate or release themselves from disease, so, in the same manner, the other parts of the system under disease cannot introduce into them the seeds of a constitutional malady. The next opinion I beg leave to notice, is that of Mr. Fox, which supposes a defect in their original formation, or that tlm Teeth do not possess sufficient stability and permanence for their intended functions. Mr. Fox thus expresses himself. (Page 12.) “ The proximate cause of Caries appears to be, an inflammation in the bone of the Crown of the Tooth, which, on account of its pecu- liar structure, terminates in mortification.