Opinions on the causes and effects of diseases in the teeth and gums, with practical observations on the devastating consequences of their origin, as ascribable to lateral pressure : demonstrated by delineations from nature of incipient decay and final destruction, intermediately producing toothach, tic douloureux, necrosis, absorption, loss of enamel, loose teeth, and spongy gums : in palliation of which, are submitted means of cure without extraction, interspersed with various relations and suggestions for the improvement & preservation of the masticating system / by Charles Bew.

  • Bew, Charles.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Opinions on the causes and effects of diseases in the teeth and gums, with practical observations on the devastating consequences of their origin, as ascribable to lateral pressure : demonstrated by delineations from nature of incipient decay and final destruction, intermediately producing toothach, tic douloureux, necrosis, absorption, loss of enamel, loose teeth, and spongy gums : in palliation of which, are submitted means of cure without extraction, interspersed with various relations and suggestions for the improvement & preservation of the masticating system / by Charles Bew. 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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    To have a just estimate of this opinion, Me should consider the locahty of the circumstances, under which the subjects which form its founda- tion are presented to our consideration. A little chubby chimney-sweeper, by the bawling announcement of his avocation, attracts attention in the public streets ; the eye instantly rests on a little figure, the features of whose face are smothered in soot, with the exception of the eyes, lips, and teeth ; health and youth pro- duce in his lips a ruddy, prominent, and arching object; of the centre and lateral incisors of the upper jaw, their pearly whiteness are, of course, considerably encreased, by the gloomy medium through which they are presented. That painter must know little of his profes- sion who would not heighten the effect of a snow scene by the addition of a black frame. The teeth of the brown-faced boy, or rosy rustic girl, never fail to excite, en-passant^ the ;envied tribute of admiration, and the supposed conviction of the veracity of this too-generally established belief. But let me earnestly recommend those who would run away so boldly with the bait, to be