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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    nexion, one dark whole), it is not uncommon to trace the track of a half-round file, such as are used by watch-makers ; and, in the extirpation of the black appearance regenerated by disease, leaving a routid hole, which, on every attempt of the proprietor to pronounce a word with an .<?, caused him to whistle as though he had a bird call constantly between his teeth*. Having thus, in detail, delivered to the reader the practice of former times even to the present day, with my opinion thereon, together with the origin of that plan which avowedly had for its object preservation rather than destruction; I shall at once enter on the promulgation of my own peculiar treatment, wherein, should any parts appear enigmatical, I shall beg leave to refer the solution to the composition and forma- tion of the teeth. * Perhaps, if the Four-in-hand Club were as much in vogue as formerly, this error in practice might be turned to good account: for 1 remember to have heard of one of that association, who gave his dentist ten guineas for so filing tlie incisors, that he might at will whistle off his tits into full speed, and spit through his teeth like a coachman!!