The relation between affections of the teeth and of the eyes / by N. Feuer ; translated by Sydney Stephenson.

  • Feuer, N.
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[1894]
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    aiFections in other parts of the body must inchne us to a belief in the reality of such a connection. In point of fact, altogether apart from the numerous earlier communications, a considerable amount oi literature has made its appearance in modern times upon this subject. These cases, despite their incompleteness in some instances, cannot be altogether ignored, because of their number, and also because of the high scientific position of some of their authors. The connection, however, is only one-sided, i.e. diseases of the teeth may well give rise to affections of tlie eye, but the reverse process has not been recorded hitherto. Considering the enormous number of persons with diseased teeth, it is somewhat singular that affections of the eye are not more frequently observed. Anyhow, such cases, by reason of their great importance, should have more attention paid to them than has been done up to the present time, a remark that applies to dentist and to oculist alike. It would be a useless as well as a barren undertaking, to review here the whole of the literature bearing upon the sub- ject (of which For.-ter^ remaiked that it was more voluminous) than profound), nor would cur object be obtained by criticis- ing the scientific value of those publications. It will suffice to lay betore the reader a general survey ; to indicate to him the standpoint Irom which our own observations, and those gathered from other s'ources are to be judged ; and, lastly, to quote particular cases in explanation of our remarks. In the course of the following chapters, an opportunity will be found to discuss the differential diagnosis between high- seated dental fistula, on the one hand, and fistula resulting from retro-bulbar abscess, dacro-cystitis, periostitis and caries of the orbital margin, on the other. The affections of the e} e that follow upon diseases of the teab n.ay be divided into two groups. First, those affections I. Graele-Satmisch Handb. d. ges. Augenhlkd,, iii. Bd., p. 7--
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