A practical treatise on the most frequent diseases of the mouth and teeth, and especially the accidents of the first dentition : with the means of remedying them, of preserving all the parts of the mouth in good condition, and an essay on the physical education of children: to which are added, considerations on the improvement of the instruments of a dentist; on an new instrument proposed by the author, and some proposed plans relative to artificial teeth, with an engraving / by J.C. Gerbaux.

Date:
1823
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Credit: A practical treatise on the most frequent diseases of the mouth and teeth, and especially the accidents of the first dentition : with the means of remedying them, of preserving all the parts of the mouth in good condition, and an essay on the physical education of children: to which are added, considerations on the improvement of the instruments of a dentist; on an new instrument proposed by the author, and some proposed plans relative to artificial teeth, with an engraving / by J.C. Gerbaux. 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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    Chapter. Page. 78 83 File on those Organs : their breaking, luxation, and fall 71 VI. Of Tartar or Fur on the Teeth. Pre- cautions to be used in removing it; complete inoxiousness of that Opera- tion VII. Of Odontalgy, or the Toothache ; dif- ferent kinds of Fluxions that occur in itgeneral Modes of curing it VIII. Of Caries. Its Causes j Modes of sup- pressing it j of stopping its Progress, and of relieving Odontalgic pain. Of the Plugging of Teeth * 88 PART THE SECOND. I. Reflexions on the use of Powders, Opi- ates, Elixirs, &c. &c.; Danger and Choice of them 95 II. Means of keeping the Mouth and Teeth in good Order. Prescriptions 102 III. Of the Gums. Catarrhal swelling of the same : Aphtes or Ulcers in the Mouth ; Curative and Preventive Treatment... 109 IV. Of the Gums. Their Suppuration, and of the Putrid Dissolution, or Scorbutic State of the Alveolary Membranes j of
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