Opinions on the causes and effects of the disease denominated tic douloureux; deduced from practical observations of its supposed origin in lateral pressure, distortion, or undue contact in the teeth. But more particularly those nearest the maxillary sinus, and thence conveying its distressing sensations to the more distant extremities of the system. With annexed cases ... as also a ... mode of ascertainment and cure / By Charles Bew.

  • Bew, Charles.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Opinions on the causes and effects of the disease denominated tic douloureux; deduced from practical observations of its supposed origin in lateral pressure, distortion, or undue contact in the teeth. But more particularly those nearest the maxillary sinus, and thence conveying its distressing sensations to the more distant extremities of the system. With annexed cases ... as also a ... mode of ascertainment and cure / By Charles Bew. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Having already defined the nice and in- tricate connexions of the nerves, and bloaod- vessels of the human subject, it will not, I trust, be calling on the peruser of this Opinion, to pay too large a toll at the turnpike of probability, to point at this pressure as the precursor and promoter of those twitching sensations in the face, denominated Tic Douloureux. 1 am aware this Opinion may by some be opposed, on the score of distance from the scene action; but am equally aware the opposition would be unsuccessful, since mathematical precision with the point of the compass might prove its ‘propinquity to demonstration, by the distribution of the branches of the dental nerves in the parts affected, actually passing through the ossa mavillaria superiora, while in the lower jaw, the trunk which distributes the dental. a aan a ae cern EE ANG tantamount to precisely similar effect from pressure on the teeth, where extravasation of internal or external vascu- larity causes caries in the structure, while the pain by which it is accompanied and succeeded, through nervous irritation, is denominated Tooth Ache.