On the relations between dental lesions and diseases of the eye / by Henry Power.

  • Power, H. (Henry), 1829-1911.
Date:
1883
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Credit: On the relations between dental lesions and diseases of the eye / by Henry Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On the Relations between Dental Lesions and Diseases of the Eye* By Henry Power, M.B. Bond., F.R.C.S., Ophthalmic Surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, and Surgeon to the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, &c. The connection, between dental disease and affections of tbe eye is not at first sight very apparent, bat it has been noticed, though for the most part only casually, by many writers. I have thought that it might interest this Society, and might at the same time be serviceable to those who are engaged in ophthalmic practice, if I attempted to collect some of the evidence which seems to demonstrate that dental disease may excite various ophthalmic affections ; that it might also be the means of eliciting valuable hints from those who are engaged in dental surgery, and that it might afford an opportunity for the citation of cases which, though exceedingly interesting when con- sidered in connection with others of the same nature, may not have been regarded by those in whose experience they have occurred as of sufficient importance to merit reporting. I have taken some trouble in looking through * Read at a meeting of the Odontological Society of Great Britain, November 5th, 1883, and reprinted from the Transactions of the Society. A