Cases illustrating the diseases of the upper and lower jaws : with remarks / by Thomas Bryant.

  • Bryant, Thomas, 1828-1914.
Date:
[1870]
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Credit: Cases illustrating the diseases of the upper and lower jaws : with remarks / by Thomas Bryant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASES ILXTTSTRATINa THE IISEASES OE THE TTPPEE ANT) T,0WEE, JAWS In the following paper I propose to illustrate some of the iliseases of the upper and lower jaws; to show their origin, course, and results; not forgetting to point out any peculiari- iies in the histories of the cases quoted, and the treatment that ij.ppeared applicable to each. The cases may be accepted as types of the different classes ihey represent. The inflammatory affections, as ending in necrosis, will pri- marily occupy our attention; the subject of tumours of the : aws claiming a subsequent notice. PART I. c f On necrosis of the bones entering into the formation of the jaws. Cases of inflammation of the jaws terminating in necrosis iire by no means uncommon. In hospital experience many >5uch come under observation, and although they cause much unxiety to the patient, from the severity of the local symptoms Ithey produce, and the deformity they sometimes cause, to the isurgeon they produce no such feeling; for, as a general rule, their consequences are not very serious, nor is their treatment ilifficult. As a broad fact, also, they seem to be quite unconnected