On diseases of the jaw : with a brief outline of their surgical anatomy, and a desription of the operations for their extirpation and amputation, with cases and illustrations / by Richard O'Shaughnessy.

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1844
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Credit: On diseases of the jaw : with a brief outline of their surgical anatomy, and a desription of the operations for their extirpation and amputation, with cases and illustrations / by Richard O'Shaughnessy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    should serve as a warning to the surgeon to guard him against expressing too favourable an opinion, or rashly to attempt, or advise a worse than useless operation. Surgical inter- ference in such cases only hurries on the fatal catastrophe. Spina Ventosa. This disease also attacks both the upper and lower jaw, but it is most frequently met with in the lower. It is described as a hol- low shell of bone, produced by inflamma- tion commencing in its internal structure, where matter is deposited and the cancelli gradually broken down and destroyed. The walls of the bone become expanded, atten- uated and ultimately yield to the pressure of their contents. The deformity produced, though seldom so great as in the fibro-cartila- ffinous and osteosarcomatous tumors is fre- quently very considerable. This disease is said to be generally caused by enlarged and diseased cysts at the roots of unsound teeth, which by their pressure produce inflammation in the medullary membrane of the bone. In