Volume 1

Atlas of clinical surgery : with special reference to diagnosis and treatment for practitioners and students / by Ph. Bockenheimer ; English adaptation by C. F. Marshall.

  • Bockenheimer, Ph. (Philipp), 1875-
Date:
[1908]
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Credit: Atlas of clinical surgery : with special reference to diagnosis and treatment for practitioners and students / by Ph. Bockenheimer ; English adaptation by C. F. Marshall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from the alveolar border, and can easily be recog- nized by their hard borders, fissures, and glandular metastases. Treatment. Epulis should never be removed with scissors. The part of the alveolar border from which it arises should always be removed with the chisel. Hemorrhage can be arrested by plugging with iodoform gauze after previous irrigation with hot saline solution, or by cauterization. Recurrence is rare after thorough removal. Fig. 35 shows a soft tumor the- size of a cherry arising from the alveolar border of the first right bicuspid tooth, in a young woman, which has grown rapidly during pregnancy. On the surface is a pin- point ulceration from which frequent hemorrhage has occurred. It was removed by chiseling the alveolar border.