Painless tooth-extraction without chloroform : with observations on local anaesthesia by congelation in general surgery / by Walter Blundell.

  • Blundell, Walter.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Painless tooth-extraction without chloroform : with observations on local anaesthesia by congelation in general surgery / by Walter Blundell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXPLANATION OF THE COLOUEED PLATE. Pig. 1. A section of the right side of a lower jaw, dividing the second molar tooth. Fig. 2 presents the same part as in fig. 1, with the addition of the terminal portion of the apparatus which comes in con- tact with the tooth and jaw. The gum and dental periosteum are shown in then frozen or bloodless state. Fig. 3 presents the side view of a lower jaw in its natural condi- • tion. Fig. 4. The same as fig. 3, but showing the blanched appearance of the gum when under the influence of the numbing process.