A treatise on the diseases and surgical operations of the mouth, and parts adjacent; with notes of interesting cases, ancient and modern / Translated from the French of M. Jourdain.

  • Jourdain, M. (Anselme Louis Bernard Bréchillet), 1734-1816.
Date:
1849
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    fistula and abscess, involving the osseous tissue of the maxilla, ' more or less remote from the sinus, and in the proposed treat- ment, have had due regard to their position and direction. The palate is formed chiefly by the apposition of the two su- perior maxillary bones, for which reason the processes of these bones thus coming together are termed palatine. [The poste- rior fifth of the palatine arch is formed by the apophysis of the palate bones.] The twenty-first chapter, in which I commence the exposition of the diseases of this part, is divided into four sections. The first treats of the exciting causes of these various affections ; the second, of their diagnosis; the third, of the great importance of a correct understanding of these causes; the fourth, of their effects, as modifying the character and peculiar nature of the affection. After these preliminaries, which I have thought necessary, in order to remove many prejudices existing in relation to their treatment, giving rise to measures more or less disagreeable, often useless, and sometimes injurious, I have, in the twenty-second chapter, entered upon the subject of caries, dividing the chapter into five sections. In the first section I give the symptoms of caries, with the opinions of the authors who have written on it, and have proved that the ancients had a correct appreciation of this affection ; thus removing, by this exposition, a reproach which some modern writers have unjustly cast upon them. External signs are not always sufficient for ascertaining the existence of caries. In some cases it will be- come necessary, for the removal of his doubts, that the surgeon have resource to an operation, which, from the close relation of the bone to the surrounding and investing parts, and from its own inequalities, intimate structure, cavities and canals, wall require the greatest caution. Then, in section second, I have, I believe, clearly shown the necessity of not losing sight of the age of those who are the subjects of this disease. These details have insensibly led me to discuss different forms of caries. The remedies suggested are deduced from the experience of the most celebrated of ancient and modern times, and are such as my own practice assures me are most efficient. The fourth section is occupied with indurations of the palate, and of the different