Lectures on dental surgery / by Storer Bennett.

  • Bennett, W. C. Storer, 1852-1900.
Date:
[1896?]
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Credit: Lectures on dental surgery / by Storer Bennett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    General Treatment.—In general periostitis an attempt must be made to improve the constitutional condition, and any special cause of the disease be treated accordingly. Thus in rheumatic periostitis, the salicylate of soda, gr. x.—gr. xxx., three times a day, -will often prove of value ; while in salivation from mercury, the drug should be discontinued, and a mouth wash of some disinfectant—such as permanganate of potash—be frequently employed to overcome the intense foetor of the breath, while opium and chlorate of potash given internally are often of great as- sistance. In periostitis having a strumous origin, the general health of the patient must be improved as far as possible, fresh air being most necessary, while cod- liver oil and the syrup of the phosphate of iron, 5—5ij., twice a day, are of the greatest value. In syphilitic periostitis treatment must be directed to eradication of the original disease from the system, iodide of potassium, gr. iii.—gr. v. three times a day, tonics and a generous diet being indicated. If the bowels are confined, a brisk purgative, e.g., mag. sulph. 5]'.—5SS., or pulv. jalapas co. gr. 60, administered at the commencement of the attack, will often prove of great advantage. Local Treatment may consist in counter irrita- tion, painting the gum with equal parts of liniment of iodine and Flemming's tincture of aconite; or the application of a capsicum plaster to the gum. Local blood-letting, by means of a leecli applied as near the apex of the root as possible, or scarification