Perry's Treatise on the prevention and cure of the tooth-ache : with directions for preserving the teeth and gums from disease and discolouration to the latest period of life : also, instructions to mothers on the management and cutting of teeth in children.

Perry, Mr.

Date:: 1827

Credit: Perry's Treatise on the prevention and cure of the tooth-ache : with directions for preserving the teeth and gums from disease and discolouration to the latest period of life : also, instructions to mothers on the management and cutting of teeth in children. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$DESCRIPTION OF,S^^^^ JAWS. Each jaw is originally composed of* tv#9*Bl)ff^^/'tiriif^d in front ' by a suture, which in the upper jaiivYehisSrls fiaifalei' The lower jaw alone is moveable, : j^jjji, lo ii i: ?/.^ : .. A total loss of teeth produces ruin^)tt^Wc*^ BMll ^ft^^ r^i^ sp^ct to appearance and comfort. The^To^sl [)P't66!fi Jli-e^en/s' articolatioin; in some cases words are unintelligible ; thS'pIed^urie of mastieating food is lost ; the fobd passes into the' sttfftiath in an unprepared state, upon which our comfort and existence de- pend ; the loss of a single tootli affects the voice and countenance, and the loss of a grinder causes the cheek to fall in, and the appearance of premature old age. '^^ Those who value the youthful countenance, and Have neg- ' lected the means heretofore pointed but of preserving their teeth, should not fail to consult experienced dentists ; whose ingenuity and success have been so remarkable in substituting artificial' teeth, as to elude the detection of the closest examination. 'The aZveotor procme^ are , the isbtl^ which contain the fangs of the teeth; in the later period of life they appear totally wasted kway. Constitutional diseases have had the ^effect of filling tir{» fH¥%dckets, and forcing out the teeth. ^^^^ ' Y* . Theiimiw/ekwi is a membrane covering&6*]bones?t^a nerves of which ard viety mmute and sensible. , . .,\ rr, ^ j^/n:h^- 4)>v ^'-r ^'U ?vt:i M 1^ ^BllpiY.O Vfn Oi Lhe ligaments are white, flexible, strong substances, con- b-f'''--- ■ ' '■^■•■qa^s 8^ 3^'^^ Ofl' nir in . necting the bones. p t :ii>i ■ in- J . TOD^r. 9nJ ebiBwieilifi omn ThQ arienes convey the blood/rowj^ tlje h^jji^t to the„4ifFerent parts of the boiiy; their pulsation wil(;,di^^inguisl^ ,tjiem from veinSj which convey the blood to the hear^, TJi^l^rteries arq white, the veins are red, . ^ . J' The nerves distributed to the varipus teeth, are a part of the fifth pair of nerves,, which have aUo. c^nimunication with the eyes, eye-lid, cheek, nose, and lip; h^ni^p the danger of produ- cing deformity in the ;^j;^,.,<p^i<p^t.j|iUng disease by the extraction of teeth.$