A treatise on the disorders and deformities of the teeth and gums ... with cases and experiments / By Thomas Berdmore.

  • Thomas Berdmore
Date:
1768
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Credit: A treatise on the disorders and deformities of the teeth and gums ... with cases and experiments / By Thomas Berdmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ] other evils enumerated at the head of this chapter. It happens likewife, that the inftru- ments which are moft eafily applied, and, mod: frequently uled by the Tooth- drawers, are alfo thofe which ad in the moil difadvantageous manner, and whofe chief power is exerted in break¬ ing the external fide of the focket, and in bruifmg and tearing the gums, in- head of fairly railing the Tooth up¬ wards. Under thefe inconveniencies, the fud- den exertion of the operator’s force to jerk out the Tooth in an inftant ads pretty nearly in the fame manner as a fmart fide blow of a hammer would do; that is, it knocks out the Tooth, but does not draw it fafely.