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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    [ 5* ] CHAP. IV. Of acrid Matter generated in the neighbourhood of the Teeth, and the Tooth-ach ariflng therefrom. THE Gums, Periojieum, and Vef- fels of the Teeth and fockets, as they are fubjedt to obftrudtion and inflammation, are necefiarily aftefted fometimes with purulent matter, which by lying long on thefe parts, or on ac¬ count of its peculiar acrimony in cer¬ tain circumftances, irritates the nerves, affefts the roots of the Teeth, and pro¬ duces lading pain. This difeafe is eafily diftinguifhed by the appearance of the purulent matter, by the reparation of the gums from the Teeth, which generally attends it, and by the difagreeable fmell of the breath,