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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    [ 7° ] the fame time for fome Tincturefor curing the gums, for his, he faid, were going to decay. I examined his mouth, and found the Inciiors of both jaws entirely naked to the very extremity of each root. After fome difcourfe, 1 found he had been for many years troubled with the fcurvy, but was lately cured by an eminent phylician, who, amongft other things, ordered bathing at Margate. I told him that no tindure could cure him, but that if he would fubmit to the trouble of having his gums cut five or fix times fucceffively, and if he would ufe fuch wadies as diould be di¬ rected from time to time, I would do ; 7 : Vv „ > my bed: endeavours. i. He was willing to follow my advice, and I immediately began with remov¬ ing the tartarous crud which covered