The family dentist : containing a brief description of the structure, formation, diseases, and treatment of the human teeth / by Josiah F. Flagg.

  • Josiah Foster Flagg
Date:
1822
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Credit: The family dentist : containing a brief description of the structure, formation, diseases, and treatment of the human teeth / by Josiah F. Flagg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in order to let them pass through. This is often effected so easily as not to occasion any symptoms of pain or uneasiness. The ab- sorption of the gums, to make way for the teeth, is as certain an effect of nature as the growth of the teeth. In many cases, how- ever, the rapid advancement of the teeth, and the changes which must necessarily take place to produce it, produce also much dis- turbance about the jaws, and in the system generally. The gums appear swollen and inflamed, there is an increased flow of saliva, the infant is restless, cries, and frequently puts its hands to its mouth. From the effects of local inflammation and nervous sym- pathy, the whole body may become danger- ously affected ; in such cases, the most sudden and happy effects have been produced ba- lancing the gums. This operation is a very simple, but not an unimportant one ; it is often attended with the most unexampled benefit to the child, and should never be neg- lected when required.* Whatever contributes to promote the healthful operations of nature, will make teething easy ; such as frequent bathing in warm [or cold] water, [according to circum- * See observations on the mode of performing the operation.