Injuries and diseases of the jaws : the Jacksonian prize essay of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1867 / by Christopher Heath.

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1868
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Credit: Injuries and diseases of the jaws : the Jacksonian prize essay of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1867 / by Christopher Heath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    scribed by M. Houzelot, where^ in consequence of a fall from a height, there were produced fractures of the sym- physis, of both condyles, and of both coronoid processes. (Malgaigne, p. 323.)] 3. Is an example of double fracture of the body of the jaw. On the right side the fracture runs between the lateral incisor and the canine tooth obliquely backwards at the ex- pense of the external plate of the posterior fragment. On the left side the fracture extends from the posterior socket of the third molar tooth (which was broken at the time, leav- ing the anterior fang in situ) obliquely backwards, at the expense of the outer plate of the anterior fragment. This was from a man who was struck on the jaw with the fist, and died of delirium tremens in King's College Hospital in 1857, whilst I was Sir William Fergusson's house-surgeon. 3. Is an example of double fracture of the body, and of fracture of both condyles. .On the right side there is in front of the last molar tooth a fracture running obliquely forwards and then backwards, thus >, the upper division bemg at the expense of the outer plate of the posterior frag- ment, and the lower at the expense of the outer plate of the anterior fragment. On the left side a very oblique fracture runs forward from the front of the second molar tooth, which IS broken. A part of the external plate has been broken off and is wanting. The necks of both condyles are broken obhquely downwards and inwards. The preparation is from a woman who threw herself out ot window and fell forty feet. 4 Is an example of comminuted fracture at and to the right side of the symphysis. The left half of the bone is cut nearly vertically through the socket of the left lateral mcisor. The right half is cut very obliqueirfrom tt canine tooth at the expense of the inner plate, and the frag ments would complete the missing portion of alveolus ^ _ UmversUy College Museum is aJvery rich i^^ln^^ries of the jaw, having four specimens of recent fractures on of bony union; and one of fibrous union. AH the recent spe amens show a fracture in the neighbourhood o the sy-
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