The dentiste de la jeunesse, or, The way to have sound and beautiful teeth : preceded by the advice of the ancient poets upon the preservation of the teeth designed for the more intelligent orders of parents and guardians, and containing some useful hints to the faculty / by J.R. Duval ; translated and supplied with notes, by J. Atkinson.
- Jacques René Duval
- Date:
- 1820
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The dentiste de la jeunesse, or, The way to have sound and beautiful teeth : preceded by the advice of the ancient poets upon the preservation of the teeth designed for the more intelligent orders of parents and guardians, and containing some useful hints to the faculty / by J.R. Duval ; translated and supplied with notes, by J. Atkinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![mherited froin their parents a scorbutic and scrophu- Iüus disposition, and who hâve been deprived of the breast at an early period, which bas been replaced bv improper food ; but let them be upon their guard, especially if their children are bloated in the face, of a soft habit of body, whose gums are tender, and easily bled, and whose breath is bot and fœted ; and not neglect to correct a disposition to this frightful disease, or even to arrest itwhen in its insipient State. A succulent and animal diet, sucli as good soups, with roast-beef, or mutton, along with good wine, are the most likely means to prevent this disease ; but when it is once fairly formed, an experienced phvsician should be consulted, and should not be opposed by too excessive tenderness, in the applica- tion of powerful means, even should he deem cau- térisation necessary, that is to say, the application of a red-hot iron, which the celehrated physicians ot the 17th âge bave recommended, and hâve pre- sented us with a figure of the instrument, (l) (w) (]) I\l. A. Severini, de efficaci Medieinâ. Franco.i'urli, in- ful. 1646, page 270. (v\) The actual cautery, or red-hot iron is much more used in France than in England : it is often used by Dupuytren, at the Hôtel Dieu, for cancer, and I believe sometimes with success. Although the French surgeons bave performed some operations in surgery, which bave not been attempted in England, among which may be reckoned the ampu- tation of the utérus; vet I believe the general state of surgery in that country is inferior to ours ; the neglect of adopting more generally the important plan recommended by Mr. Baynton seems highly culpable.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28748232_0150.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
