Xerostomia (mouth-dryness), with dryness of the nose and eyes / by Thomas R. Fraser.

Date:
[1893?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Xerostomia (mouth-dryness), with dryness of the nose and eyes / by Thomas R. Fraser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    RECOEDED CASES. Duration. Description of Tongue. Teeth. Salivary Glands and Ducts. Reaction, etc., of Mouth Secretion. General Healtli and Disposition. S months. 2i years. Dry, sore, with longitudinal rugw. Dry, leathery, and deeply serrated transversely. Absolutely dry. All gone. Had never '* erupted. Has remains of inferior six-year molars. Openings of Stenon's ducts not dis- coverable ; open- ings of Wliarton's ducts appear ini- peiTious. ... Quaint lady, cheery and well. Perfectly well, and food apparently completely d igest- ed. Had subsisted entirely on soups and soft moist aliments. General health fairly good. 4 years. Dry, clean, red, and much fissured or sulcated. ... Good appetite and digestion and fair strength. 10 months. 10 years. Red, cracked in all directions, devoid of epithelium, and absolutely dry. Like dry, raw beef, and papilla on anterior surface absent. Had been nearly all extracted 20 years pre- viously. ... Notliing abnonnal could be found in salivary glands; openings of Stenon's ducts notdiscover- ablc. Slightly acid, and unable to act on starch. ... General health and digestion good. Thin, nervous tem- perament, and fairlygood health; digestion good. Few years. ... 4 years. 3 years. Dry, red, and cracked. Dry, red, and cracked. Well pre- served. Healthy and hearty. Healthy, but of nervous tempera- ment. 18 months. Red, free from apillce, sulcated, glazed, but soft. Generalhealth good. About 18 months. i Dry, shrunken, and crackeil trans- versely. Low spirits by death of friend; but a healthy country woman.
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