The hygiene of the mouth : a guide to the prevention and control of dental diseases / by R. Denison Pedley.

  • Pedley, R. Denison (Richard Denison), 1857-1925
Date:
1898
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Credit: The hygiene of the mouth : a guide to the prevention and control of dental diseases / by R. Denison Pedley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    by preventing proper mastication of food, by reflex nervous irritation, and by the accumula- tion of the products of putrefaction within the mouth. Among the patients examined, three were suffering from diarrhoea, uncomplicated and without symptoms of tubercular disease. E. G. A gir], aged 3 years 11 mouths, had 5 carious molars. C. a. A boy „ 7 „ „ 2 T. M. A boy „ 10 „ 9 „ „ 2 „ temporary molars and 2 carious permanent molars. The causes of diarrhoea seem to be innumer- able : but there are two which seem to be worthy of mention in relation to the teeth. That the peristaltic action of the intestines and the increased secretion of the intestinal gl ands may be profoundly influenced through the nervous system in young children, is recog- nised by the Physician; hence the term •''Nervous Diarrhoea. The commonest exam- ple of this is to be found in delicate nervous •children as the result of fright, anxiety or mental excitement. Any source of nerve irritation is liable to bring on such attacks. Painful or difficult dentition has long been considered a cause, and the writer has seen several cases where nerve irritation from