On dentition, and some coincident disorders / By John Ashburner.

  • Ashburner, John, 1793-1878.
Date:
1834
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On dentition, and some coincident disorders / By John Ashburner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from an excess or a diminution of growth, give to them the appella- tion of vitiations: they say a part is vitiated by excess or by diminution. A woman who has a pelvis well-formed in other respects, but too small for the pro- portion of her body, is said to have this part vitiated by excess of littleness {victe par exces depetitesse. Maygrier, Des Accouchemens). The health of the individual, however, in such a case, is said to be perfect, since a diminutive pelvis does not interfere with the due performance of the ordinary functions of the body. If our distinctions be- tween normal and anormal conditions of configuration be philosophical, they should be severely established. There can be nothing- more loose in the appli- cation of terms than to denominate tliat condition one of health, in which an anormal configuration exists that may, under probable circumstances, cause the severe suffering of the individual, and perhaps her death. Complete health ensures a regular progress and perfection of each part of the system; a harmoni- ous combination and alliance of all the different organs, for the general conve- nience of the whole; the best per- formance of all the functions in their b 2