A system of dental surgery / by Sir John Tomes.

  • John Tomes
Date:
1887
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Credit: A system of dental surgery / by Sir John Tomes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    These hairy persons did imt jtreseiit any marked pecu- liarity at birth, save that there was a little liair al)Out the ears, wliencc it spread all over the bodj'; and it is a signifi- cant fact that tliere was notliing- abnormal in tlieir millv dentiticjn. In the case of Julia Pastrana, rendered famous by the exhibition of lier stuifed skin after her death, the forehead and tlie cliin were densely covered with hair, and there were said to have l>ecu so many sujiernumerary teeth in the mouth that the appearance (jf a double row of teeth in each jaw Avas ]»resented. Models have, however, been presented to the Odonto- logical Society l)y Mr. Hepburn, the aTithentieity of which appears to be beyond ipicstion, and these do not exhibit the niuiiber of teeth attril)uted to her, l)ut it would appear that slie was affected with a form of general hypertrophy of the gums raid teeth descrihed at a later page ; so that while the old statements about her call for coi'rection, she is none tlie less interesting to tlie student of dental irregularities, for she exemplified in a marked manner that hypertrophy of one set of cuta- neous appendages goes hand in hand with hypertrophy of the others. The hairy child lately exliibited at the Aquarium presents no abnormality in her teeth, although the contrary has been asserted. Some few years ago a liussian jteasant was ex]iil)ited in London whose face was so hairy that it resenil)led that of a Skye terrier, and tlie hair was so long and al>nndiuit tliat it had to be cut in order to en;d)le him to .see. His son was also hairy. Tlic father iiad no teetli u]i to the age of sevejiteen, tlien he liad four \vvi\\ in the lower jaw l>ut none in tln' n]>per; wiiilst tlie cliild lias the i'our lower incisors, Init no signs of any others. It is iviiiarkable tliat, on an examina- tion of the mouths made by Mr. Oakley (oles and myself, when models were taken, it was found that the man, thouu'h stoutly and even jiowerfully built, had jaws no
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