The anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the teeth / by Thomas Bell.

  • Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880.
Date:
1835
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Credit: The anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the teeth / by Thomas Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    afterwards made use of; notwithstanding which the tumour re-appeared. At length Sir A. Cooper, after having made an incision from the corner of the mouth outwards, through the cheek, removed the tumour from a greater depth than had pre- viously been effected. After this operation the wound in the cheek readily healed, and the fol- lowing strong solution of arsenic was daily ap- plied to the part from whence the tumour had been removed: R Arsenic, oxyd. alb. gvj. Potass. Subcarb. q. s. Aq. Distillat. |jv. M. ft. solutio. The solution required to be diluted in the first instance on account of its occasioning him a good deal of pain ; in a few days however he used it of the strength mentioned in the formula. It was applied regularly every afternoon, after which he did not take any food until the following day. At the time of its application he had a piece of oiled silk, of a horse-shoe shape, passed into the mouth, its sides being turned up to prevent the solution escaping into the mouth : his head then hanging down over a basin, a piece of sponge, moderately saturated with the solution, was applied to the dis- ease upon the oiled silk, and, by his fingers in- troduced behind the oiled silk, pressed against the part; such of the solution then as was pressed out, passed along the channel of the oiled silk into the basin over which the head was hanging, and the saliva escaped behind the oiled silk into the same utensil. He kept the sponge in this situation until it gave him considerable pain,