Economy of the teeth, gums and interior of the mouth : including the medical, mechanical and moral treatment of the most frequent diseases and accidents incidental to the structure and functions of those with delicate parts : with a means of correcting and purifying a tainted or unpleasant breath : or other personal or atmospherical effluvia / by the author of "Economy of the hands and feet."

Date:
1830
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Credit: Economy of the teeth, gums and interior of the mouth : including the medical, mechanical and moral treatment of the most frequent diseases and accidents incidental to the structure and functions of those with delicate parts : with a means of correcting and purifying a tainted or unpleasant breath : or other personal or atmospherical effluvia / by the author of "Economy of the hands and feet.". Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    even in adults, as is evident when a tooth is taken out, for then the opposite one becomes longer, and those on each side of the empty socket turn broader ; so that, when the jaws are brought together, it is scarcely observable wrhere the tooth is wanting. The teeth are plentifully supplied with ves- sels, as maybe seen by injection, which exposes them to the same disorders that attack other vascular parts; and such teeth as have the greatest number of vessels stand the greatest chance of being attacked with these diseases. The root of every tooth has a distinct canal, with vessels and nerves. Those canals in the teeth which have more than one root, come nearer each other as they approach the base of the tooth, and at last are separated by very thin plates, which, being generally incomplete, allow a communication of all the canals; and frequently only one common cavity appears within the base, in which a pulpy substance, composed of nerves and vessels, is lodged. The condition, therefore, of the nerves, here, bears a strong analogy to that of the nerves of the skin, which serve for the sense of touch.