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Download or read book The Dental Headlight, 1892, Vol. 13 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dental Headlight, 1892, Vol. 13 Alveolar abscesses result from in ammation, having its seat in the apical space, proceeding to the formation of pus; therefore the lo cation of alveolar abscess is always in its inception the apical space, no matter where it may extend afterward. If this be not the case, it is not an alveolar abscess, though it be an abscess within the al veolus of a tooth. If an abscess should occur on the side of a root of a tooth as the result of injury, and if it be not the effect of the death of the pulp of the tooth, it is properly a traumatic alveolar abscess. If such an abscess occurs from any of the diseases that attack the sides of the root of the tooth, and if it be thought well to designate it as an alveolar, the word should, in all cases, be accompanied by an adjective expressing the fact. This is necessary to accuracy. Like many other affections within the oral cavity, the serious effect upon the patient has not received the careful consideration of the medical fraternity which it demands. But this is not to be wondered at when, from experience, we soon find that the advice given to patients by many of the general practitioners in diseases of the teeth and gums displays an ignorance that is equaled only by the voodoo medicine man of darkest Africa, and their treatment of a patient affected with an abscess of this nature has a parallel only in the practice by faith and mind cure advocates, who, when a patient applies to them and is suffering the torments of the damned with a fever at 100 to 1030, tell him to say to him self, My tooth don't hurt, my tooth don't hurt, my tooth don't hurt, and it will get well; and if he can say these charmed words long enough - that is, until the pus breaks down the bony walls the patient will in all probability get relief. We find many of the general practitioners administering to the patient for neuralgia; giving Opiates, recommending hot applications, and in some cases lancing the gums; and finally a cure is effected after the patient has suffered for days and nights in the same manner as the patient who was cured by the mind cure advocate. Yet these kettles will call the pots black. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."