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the bone was full of points and inequalities, and rough,
sounding gritty like sand ; there was a great deal of thick
slime like white of an egg, mixed with blood ; some nitrous
acid was put upon the wound to try and keep it open a little,
but in vain : it is covered already with a new gum, and the
I am sure if these old swelled
old thick parts gaping open ;
gums could be got away, I should suffer less. I should
think there is about the eighth of an inch of the socket re-
maining ; the ridge of the under jaw is as sharp as a knife,
and so painful to the touch when I press it, that it makes my
face, ears and neck burn my lips are painful and drawn in.
;
I was advised to try fulse teeth, but they increased my suf-
ferings ten-fold, which is very hard, as the clinching of my
jaws adds much to my sufferings ; my eyes are beginning to
be much affected, which must plead an apology to Mr.
Koecker for this sad scrawl, which I think you will need to
help him to decypher. There are various opinions respect-
ing my complaint : one says it is a nervous complaint at the
origin of the nerves, affecting the extremities of these nerves
others say it is a nervous affection of the dental nerves and
their ramifications on the face ; and others are of opinion it
is an affection of the covering of the bone. I am satisfied
it is in some diseases of the antrum. Could it injure me to
have the antrum opened to ease my mind ? There is one
place where I think there is a part of a fang of a tooth,
which I am certain was broken, as the dentist burnt the
; perhaps that may torment
tooth without letting me see it
me."
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the bone was full of points and inequalities, and rough,
sounding gritty like sand ; there was a great deal of thick
slime like white of an egg, mixed with blood ; some nitrous
acid was put upon the wound to try and keep it open a little,
but in vain : it is covered already with a new gum, and the
I am sure if these old swelled
old thick parts gaping open ;
gums could be got away, I should suffer less. I should
think there is about the eighth of an inch of the socket re-
maining ; the ridge of the under jaw is as sharp as a knife,
and so painful to the touch when I press it, that it makes my
face, ears and neck burn my lips are painful and drawn in.
;
I was advised to try fulse teeth, but they increased my suf-
ferings ten-fold, which is very hard, as the clinching of my
jaws adds much to my sufferings ; my eyes are beginning to
be much affected, which must plead an apology to Mr.
Koecker for this sad scrawl, which I think you will need to
help him to decypher. There are various opinions respect-
ing my complaint : one says it is a nervous complaint at the
origin of the nerves, affecting the extremities of these nerves
others say it is a nervous affection of the dental nerves and
their ramifications on the face ; and others are of opinion it
is an affection of the covering of the bone. I am satisfied
it is in some diseases of the antrum. Could it injure me to
have the antrum opened to ease my mind ? There is one
place where I think there is a part of a fang of a tooth,
which I am certain was broken, as the dentist burnt the
; perhaps that may torment
tooth without letting me see it
me."
