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for assistance ; the infant was freed from its winding-sheet
care was taken of it ; the teeth came out ; and the infant re-
covered its health.
M. Robert has deposited this case in the 2d volume of
his Treatise on the Principal Objects of Medicine, page 311.
OF GUM-BOILS AND ABSCESSES.
Carious teeth frequently become inflamed at the root, and
suppuration takes place in the socket, attended with swel-
ling and soreness of the gums. In these cases the same
laws are observed for the exit of matter as in abscesses in gen-
eral, viz. ulceration takes place
in some part of its surface,
so as to make an outlet for the matter in the best possible
situation. When matter forms at the root of a tooth, the
periosteum which covers its fang thickens, and in some cases
becomes detached from it ; the matter
is accumulated as in
a bag, by the extension of which, considerable pressure
is
made against the sides of the socket, the consequence of
which is, that that part of the alveolar process, situated on
the outside, becomes absorbed, rather than that within the
mouth.
The ulcerative process continues until the gum bursts
nearly opposite to the place where the point of the fang
is
situated, and thus the matter escapes from this natural open-
ing ; the edges of the opening are generally raised, having
the appearance of a small, red fungus ; sometimes, after the
discharge of the matter, the inflammation will subside ; but
* Natural History, and Diseases of the Human Teeth. By J. Fox, Lon-
don, 1814.
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for assistance ; the infant was freed from its winding-sheet
care was taken of it ; the teeth came out ; and the infant re-
covered its health.
M. Robert has deposited this case in the 2d volume of
his Treatise on the Principal Objects of Medicine, page 311.
OF GUM-BOILS AND ABSCESSES.
Carious teeth frequently become inflamed at the root, and
suppuration takes place in the socket, attended with swel-
ling and soreness of the gums. In these cases the same
laws are observed for the exit of matter as in abscesses in gen-
eral, viz. ulceration takes place
in some part of its surface,
so as to make an outlet for the matter in the best possible
situation. When matter forms at the root of a tooth, the
periosteum which covers its fang thickens, and in some cases
becomes detached from it ; the matter
is accumulated as in
a bag, by the extension of which, considerable pressure
is
made against the sides of the socket, the consequence of
which is, that that part of the alveolar process, situated on
the outside, becomes absorbed, rather than that within the
mouth.
The ulcerative process continues until the gum bursts
nearly opposite to the place where the point of the fang
is
situated, and thus the matter escapes from this natural open-
ing ; the edges of the opening are generally raised, having
the appearance of a small, red fungus ; sometimes, after the
discharge of the matter, the inflammation will subside ; but
* Natural History, and Diseases of the Human Teeth. By J. Fox, Lon-
don, 1814.
