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that he was no longer capable of attending to his ordinary
business.
Having had some conversation with Mr. Derbyshire on the
influence of disease of the teeth upon the general health, that
gentleman was induced, at his next visit, to inquire into the
state of his patient's teeth, and learning that they were in a
very deplorable condition, he proposed a consultation with
me on the subject.
After a particular examination, I found every tooth in the
patient's mouth more or less carious or dead, and all the gums
and sockets in a very diseased state.
On the 27th of May, 1824, twenty-one teeth and roots
were extracted, all of which were, more or less, in a state of
putrefaction, three large grinders only excepted, which were
cither suffering from complicated caries, or producing mor-
bid irritation upon the other parts from some other causes.
Four upper and two under incisors, two upper and two
under cuspidati, and two under bicuspides ; fourteen front
teeth in all, were left remaining. These and all the other
parts of the mouth were restored to perfect health in the
course of about six weeks.
During the progress of this treatment of the diseases of
the mouth, the general health improved very surprisingly
and after the restoration of perfect health to all the remain-
ing teeth and their relative parts, the patient enjoyed uninter-
ruptedly good health, and returned to his ordinary profes-
sional avocations.
*Mrs. P , a lady of great respectability, under the
medical care of Dr. Jule Rucco, of Leicester-square, had,
some years since, continually suffered from dyspepsia, as
well as from various kinds of nervous attacks of a very an-
* Koccker, pages 108 to 110.
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that he was no longer capable of attending to his ordinary
business.
Having had some conversation with Mr. Derbyshire on the
influence of disease of the teeth upon the general health, that
gentleman was induced, at his next visit, to inquire into the
state of his patient's teeth, and learning that they were in a
very deplorable condition, he proposed a consultation with
me on the subject.
After a particular examination, I found every tooth in the
patient's mouth more or less carious or dead, and all the gums
and sockets in a very diseased state.
On the 27th of May, 1824, twenty-one teeth and roots
were extracted, all of which were, more or less, in a state of
putrefaction, three large grinders only excepted, which were
cither suffering from complicated caries, or producing mor-
bid irritation upon the other parts from some other causes.
Four upper and two under incisors, two upper and two
under cuspidati, and two under bicuspides ; fourteen front
teeth in all, were left remaining. These and all the other
parts of the mouth were restored to perfect health in the
course of about six weeks.
During the progress of this treatment of the diseases of
the mouth, the general health improved very surprisingly
and after the restoration of perfect health to all the remain-
ing teeth and their relative parts, the patient enjoyed uninter-
ruptedly good health, and returned to his ordinary profes-
sional avocations.
*Mrs. P , a lady of great respectability, under the
medical care of Dr. Jule Rucco, of Leicester-square, had,
some years since, continually suffered from dyspepsia, as
well as from various kinds of nervous attacks of a very an-
* Koccker, pages 108 to 110.
