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728 GENERAL PATHOLOGY.

considered herself fairly well. The teeth Avere quite sensitive, but there
was no unusual difficulty. The operation was followed by very decided
shock, sufficient to confine her to the bed for several days. After six
weeks the operations on other teeth were undertaken, special care being
exercised yet after an operation of an hour's duration there was decided
;
prostration, followed the next day by fever and restlessness. This patient
was evidently extraordinarily susceptible to shock, but the case serves to
illustrate the necessity for due care in the performance of dental opera-
tions, and especially the necessity for a close study of this subject by
dentists as well as by other specialists in medicine.