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as the gums, the alveoli, periosteum, and the maxillary
bones, and even those more distant, are in any way morbidly
affected, they should be previously restored to healthy action.
"For more than thirteen years, I have made it my inva-
riable rule, in my own practice, not to plug teeth until I have
completely cured all the diseases of the gums, sockets and
maxillary bones ; by using this precaution, I have seldom
failed to be completely successful in the application of the
remedy." Koecker, page 414.
TREATMENT OF THE TEETH, WHEN CARIES HAS PRO-
GRESSED TO THE NERVE.
When decay ha9 extended to the "nerve, and causes the
tooth to ache, extraction is the usual remedy resorled to by all
who have sufficient resolution to induce them to undergo the
operation. The teeth are so liable to caries in this country,
and often decay at so early an age, and so rapidly, that it is a
matter of very great importance to all, especially to those who
have been so unfortunate as to lose many teeth, whether
some means cannot be devised for their preservation.
"When the nerve of a tooth has been so much exposed by
decay, as to leave no hope of curing it but by extraction, it
were much to be desired that medical science should lead to
the discovery of some principle, that would quickly extirpate
fleshy substances, or at least their diseases, without at the
same time acting on the bony structure of the teeth." Sys-
tem of the treatment of the diseases of the teeth, by J. P. Clark,
A. B. fags 89.
This desideratum has been happily discovered, and its suc-
cess has been thoroughly tested, in a practice of many years.
The nerves of the teeth may he certainly and effectually de-
stroyed, with little or no pain to the patient, and without the
least danger, by means of a little arsenious acid, (arsenic, rats-
bane,) applied to the nerve.
We claim for our brother, Dr. J. R. Spooner, of Montreal,
the credit of this invaluable discovery, and for ourselves no
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as the gums, the alveoli, periosteum, and the maxillary
bones, and even those more distant, are in any way morbidly
affected, they should be previously restored to healthy action.
"For more than thirteen years, I have made it my inva-
riable rule, in my own practice, not to plug teeth until I have
completely cured all the diseases of the gums, sockets and
maxillary bones ; by using this precaution, I have seldom
failed to be completely successful in the application of the
remedy." Koecker, page 414.
TREATMENT OF THE TEETH, WHEN CARIES HAS PRO-
GRESSED TO THE NERVE.
When decay ha9 extended to the "nerve, and causes the
tooth to ache, extraction is the usual remedy resorled to by all
who have sufficient resolution to induce them to undergo the
operation. The teeth are so liable to caries in this country,
and often decay at so early an age, and so rapidly, that it is a
matter of very great importance to all, especially to those who
have been so unfortunate as to lose many teeth, whether
some means cannot be devised for their preservation.
"When the nerve of a tooth has been so much exposed by
decay, as to leave no hope of curing it but by extraction, it
were much to be desired that medical science should lead to
the discovery of some principle, that would quickly extirpate
fleshy substances, or at least their diseases, without at the
same time acting on the bony structure of the teeth." Sys-
tem of the treatment of the diseases of the teeth, by J. P. Clark,
A. B. fags 89.
This desideratum has been happily discovered, and its suc-
cess has been thoroughly tested, in a practice of many years.
The nerves of the teeth may he certainly and effectually de-
stroyed, with little or no pain to the patient, and without the
least danger, by means of a little arsenious acid, (arsenic, rats-
bane,) applied to the nerve.
We claim for our brother, Dr. J. R. Spooner, of Montreal,
the credit of this invaluable discovery, and for ourselves no
