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decay in the teeth, such as scurvy, heat of stomach, heat of
the mouth, nervous fever, acidity of the saliva, &c, none of
which appear sufficient to account for caries.
"From a careful attention to circumstances, caries will bo
found not to be so much the effect of chance as is generally
imagined ; it appears almost universally, to be an original
mischief implanted during the formation of the teeth." Fuller
on the Teeth. Page 48. London, 1815.
"Heat, to a certain degree, is highly detrimental to the
teeth ; hence we find that those animals, which live chiefly on
hot food, are most' subject to caries of the teeth. Increased cir-
culation in the gums, whether the effect of mercury or general
fever of the system, is also very injurious to teeth, and hence
caries of the teeth are a common consequence of salivation
and inflammatory fever." Familiar Dissertation on the Causes
and Treatment of the Diseases of the Teeth. By J. P. Hertz
London, 1815.
Mr. Murphy thus gives us his opinion'on this subject
"No medicine has yet been discovered, which will prevent
caries of ihe teeth, or which will effectually operate as a cure
nor is the cause from which it originates positively ascertain-
ed." Natural History of the Teeth, &>c. Page 70. London,
1811.
Mr. Bew thus advances his ideas as a new and very impor-
tant discovery :
" In offering this portion of my opinion on the maladies in-
cidental to the teeth, I am well aware that I am rending the Veil
from a treatment that I have long contemplated in theory, and
reduced to practice with the happiest success during many
years; 1 tread on ground untrodden before, and open a wide
field for the contemplation of the philosopher in the anatomy
and pathology of these organs of mastication.
"To those who casually glance at the teeth primary and
permanent, with healthy gums, fitly arranged in their several
sockets for the purpose of mastication, aided by the conviction
of sight and feeling, that they are the hardest substances in
70 — Diseases of the Teeth. — : .
decay in the teeth, such as scurvy, heat of stomach, heat of
the mouth, nervous fever, acidity of the saliva, &c, none of
which appear sufficient to account for caries.
"From a careful attention to circumstances, caries will bo
found not to be so much the effect of chance as is generally
imagined ; it appears almost universally, to be an original
mischief implanted during the formation of the teeth." Fuller
on the Teeth. Page 48. London, 1815.
"Heat, to a certain degree, is highly detrimental to the
teeth ; hence we find that those animals, which live chiefly on
hot food, are most' subject to caries of the teeth. Increased cir-
culation in the gums, whether the effect of mercury or general
fever of the system, is also very injurious to teeth, and hence
caries of the teeth are a common consequence of salivation
and inflammatory fever." Familiar Dissertation on the Causes
and Treatment of the Diseases of the Teeth. By J. P. Hertz
London, 1815.
Mr. Murphy thus gives us his opinion'on this subject
"No medicine has yet been discovered, which will prevent
caries of ihe teeth, or which will effectually operate as a cure
nor is the cause from which it originates positively ascertain-
ed." Natural History of the Teeth, &>c. Page 70. London,
1811.
Mr. Bew thus advances his ideas as a new and very impor-
tant discovery :
" In offering this portion of my opinion on the maladies in-
cidental to the teeth, I am well aware that I am rending the Veil
from a treatment that I have long contemplated in theory, and
reduced to practice with the happiest success during many
years; 1 tread on ground untrodden before, and open a wide
field for the contemplation of the philosopher in the anatomy
and pathology of these organs of mastication.
"To those who casually glance at the teeth primary and
permanent, with healthy gums, fitly arranged in their several
sockets for the purpose of mastication, aided by the conviction
of sight and feeling, that they are the hardest substances in
