DISEASES OF THE TEETH. 



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there is offensive matter running from the nostril on that side, the 

 trouble may be suspected as arising from a carious tooth, and the 

 jaw on that side must be carefully examined. 



It may be asked, "How is it, if the trouble arises from a ca- 

 rious tooth, that the mat- 

 ter comes from the nos- 

 trils ? " 



Answer : By the im- 

 pi'isoned matter forming a 

 sinus into the nasal cavity. 

 The treatment for all 

 such cases is, first, in tlie 

 removing of the offending 

 cause, namely, the tooth 

 itself, and also, as far as 

 possible, the dead or dis- 

 eased parts, and fa\'oring 

 a healthy condition of growth by cleaning out the parts with a 

 strong solution of carbolic acid, or chloride of lime, or any good 

 disenfectant. Next, protect the parts from tlie lodgement of par- 

 ticles of food, by filling with a 

 pledget of tow saturated with the 

 tincture of myrrh, or any good 

 healing astringent, and dress once 

 a da}'. If there is diseased bone, 

 or fungus growth, it should be 



treated the same as for other difh- 

 FiG. 334. — Irresnilar growth of teeth. , . „ , i • i * 



" * culties oi the same kmd.* 



Fig. 333. — Extreme age. 



* Since writing the above, my attention has been called to an article in the 

 Joiirnalof Comparative Medicine and tjnrgery of April, 1883, by Dr. Robert Jennings 

 of Detroit, Michigan, in which he refers to a large number of cases of this description- 



