The results of a long and diligently pursued investigation of the disorder termed mental derangement ... / by George Henry Cullis.

  • Cullis, George Henry.
Date:
1885
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Credit: The results of a long and diligently pursued investigation of the disorder termed mental derangement ... / by George Henry Cullis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER II. PROPOSED SYSTEM FOR AIDING DENTITION, AND THE NECESSITY FOR ITS APPLICATION. Being led by the reading of some extracts from the works of both, Mercuriali and Mauriceau to understand that the cutting of the teeth in infantile life, formerly commenced earlier, than in the present time ; and having ascertained by actual observation of many infants, that although the first teeth were generally as perfectly formed in readiness for such early development, there had long existed an inherited cause of obstruction to that process. Believing too in the highly injurious effects of those obstructions, and that it was easily in our power to prevent the cause forming in the future, the system for that purpose was arranged by me, which has been fully practiced for more than forty-seven years. First, at the fourth month of the child’s life, the nurse must be enjoined to rub gently the gums, every morning for a few days, then to dress the gums with powdered loaf sugar, in which one drop of almond oil had been mixed. If, with this dressing continued to the sixth month, the lower incisors have not appeared, the gum lancet must be used, the main object being—commencing the process, at this intended period, thus rendering the progress comparatively easy. Still the process must be watched, and every symptom of uneasiness, flush- ings in the face, &c., unfailingly relieved by the lancet, until the whole number of the first teeth had appeared. By that culture, which is really painless, and being soon understood by the child, is generally willingly yielded to; and where the requisite repetition of the aid had been accidentally neglected, even invited, as several parents would cheer- fully testify. By that culture, tooth-ache or decay of teeth will be rarely, if ever, known to the child. By that culture the crowns of twenty-four teeth, will be made clearly to appear, at or near their proper time—the completion of the fourth year of life- then the four supplemented molars exercise their assigned actions —upon which (as previously stated) great study had been bestowed, and many inquiries made, but never by any one instructively answered: therefore, the writer, from his own observations