A treatise on the diseases and surgical operations of the mouth, and parts adjacent : with notes on interesting cases, ancient and modern / by M. Jourdain ; translated from the last French edition.

  • Jourdain, M. (Anselme Louis Bernard Bréchillet), 1734-1816.
Date:
1851
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Credit: A treatise on the diseases and surgical operations of the mouth, and parts adjacent : with notes on interesting cases, ancient and modern / by M. Jourdain ; translated from the last French edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TREATISE. INTRODUCTION. The Surgical Diseases of the Mouth, if studied with reference to their causes, their nature, their varieties, their progress, the parts involved, the period of life most subject to attack, and also the operations and modes of treatment demanded, form no small part of the art of healing. They demand not simply a general, but a special and careful consideration; else will the routine practitioner expose these affections, either to dangerous operations, or to a course of treatment, tedious, useless, and it may be, hurtful. Instead of curing the disease, he will but add to the list of ills. These diseases often involve the eyes, nose, roof of the mouth, soft palate, uvula and tonsils; originating, in such case, usually in the upper jaw, the osseous structure of which they destroy. Those of the lower jaw may affect, directly or indi- rectly, the gums, the tongue, and all parts connected therewith. In short, these diseases of either jaw frequently extend their ravages to the ears, the cheeks, the neck, &c, causing, in their progress, the loss of sight, hearing, smell and taste, impossi- bility of deglutition and articulation, and, in very many cases, death. Though these various accidents often occur as the cause or consequence of these diseases, we must admit that the same results do not always follow with equal certainty and quickness: partly for the reason, that we cannot always fully understand the real disease we are contending against; and partly because we become so habituated to a routine of operation and treatment, that we suffer ourselves to be blinded by the success with which chance sometimes favors us. The various parts, which are the seat of these affections, often present difficulties to the surgeon, great and at the same 2