Identifier: oralsurgerytextb00mccu (find matches)
Title: Oral surgery; a text-book on general surgery and medicine as applied to dentistry
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: McCurdy, Stewart L. (Stewart Le Roy), 1859-1931
Subjects: Surgery, Oral
Publisher: New York, Appleton
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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Fig. 46.—Completed Operation for Naso-oral Fistula, a, fistula withflap over it; d, flap in new position; e, sutures. 196 DISEASES OF THE MAXILLATUBERCULOUS DISEASES These conditions, per se, are not so common as thoseassociated with acute infection and syphilis, but are occa-sionally found associated with lupus and secondary to ageneral infection. The course is very chronic and never
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Fig. 47.—Final Result of Operation Shown in figs. 45 and 46. becomes active unless mixed infection occurs. For furtherconsideration, see chapter on Tuberculosis. DISEASES OF THE BONES DUE TO LESIONS IN THECENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Tabetic Disease of the Maxillary Bones In tabes dorsalis (locomotor ataxia) any bone of thebody may become inflamed and disintegrate. In cases ofobscure inflammatory changes of the jaw during middle DISEASES DUE TO NERVE LESIONS 197 life, it is well to bear in mind these causes and considerother tabetic symptoms. The course is chronic. The teetheventually fall out. There is anesthesia of the gums andpossibly of the lips. There may be atrophy or suppurationwith sequestration. Local treatment consists in meeting the acute demands.No permanent impression can be made short of constitu-tional treatment, which is directed to the sclerotic changesin the spinal cord. Some of these cases are specific and aNoguchi-Wassermann test should be made and, if positive,salvars

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