Dissertation on the diseases of the maxillary sinus : read before the American Society of Dental Surgeons, at their third annual meeting, held in Boston, July 20, 1842 / by Chapin A. Harris.

  • Harris, Chapin A. (Chapin Aaron), 1806-1860.
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1843
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Credit: Dissertation on the diseases of the maxillary sinus : read before the American Society of Dental Surgeons, at their third annual meeting, held in Boston, July 20, 1842 / by Chapin A. Harris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    my opinion with regard to the agency that they might have in its production. The firM and second molares, the third not having yet ap- peared, and the two bicuspides, on examination, 1 found so much decayed, as to render their restoration to health impossible. Ab- scesses had formed in the sockets of the first bicuspis and second molaris, and the matter from which was almost constantly dis- charging itself from fistulous openings through the gum beneath the upper lip and cheek. Both the bicuspides and molares of this side were sensitive to the touch, and the gum around them was in a spongy and inflamed condition. Not being able to institute any treatment that would be of ser- vice to his teeth, and convinced that the affection of his cheek, was attributable to the irritation which they produced, I advised their immediate extraction, to which operation he at once sub- mitted. Four weeks afterwards, he called and informed me that the pain in his cheek subsided about ten days after the removal of his teeth, and that it had not since returned. Case II.—Mrs. L , set. about twenty-seven or eight, of a scrofulous habit, had been at times affected, for more than two years, with a deep-seated pain in the right side of her face, mid- way between the orbit and alveolar ridge; and on closing the left nostril, and making a violent expiration through the right, dis- charged a slightly, yet perceptibly fetid mucus matter, which occasionally excoriated the mucous membrane lining this cavity of the nose. This pain, from the fact that it was most severe in cold and damp weather, was thought to be rheumatic. General and local bleeding, fomentations, mustard plasters, purgatives, anodynes, tonics, and many other remedies were in vain em- ployed.