Diseases of the soft structures of the teeth and their treatment; a text-book for students and practitioners . years, this experienced clinician was able to showthat there existed a definite relationship between certain visceraldiseases of the head, throat and abdomen with well-marked zones orareas of superficial tenderness on the skin in the neighborhood ofthe affected organs. Head postulates, that segments of the spinalcord, which receive painful impressions from internal organs alongtheir sensory track, become painfully altered. Any other sensoryimpulse, which is conducted from the surface
Diseases of the soft structures of the teeth and their treatment; a text-book for students and practitioners . years, this experienced clinician was able to showthat there existed a definite relationship between certain visceraldiseases of the head, throat and abdomen with well-marked zones orareas of superficial tenderness on the skin in the neighborhood ofthe affected organs. Head postulates, that segments of the spinalcord, which receive painful impressions from internal organs alongtheir sensory track, become painfully altered. Any other sensoryimpulse, which is conducted from the surface of the skin to the samesegment must, necessarily, increase the existing alteration. The. I Heads reference areas as related to the teeth. (Feilcr.) resultant increased sensorial impression is conveyed to the cere-brum and is recognized as a proportionally increased painful sen-sation. Diseased teeth bear a definite relationship with one ormore surface areas. Head assumes that To these area-, pain isreferred, and over them the skin may become tender when thenormal condition of that organ is disturbed. Heads teachingthe location of painful areas about the face as related to the teethis not yet universally accepted; nevertheless, it constitutes one ofthe most important contributions to neurology and it i- of inestim-able valu< in the diagnosis of obscure reflex odontalgias. II ition wiih special referent MI . 1894 ! he pain f \ DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE DENTAL PULP 69 Head has divided the general topography of the head and neckin regard to referred painful conditions as associated with the teethinto reference areas. According to his conception, each toothseems
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