. A system of surgery. he ^bfcefs, it oughtto be opened without waiting for a com-^plete fuppuration. In the after-treatment of the abfcefs, allthat we can do is to preferve a free de-pending orifice for the difcharge of anymatter that may form, by which any far-ther mifchief will be prevented, and bywhich alone w^e can reafonably expecfl acure; for even where the difeafe is con-nedled with a carious ftate of the jaw^ gi-ving a free vent to the matter is perhapsail that art ought in this fituation to at-tempt. If the conflitution is otherwifefound) this, together with the removal ofany of the
. A system of surgery. he ^bfcefs, it oughtto be opened without waiting for a com-^plete fuppuration. In the after-treatment of the abfcefs, allthat we can do is to preferve a free de-pending orifice for the difcharge of anymatter that may form, by which any far-ther mifchief will be prevented, and bywhich alone w^e can reafonably expecfl acure; for even where the difeafe is con-nedled with a carious ftate of the jaw^ gi-ving a free vent to the matter is perhapsail that art ought in this fituation to at-tempt. If the conflitution is otherwifefound) this, together with the removal ofany of the contiguous teeth that arc fpoil-ed, and of fuch parts of the jaw as are ca-rious and feparate from the reft, will ulti-mately ciFedl a cure if this by any meansbe prafticable. But in difeafed habits ofbody, cfpcciaiiy in fcrophulous conftitu-tions, aff€<fiions of this nature are alwaysproduiflive of much diftrefs, and can fel-dom indeed be healed till the general dif-fafe of the fyfteni is removed. SEC- platr 6c6l. V. Dlfeafes of the Mouth. aog SECTION V. 0/Abscesses in the Aktrum Maxillare, /COLLECTIONS of matter may occur inthe antrum raaxillare from variouscaufes: Whatever tends to induce inflam-mation on the lining membrane of thiscavity may be produdivc of them. Hencethey may be induced by blows and otherinjuries done to the cheeks. Inflamma-tory afleclions of the membrane of thenofe, and even long-continued inflamma-tion of the eyes, by fpreading to the con-tiguous membrane of the antrum, haveoften appeared to have fome eflPedl in pro-ducing colleiflions of this kind; and muchcxpofure to cold has frequently been tracedas the caufe of them. But the moft fre-quent origin of this difeafe is pain and ir-ritation produced in the jaw by repeatedand violent returns of toothach. From this account of the caufe of theI , dif- 21Q Dijlajesof the Mouth. diforder, the nature of the fymptoms willbe readily underftood. Indeed, if we makeallowance for the nature of the
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