DrHood's plain talks about the human system : the habits of men and women - the causes and prevention of disease - our sexual relations and social natures - embracing common sense medical . Fig. 23. Fig. 24. a parent would be justifiedin performing it himself, ifprovided with a proper in-strument, and having some knowledge of the subject. The gum-lancet is a steelinstrument of the shape shown in Fig. 24, aiid may be procured of any surgicalinstrument maker. In lancing the gums of the lower jaw it will be most con-venient to have the infant held against the breast of a nurse, and in
DrHood's plain talks about the human system : the habits of men and women - the causes and prevention of disease - our sexual relations and social natures - embracing common sense medical . Fig. 23. Fig. 24. a parent would be justifiedin performing it himself, ifprovided with a proper in-strument, and having some knowledge of the subject. The gum-lancet is a steelinstrument of the shape shown in Fig. 24, aiid may be procured of any surgicalinstrument maker. In lancing the gums of the lower jaw it will be most con-venient to have the infant held against the breast of a nurse, and in the sitting 718 DOMESTIC position, when the operator, sitting or kneeling in front, must steady the jaw withthe left hand, as shown in Fig. 25, and with the right make a steady cut on thetop of the inflamed gum down to the crown of the tooth, against which the edge of the lancet should be made to grate. In lancingthe gum of the upper jaw, the infant may bemost conveniently held on the knees of a nurse,and with the head fixed between the knees ofthe operator, who can then lean over and seeclearly what he is about Lancing of the gumsshould only be resorted to when the tooth makesa prominence through the gum, and it will there-fore usually make its appearance in a day ortwo If, however, the gum has been lanced alittle prematurely, no harm will have beendone, the gum being more yielding after thanbefore the operation, and the hemorrhage,which is never of any amount, serving to relieve the over-distension of thepart. Cwre of the Teeth.—The temporary teeth require some supervision on the part ofthe parent, as the
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