Poison From the Human Teeth
The poison convey ed by fbe hnman teeth is one of the most annoying that a physician ever has to deal with, writes Dr A- C Robinson. A bitten ear or a nose is months in healing, where a more important wound inflicted by an instru-ment-would readily yield to simple remedies. I have under my attention severe- nnd most complicated cases of blood*poisomngfin which the patient had but slightly abraded the hand in the course of a fight by striking his knuckles against the teeth of his opponent. I have known hands thus poisoned only saved from amputation by the application of .all • the resources of science. Tobacco or whisky, or disarrangement of the stomach from many other causes may be responsible for this poise nous condition of the teeth, and I am not prenared to say that a man with good health and a clean, sweet mouth, would convey this poison, but I can only speak of the frequency of this class of cases and the difficulty of attending them successfully.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 104, 3 April 1888, Page 3
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