An Index of Treatment by Various Writers Author:Robert Hutchison Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: fittings ; remove any ill-fitting gold caps, crowns, and bridges; extract every root or tooth which cannot quickly be rendered and kept aseptic; cleanse all pyor... more »rhoea pockets. Explain to the patient the importance of cleaning the necks of the teeth, and teach him to rub these and the edges of the gums with a piece of lint soaked in a weak antiseptic solution such as the following: B Sodii Bicarbonatis gr x Glycerini 3j Acidi Carbolic! gr vj Aque ad 5j and to use dental silk. If he is clever with his fingers he may be able, by means of a silver or gold tooth-pick (which can be bent to any angle and " flamed " to clean it), to pass between his teeth small rolls of cotton-wool soaked in the same lotion. Before undertaking extractions in a septic mouth, some days should be spent in preparatory cleansing with mouth-washes and mechanically, every tooth and especially the necks and interdental spaces being well rubbed each day. Joseph Gro. Turner. ORBITAL CELLULITIS may result from:(i) Injuries; (2) Extension of the inflammation fram surrounding structures, e.g., periostitis, empyema of the accessory nasal sinuses, more especially the ethmoidal, etc. ; (3) Metastases, e.g., pyaemia, meningitis, etc. Treatment.In the subacute and chronic forms, surgical interference is seldom necessary. With attention to the bowels, hot fomentations, leeches to the temple, and quinine and iron internally, these cases generally end in resolution. In the acute form, on the other hand, which is ushered in by a rigor, followed by fever, with great pain, brawny swelling of the parts, and marked proptosis, early operation is imperative to prevent extension to the meninges, and to save the eye from panophthalmitis or optic atrophy. It is not advisable to wait for the abscess to point, ...« less