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Title: The Dental cosmos
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: White, J. D McQuillen, J. H. (John Hugh), 1826-1879 Ziegler, George Jacob, 1821-1895 White, James William, 1826-1891 Kirk, Edward C. (Edward Cameron), 1856-1933 Anthony, L. Pierce (Lovick Pierce), b. 1877
Subjects: Dentistry Dentistry
Publisher: Philadelphia, S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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aration of the medianpalatine suture. The promptness withwhich trophic changes and the relief of be demonstrated to ultimately alter theform of the sella turcica as previously suggested. CLINICAL EXAMPLE! The examples shown in Figs. 8—21appear to be dental and facial irregu- 1-18 THE DEXTAL COSMOS. larities of development of a not uncom-mon type, while yet further study oftheir histories and symptoms reveals thefact that they are closely akin to recog-nized forms of muscular dystrophy.The results of treatment are apparentin both general and local improvement.The following case is typical of many arrest of development, the patient had forsome time been unable to attend school con-tinuously, and suffered frequent illness. Symptoms and general appearance: Height5 feet 2 inches; weight pounds. More or less other indications of insufficient de-velopment. Marked inequality of developmentin the region of the shoulderblades, closely ap-proximating if not identical with the Erb type Fig. 12.
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Skiagram showing the opposite type of development. Instead of being short and broad aswas the case with the patient represented in Fig. 11, this girl of eleven years was tall,thin, ill-nourished, and so nervous as to be almost a chronic invalid. Marked improve-ment followed separation of the upper maxillae and the establishment of freer nasalrespiration. others that might be illustrated and de-scribed : Case I. A girl, age sixteen. History: Three operations had been pre-viously performed for the removal of naso-pharyngeal adenoids, with aparent recurrenceafter each operation. On account of generalill health, nervousness, and frequent colds,attended by evidence of both local and general of juvenile dystrophy. This was so evident,her mother said, that dressmakers had con-siderable difficulty in fitting her dresses.Marked nasal obstruction, arrested develop-ment of the lower part of the face, recedingchin, and contracted upper and lower dentalarches. Two upper bicuspids—one on eachside

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