Practical directions for preserving the teeth : with an account of the most modern and improved methods of supplying their loss; and a notice of an improved artificial palate invented by the author / by Andrew Clark.

  • Clark, Andrew.
Date:
1825
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Credit: Practical directions for preserving the teeth : with an account of the most modern and improved methods of supplying their loss; and a notice of an improved artificial palate invented by the author / by Andrew Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XII. OF ARTIFICIAL PALATES. The loss of the human palate has been, at all times, considered one of the greatest misfortunes to which it is the lot of mankind to be subject. In some persons this defect is the result of acci- dent, or imprudence; in many it is a natural con- formation. In either case, the space within the mouth, which lies between the mouth and nose, is laid open, in consequence of which the unfortu- nate sufferer is nearly deprived of the power of speech; while the act of swallowing produces an unnatural and unpleasant noise, and liquids are as likely to pass out of the nose as into the sto- mach. As no human art can restore a lost palate, more than an amputated limb, it may be important to know every method which has been contrived to supply the defect, by artificial means. Various have been the attempts made for this purpose, but with varied success, until the appearance of the Improved Artificial Palate, invented, some years ago, by the author; nor is he aware of any other person having ever attempted to remedy defects of the palate, which were of natural and not of accidental growth. In order to understand