[295] Chap. xxvii, xxviii.
[296] The inferior orifice of the foramen incisivum.
[297] It is superfluous to say that these cases are unreal and simply dependent upon erroneous observations; for instance, in the case of the second molar being extracted before the erupting of the third, the second molar figured as, and supposed to be, the latter, when, finally, the wisdom tooth appeared, it was believed to be the last molar renewed. It is no rare thing, also, in these days, not only for unprofessional persons, but also for medical practitioners, to fall into errors of this kind, especially because, in similar cases, the wisdom tooth, having but a limited space in which to erupt, is in the habit of filling the void left by the second molar, where it meets with less resistance.
[298] Page 93.
[299] Œuvres complètes d’Ambroise Paré, accompagnées de notes historiques et critiques, par J. F. Malgaigne, Paris, 1840, vol. i, p. 231.
[300] The lower molars, being seated on the roots and not suspended like those of the upper jaw, are not in want of so many roots to assure their stability.
[301] Vol. ii, p. 307.
[302] ... if they are divided, shaken, or separated from their alveoli or little cavities, they must be reduced into their places and should be bound and fastened against those that are firm with a thread of gold, silver, or flax. And they must be held thus until they are quite firm and the callus is formed and have become solid.
[303] Lib. xv, ch. xvi, vol. ii, p. 443.
[304] Lib. xv, cap. xxvii, vol. ii, p. 448.