Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-13
GEN GRANTS TEETH.
DR.. Abbott Suggests That They
Caused the Cancer.

liz y Edbh ADOObl W. ANOs - WtSJ
Fortieih street, New York city, Gen.
Grants dentist, has prepared - paper
on "The Case of Gen Grant" Dr.
Abbott has had the chair Of operative
dentistry and dental therapeutics In
the New York College of Dentistry for
seventeen years.
"For a good while Gen. Grant hiss
worn a plate with four teeth in front"
says DIR Abbott "He can't wear IL
now, and hi upper p drops in slight
ly. His nuslache hides 1t. He has
teeth enough left to masticste. There
are dOZ remsining In The lower
Jaw and eight upper teeth, chiefly on
the left side" DR.. Abbott's paper Is
as 70 lowt:
There have appeared In the medical
journals and the daily papers 20 many
sta ements in referei CO to the case of
Gen Grant the condition of his teel h,
their removal, etc, that am induce
TO give TO the profession the facts, as
far as they have come under my obs.r-
walton and Treatment.
November s, 1884, Gen. Grant con-
suited me In reference to tie advis-
ability of having the right upper tirst
mnlar extracted, stating that he mad
been suffering tor a week or ten days
with great pain on that sioe OF bis
h. ad and face, and that his physician,
DR.. Fordyc- Barker, who advis. d him
to consult me, had advised the re-
moval of this tooth, as IL was, in his
opinion, the cause Of great irritation
and pain.
Upon Examination found the tooth
dead Iwith an abcees al the apex OF
the anterior buccal root. The tooth
was considerably projected from it,
original pc, ition, the neck and, per.
haps, one half the length Of the o,s
covered with tartar. 1 agreed with
DIR Barker that this was probably the
cause. In measure at least, OF his
neuralgia, and advised him o have II
removed at once, which he did The
relief from localized pain was prompi
and highly salts actUry to the general
as well No to my self
made no further examination OF
his teeth at that lime, as he exp esq &c
u desire to make an appointment will
me In Il few days TO have what further
done would be found necessary tor tho
health and comfort )f his mouth, aDC
for the reason that he wished time I,
reouperate from the distressing pain
sleeple--ness, etc, from which he had
been suffering.
The 14,h of the same month 1 again
saw him, aud carefully examined his
remaining teeth. The first IT, partic
ulaIly attract my attention were tb,
second and third molars, ba' K "f III,
pluce from which had previously re-
moved the frat namely: the right
upper second and third molsrs, b,ti
of which were pr ject ed fr, m quartz
| to thrt e.eights Of an inch down iron
their original positions, the neck
aud ronts coated quite thick y
with dark brown or blacl
tartar. The sockets, In conse
quence, were almost entirely Absor nee
aud the tet Tn so loose that they Nigh
easily have been removed with III,
ancient lead forceps In addition K
thls, the second molar was very badly
decayed, the side broken, aud III,
pulp dead. The gum around thee
teeth was highly ibflsmed, which in
flammation extended 10 he roof of th
mouth and back irto the fsuces
Finding these teeth In so deplors
hlc CONDITION and there being 4
aniagonizipg teeth, l advistd heir in
mediate removal, believing, II
| did then and d, now, that they ha
more or ie-s 10 do 10 -gsravztlng, q
ast, the dice $50 which then, an
which had fo. 1--we months previously
existed in his throat and upon hi
tongue He G, nsented and / at one
removed the teeth. l then remove
some OF the tartar from other teeth /
his mouth and dish Used him.
again saw him the 18th OF the sam
month, ut which time L thorough
cleansed the remaining teeth and pr
In some III ing, all that was nee es ar
to do upon the teeth remalniug III hi
mouth
have previously said believe d III
teeth removed nave been more {
less instrument in aRgTavaiiDg th
disease OF his thr, at and tongue. Ho'
long the teeth had been In the cond
ton generally in which (, III them
ava unable To say, but presume land
Judge from all the eOndi ions d.
scribed) that it had been for man
years
five take into consideration tn
highly inilamed CO nditlon of that r
gion of his mouth, the rough surfac
of broken teeth, aud The tartar cove
Ing them, against which n at eide
the tongue was almost constantly ru
bling, would ask II am not justiti'
IN concluding that the disease fro
which the general Is now sufieril
has not had sufficient cause for It's d
velopment In the constant irfitan
. here q, scrihed, instead Of attTibutil
1t to the habit ~ smoking, viii,
, seems to be the prevailing opinion,
: least among the laity.
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