The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-30
BLAME TEETH AND TONSILS.
Real Causes of rheumatism, Accord.
ing to This Dentist.

Il used to have neuralgia so much
in the top Of my head" said the den
fists patient, but it's all gone now.
Are you sure it was neuralgia,
he asked.
why, of course" she answered
! 1T came and went just like neural
gia and it was just that kind of 6
pain
But it's stopped since that bac
upper molar on the left side has'beeI
treated and flled?" queried the den
tist.
''Why-why-so it has," exclaim
ed the patient 'You don't suppose
it was that TOOTH"
Il don't suppose it was neuralgia,
he laughed. You'd be surprised
how many cases of neuralgia get cur,
ed that way. Also rheumatism.
"Oh, say, now, doctor, that's toe
far fetched. You cant tell me tha,
bad teeth cause rheumatism
Nevertheless, answered the den.
tist, as he selected wicked looking
drill, numerous cases Of rheuma.
tism have been cured by attending tc
the teeth. An eminent specialist in
rheumatism who happens to be a
friend of mine tells me that rheuma-
tism can almost always be traced tc
two causes-bad tonsils and bad
teeth.
Il remember the first case of rheu-
matism l cured, though 1 did it un-
knowingly.
A man patient with a badly ach-
ing tooth came for treatment. He
told me he had been having. rheuma-
tism very badly in his right arm for
almost a month-that it hurt so he
was hardly able to raise his arm. A
couple of days before his tooth had
begun aching and it ached so horri-
bly, that day he had decided to risk
the bad weather to go to q dentist.
Il had to drill pretty deep into the
tooth-it was right lower molar,
Suddenly my patient started violent
ly. BY JIMMY he cried, That nerve
must go clear to my elbow. It's made
my rheumatism worse
Il thought at the time it was mere
ly a sensitized nerve. but, strange to
say, after the tooth had been cleaned
out and made well, my patients rheu-
matism disappeared entirely and he
has never had it since. He'd never
had it before that one attack, either.
Sometimes teeth that only need
cleaning give one touch of rheuma-
tism. You may feel it in the shoul-
der or the knee, or even in just a
finger or a toe, when the truth is they
ought to have their teeth cleaned.
Neglected or diseased tonsils are
great source Of rheumatism. had
patient-a young woman, from the
South-who had been afflicted for
years with the worst kind of rheuma-
tism. She could scarcely walk. ii
was almost impossible for her to
bend her knees. She came UP here
for a visit and her friends induced
her to consult specialist.
He told her the first step was t.
have her teeth and tonsils looked af-
ter. She came to me for her teeth
and I found them in splendid condi-
tion Nothing wrong there. Then
she went to "a throat specialist and
he found her tonsils in dreadful con
dition. Well, the long and short of
the matter is that when the throat
specialist finished her case, which fl
nally meant cutting out the diseased
tonsils, her rheumatism was cured,
and she hasn't had any since. Her
friends tell me that she skips around
her home these days like sixteen
year-old.' ~
"Well, declare" remarked the
woman patient. Here all my life I'd
thought rheumatism was caused by
dampness and cold and draughts and
such. kansas City Star.
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