| Originally Dr. Price believed kidney
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| | activities.
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| infections only remotely related to
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| | Most dentists would say that even though
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| dental focal infections. He eventually
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| | this patient had severe osteitis, her
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| found, however, many 30 to 40 year olds
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| | root canal fillings appeared satisfactory
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| were developing nephritis (kidney
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| | and the root of the upper left second
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| disease) without the disease being
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| | bicuspid appeared relatively easy to
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| suspected by the patient or the
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| | treat. However, a culture taken from
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| physician. Invariably, these patients
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| | other teeth and inoculated into a rabbit
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| were also found to have definite dental
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| | produced the ulcer you see in the
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| infections.
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| | accompanying picture.
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| Kidney Trouble:
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| | Most who do endodontic treatments would
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| Originally Dr. Price believed kidney
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| | have misjudged the extent of the
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| infections only remotely related to
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| | infection present in these teeth and
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| dental focal infections. He eventually
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| | their relationship to the patient's six
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| found, however, many 30 to 40 year olds
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| | years of ill health, which cleared on
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| were developing nephritis (kidney
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| | removal of her upper teeth.
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| disease) without the disease being
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| | Ovarian Cysts:
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| suspected by the patient or the
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| | Lacking in the medical and dental
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| physician. Invariably, these patients
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| | literature of Dr. Price's time was any
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| were also found to have definite dental
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| | teaching about acute and chronic
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| infections.
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| | infections of the sex organs, or any
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| The case report of a 41 year old married
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| | mention of their relationship to focal
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| woman who was suffering from rheumatism
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| | infection. Dr. Price found that a large
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| and heart trouble is of particular
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| | number of women with ovarian gland
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| interest. A routine urine analysis also
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| | difficulties had infected teeth, or teeth
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| disclosed kidney involvement. Her
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| | which contained root canal fillings.
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| extracted tooth was cultured and a rabbit
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| | Even though most women made excellent
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| inoculated in a vein with one cc of the
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| | recoveries when infected teeth were
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| 24-hour old culture. After 49 days, the
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| | removed, Dr. Price stated he could not
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| rabbit died; autopsy results are shown in
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| | determine whether the bacteria had an
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| the in the pictures on the following
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| | ability to select a woman's ovaries,
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| page.
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| | tubes and uterus or whether their
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| Stomach Ulcers:
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| | presence aggravated already compromised
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| Another case concerned a 43 year old
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| | tissues. Over a thousand rabbits were
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| woman who had been an invalid for six
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| | used to study the causes of these
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| years suffering from vervousness,
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| | frequent female problems.
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| neuritis, and nervous indigestion. These
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| | A good example of the many cases
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| symptoms were associated indigestion.
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| | investigated concerns a 20 year old
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| These symptoms were associated with
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| | unmarried woman whose distress at the
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| neuralgic pains that occurred at her
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| | time of her menstrual period was so
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| waistline. Such cases were usually
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| | severe she was bed-ridden for several
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| grouped together as a alimentary trac and
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| | days. In time it became obvious her
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| associate organ lesions, as they involved
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| | physical and mental health was being
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| the digestive tract, the gall bladder,
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| | seriously affected.
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| stomach, intestinal indigestion, and the
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| | Review of the history of her difficulties
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| appendix.
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| | showed that some five years previously
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| Because this patient had a severe amount
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| | she was hit by a golf ball over her left
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| of condensing osteitis (dense bone just
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| | ovary. She did not think the event
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| below the roots), and such cases usually
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| | significant as there was no evidence of
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| showed little x-ray evidence of
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| | local injury and only a short period of
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| infection, all of her upper teeth were
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| | discomfort. At the time she did have some
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| removed. This brought a prompt
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| | infected teeth which she carried during
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| improvement in the patient's health which
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| | the intervening period.
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| allowed her to return to previous
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