"It is generally known," said L. M. S. Miner, dean of the Dental School, in a Lowell lecture last night, "that dental disease is intimately associated with disease in the body as a whole, but more recently, abundant evidence has been discovered to show the connection between dental disease and disorders of the mind.
"In private practice," Miner said, "many nervous conditions have responded favorably to the removal of dental disease. Not long ago a young boy was taken to one of the larger hospitals of Boston, exhibiting marked evidence of serious mental disturbance, including melancholia. All hope of helping his condition had been practically abandoned, and he was about to be committed to one of the State Institutions. A last-minute X-ray examination of his mouth showed two badly impacted wisdom teeth. Upon their removal the patient made rapid improvement, and returned to his usual occupation.
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