endameba

“Pyorrhea, or Riggs's disease, affects the tissues surrounding the root of the tooth, and is accompanied with infection by pus bacteria, and possibly also by animal parasites, termed endameba.”

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“A number of investigators have reported the presence of an animal parasite, the _endameba buccalis_, in all cases of pyorrhea, and it is thought that this parasite may be one of the principal causes of this disease.”

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