Phossy Jaw Disease and Correlation with White Phosphorus Bombing in Israel-Gaza War
Date
2024-04-01
Authors
Islam Sweity
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Deanship of Research/ Al-Quds University
Abstract
Phosphorus necrosis of the jaw, commonly called “phossy jaw”, was a really horrible overwhelmingly disease, discovered by Workers in match factories in the 19th century developed oral abscesses in their mouths, leading to facial disfigurement and sometimes fatal brain damage. The gums developed an eerie greenish white 'glow' in the dark. Disease itself depends on an influence which the fumes of phosphoric acid, when they get dissolved in the saliva, are able to exert directly within the mouth to affect the jaw bones.