On the formation and arrangement of a dental museum : with a proposed dental classification of the placental Mammalia / by Robert T. Hulme.

  • Hulme, Robert Thomas
Date:
[1869]
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Credit: On the formation and arrangement of a dental museum : with a proposed dental classification of the placental Mammalia / by Robert T. Hulme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    beak should be represented, yet it is desirable that type specimens and such special modifications as are directly connected with the habits of the animal or the nature of its food should find a place in the collection. Thus far the museum would illustrate the teeth of the vertebrate animals. If it is desired to complete the subject and to give the entire history of the cibarial instruments throughout the animal kingdom and of all that relates to the mechanical portion of the digestive function, it will be ne- cessary to add illustrations of the modifications which the mouth undergoes in those lower forms of life which are collectively spoken of as the Invertebrata. Carried out in this manner the museum would consist of the eight following departments:— 1. Anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the human teeth. 2. Surgical instruments. 3. Mechanical appliances. 4. Physiology of the teeth, 5. Comparative anatomy of the teeth, C. Microscopic structure of the teeth. 7. Teeth of animals indigenous to Great Britain. 8. Instruments employed by the Invertebrata in procuring and comminuting the food. Having determined the scope and limits of the museum, the next object must be to ascertain the
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