On the structure of teeth, and the resemblance of ivory to bone, as illustrated by microscopical examination of the teeth of man, and of various existing and extinct animals / by Professor Owen.
- Owen, Richard, Sir, 1804-1892.
- Date:
- [1838?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the structure of teeth, and the resemblance of ivory to bone, as illustrated by microscopical examination of the teeth of man, and of various existing and extinct animals / by Professor Owen. 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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![slices of fossil teeth to a determination of the natural family, or genus, to M'hich such teeth had belonged, when other characters fail, or a complete tooth is unattainable. Finally, Mr. Owen remarked, that through the endless diversity which the microscopic texture of the teeth,of different animals presented, the universal law of the tubular structure could be unequivocally traced; and that the general tendency of the modifications observable in descending from man to the lower classes of the vertebrate animals, was a nearer approximation of the substance of the tooth to the vascular and organized texture of bone. t [From the Eighth Report of the British Association for the Advancement OF Science.] Fftll4TED BY RiCHARD AND jOIllJ fe. TAYLblf, RED MON, COURT, FLEET STREET,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2239087x_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
