A physiological and pathological inquiry concerning the physical characteristics of the human teeth and gums, the salivary calculus, the lips and tongue, and the fluids of the mouth : together with their respective local and constitutional indications : as read before the American Society of Dental Surgeons, at their second annual meeting, held in Philadelphia, August 11, 1841 / by Chapin A. Harris.

Chapin A. Harris

Date:: 1841

Credit: A physiological and pathological inquiry concerning the physical characteristics of the human teeth and gums, the salivary calculus, the lips and tongue, and the fluids of the mouth : together with their respective local and constitutional indications : as read before the American Society of Dental Surgeons, at their second annual meeting, held in Philadelphia, August 11, 1841 / by Chapin A. Harris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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of the publication of this work, it contains, therefore, but little information of value on the treatment of the teeth. 01 the esti- mation, however, in which this work is held, some idea may be formed from the fact that it was translated into French in 1821, by Lemaire. Four years after the publication of Mr. Fox's work, a treatise by Fuller, on the structure, formation and management of the teeth was issued from the press, and the year following, a volume by Joseph Murphy, entitled, Natural History of the Human Teeth, with a treatise on their diseases from infancy to old age, was published. These works, though better suited to the general reader, than the professional dentist, are not to the latter devoid of interest. In 1819, a treatise by Mr. Bew, appeared, and in 1823, Gerboux, published a work on the diseases of the teeth. But one of the best works that has issued from the English press on dental pathology and therapeutics, is from the pen of that able and accomplished practitioner, L. Koecker, M. D., and is entitled, Principles of Dental Surgery. Though perhaps the author may have incurred the displeasure of a few, by the free manner in which he denounces empiricism, his work is neverthe- less valuable, and has doubtless contributed in no small degree, to the success that attends the present mode of practice in the treatment of maxillary diseases. In 1828, he published a work on the diseases of the jaws, and in 1835, an essay on Artificial teeth, obturators and palates. Mr. Fay published in 1827, a work describing the mode of using forceps invented by himself for the extraction and exci- sion of teeth. The advantages proposed by this last operation have not been realized. For obvious reasons, it has become ne-

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