A practical guide to operations on the teeth : to which is prefixed a historical sketch of the rise and progress of dental surgery / by James Snell, dentist.

  • Snell, James, 1976-
Date:
1831
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Credit: A practical guide to operations on the teeth : to which is prefixed a historical sketch of the rise and progress of dental surgery / by James Snell, dentist. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    all round the affected tooth, afterwards shaking it well, and then extracting it perpendicularly, having previously, if it be hollow, stuffed it with linen; and he gives similar directions also with respect to the removal of the frag- ments of bone, should any portion of the socket have been unfortunately broken, and of the root of the tooth, should this unluckily have been left behind. The instrument em- ployed ])y Albucasis, in shaking the teeth, was a short-handled and long-bladed forceps,Q