The American text-book of prosthetic dentistry / in contributions by eminent authorities, edited by Charles J. Essig.

  • Charles J. Essig
Date:
1900
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    after a thorough test, the endorsement of continued application by the most skilled and experienced prosthetists. Tlie earnest wish of the Editor to present the subject in a manner to inspire higher ideals and standards than have heretofore generally pre- vailed, has not for a moment been forgotten, and those who have con- tributed to the different chapters have labored zealously to describe the most modern methods with thoroughness and precision in technical details, while they have at all times realized that in addition to the mechanical skill and anatomical knowledge required in the successful restoration of function a high degree of artistic taste and discrimination is also necessary in the close imitation of the natural organs. The con- tributors have treated the subject of prosthetic dentistry not as a mere mechanical art, but as something concerning which no constant rules can be prescribed upon which to base its practice, an art which demands for every operation a definite and intelligent plan, and which in the taste, experience, and judgment required is deserving of kinship with the fine arts. It is with profound sorrow that the Editor learns of the death of his friend and co-worker. Dr. Henry H. Burchard, to whose intelligent mind and facile pen is due much of the value of this volume. The chapters as- signed him in the preparation of the first edition called forth his first im- portant literary efforts, and the work within its pages which bears his name was sufficient to reveal to him the power he possessed, and to the Editor his great value as a collaborator. With never-flagging enthusiasm, exalted ideals, honesty of purpose, and great versatility, he was a brilliant writer and lecturer and an accomplished practical dentist, and his later contribu- tions to dental literature show evidences of still greater development of mental power. His death removes one of the most promising of the younger members of the dental profession. A sincere friend, a high- minded man, his loss will be most keenly felt by all who knew him. Credit for all sources of information has been accorded by the con- tributors in their several chapters. In addition to these the Editor ten- ders his grateful acknowledgment for favors and courtesies extended by Ransom & Randolph; The Detroit Dental Manufacturing Co. ; Dr. George H. Custer; The Buffalo Dental ^Manufacturing Co.; Dr. George B. Snow ; Dr. A. D. W. Gritman ; Dr. E. T. Starr, of the S. S. AVhite Dental ]\ranufacturing Co.; G. R. Lennox, L. D. S., of London, Eng.; J. H. Gartrell, L. D. L., of Penzance, Eng.; and to Dr. Norman S. Essig for numerous original drawings furnished by him for the different chapters of this edition. C. J. E.
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