A system of dental surgery / by Sir John Tomes.

  • John Tomes
Date:
1887
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Credit: A system of dental surgery / by Sir John Tomes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    put upon record by l'rofe«:si)r Cope, in which the dcutul fonauLi was— . .-) 1 ;5 3 :5 1. — 0. — imi. — ni. — — 4 2 () .S 4 The first two molars were i'nriushed witli accessory lobes, tliereby furtlier showing the tendency to redundancy of parts. A bnitlier of tlie jiatient liad— .41 -1 :\ 1. — c. — inu. _ ni. — , 4 I ' I and a sister— . 1 -1 -1 W 1. — c. — WW. ni. — , ;] 1 1 -1 a rrandniotlier having' i. — . 4 Instances, liowever, are not wanting in wiiich tlie additirmal teeth appear among tlie molar division of the series. In a Fi.;. (') i jiaticnt of my own, a diminutive tooth, resembling a small and l)adly-formed wisiloni-tootli, appeared on each side of the moutli external to tlie first and second ]icnnancnt molars of the upper jaw. 'I'liu age of the patient and the appearance of the teeth themselves led to the supi)osition (') Shows the iVdiit viuw of a siiociiiien in wliii4i twn .siiiicrmiiiicnirv tectli ((() liold tlic iilacc uf the poiitral iiicisnrs, wliili; tJic hit't central (h) I1.1.S ai)])carcil ahovc tho alveohir lino. I am indebted to Sir U. Saundcr.s for the ii.sc of this spefinien.
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