Lectures on the natural history and management of the teeth : the cause of their decay, the art of preventing its accession, and various operations, never hitherto suggested, for the preservation of such teeth as it is too frequently considered necessary to extract / by L.S. Parmly.

Date:
1820
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Credit: Lectures on the natural history and management of the teeth : the cause of their decay, the art of preventing its accession, and various operations, never hitherto suggested, for the preservation of such teeth as it is too frequently considered necessary to extract / by L.S. Parmly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    embrace the fangs immediately under the Gum, and acquire, by age, an increased firm- ness nearly as hard as that of the Teeth them- selves. Thus the Teeth and their appendages form one peculiar structure, the whole intimately connected, dependent on each other, and admirably perfected for their various functions —displaying, when in health, superior strength and durability to all the other parts of the animal frame. It appears, by minute obser- vation, that their premature loss or decay can- not arise from any defect of original organi- zation, but is to be ascribed solely to the action of. impure matter, the result of uncleanliness, on a part incapable of freeing itself from ex- traneous accretions, as in the other parts of the living body, and to supply this want of natural power, the interference of art appears indispensable. Thus, it is of importance to Society to know what the qualifications of the instructor