An appeal to parliament, the medical profession, and the public, on the present state of dental surgery / by George Waite.

  • Waite George Derby, 1804-1880.
Date:
1841
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An appeal to parliament, the medical profession, and the public, on the present state of dental surgery / by George Waite. 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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    issues ; from such men it is notoriously bad. The finest workmen all work at their own homes. The system of modelling' which their employers adopt, the perfection to which they work up their ideas, and understand their marks, renders the whole system a most beautiful and ingenious science. It is requisite, however, that both parties should be good workmen, and then few words need pass between them. Accordingly with all this evidence before us, it is manifest that the interposition of the Legislature is demanded to place Dentistry, which is de facto a branch of surgery, on a legitimate footing. The interests of the medical profession and the public alike support the appeal which I have thus, perhaps imperfectly, submitted. But perhaps I might subjoin a view of the system of education which I should recommend a dentist to pursue. Mathematics and mechanical philoso- phy should form the groundwork of his education. I would urge that it ought to be imperatively de-