On the formation and arrangement of a dental museum : with a proposed dental classification of the placental Mammalia / by Robert T. Hulme.

  • Hulme, Robert Thomas.
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[1869]
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Credit: On the formation and arrangement of a dental museum : with a proposed dental classification of the placental Mammalia / by Robert T. Hulme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    On the Formation and Arrangement of a Dental Miiseum, unth a projwsed Dental Glassification of the Placental Mammalia. By Robert T. Hulme, M.R.C.S. v' - A J /:/ .;/>! . OJt. ^-y* ■ .1 (j ( r In forming a Museum intended to illustrate any special branch of Natural History, it is necessary in the first place to determine the scope and limits of the subject. While this should be done in a wide and comprehensive spirit, so as to ex- hibit the relation in which the special department stands to the general science of which it is a por- tion, it ought, at the same time to be so far restricted as to retain the distinctive character of the collection. The comparative anatomist classes the teeth with the skeleton, while the physiologist regards them as forming a portion of the digestive organs. The function of digestion consists of a mechanical and a chemical action ; the first is accomplished in the higher animals by means of the teeth, the second by means of the stomach and various glands, some of which prepare the food for its entrance into the stomach, while others exert their influence upon it after it has emerged from the digestive cavity. To include the whole of