A physiological and pathological inquiry concerning the physical characteristics of the human teeth and gums, the salivary calculus, the lips and tongue, and the fluids of the mouth : together with their respective local and constitutional indications : as read before the American Society of Dental Surgeons, at their second annual meeting, held in Philadelphia, August 11, 1841 / by Chapin A. Harris.

  • Harris, Chapin A. (Chapin Aaron), 1806-1860.
Date:
1841
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Credit: A physiological and pathological inquiry concerning the physical characteristics of the human teeth and gums, the salivary calculus, the lips and tongue, and the fluids of the mouth : together with their respective local and constitutional indications : as read before the American Society of Dental Surgeons, at their second annual meeting, held in Philadelphia, August 11, 1841 / by Chapin A. Harris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    extensive and laborious research and long and attentive observa- tion, and contributed in an eminent degree, by the spirit of inquiry that it awakened, to the perfection to which the art has at present attained, and justly, therefore, has the author been styled the father of modern dental surgery.1 Besides this work, many others appeared, not only in France, but also in England, Germany, and other countries during the eighteenth century; and, among the most distinguished of the writers on adontology of this period, the names of Bunon, Bour- det, Jourdain, Berdmore, Hunter, and Blake, may be mentioned. There might also be added to this list upwards of a hundred and twenty others, but previously to the commencement of the nine- teenth century, the treatment of the diseases of the maxillary organs was not very well understood, nor had the manner of sub- stituting artificial, to supply the loss of the natural teeth, attained to much perfection. The works, therefore, that issued from the press anterior to this time, while they threw much valuable light on the anatomy and pathology of the dental apparatus, contained but little correct practical information ; but, as the knowledge of the structure and diseases of the teeth advanced, more rational methods of treatment began gradually to be adopted, and in the space of a few years, a greater and more thorough control was had over the maladies of these organs, than has ever been pos- sessed over those of any of the other parts of the body. With the commencement of the present century a new era began to dawn upon the dentist's science. The inaugural disser- tation of Robert Blake, on the structure of the teeth of man and other animals, published in 1798, was but the precursor of a host of other works on all the parts of the dental art. The origin,