Page 15 - An essay on the diseasesof the jaws, and their treatment

EDITOR'S PREFACE. I HAVE been induced to publish a new edition of this work, which first appeared in 1828, by the fact, that, at the pre- sent time, it is all but unknown to the medical profession. The want of the peculiar talent for keeping himself promi- nently before the public, on the part of the author ; and on the part of the profession, a strong feeling in favour of the knife, and the novel operation that was first introduced about the time of the publication of this Essay, in the treat- ment of the diseases of the jaws, have operated powerfully against the realisation of the author's wishes. The Essay has, moj'eover, long been out of print, and thus, now that the rage for the amputation of the maxillai has somewhat subsided, and sounder views of the nature and causes of the diseases in question begin to prevail, it is no longer to be procured. It is difficult to say what influence the views ad- vanced by the author, so many years ago, have had in modifying the opinions of the profession. If the