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378 HISTOEY OF DENTAL SUEGERY
as lecturer at Guy's Hospital, and this work was produced to supply a desid-
eratum in medical literature, the aim of the author being to embody all facts
known at this time. Part I treats of the anatomy and physiology, while the
second part is devoted to the diseases of the teeth and antrum. The popularity
of the work is attested by the two English and three American editions it
passed through during the eight years following its first publication.
The researches of Goodsir on the teeth, appeared in 1834:. A practical
treatise on the human teeth by William Robertson, published in 1839, shared
a like ]iopularity, two English and one American editions having appeared by
18-11.
The contributions of Edwin Saunders, on the "Care of the Teeth," and
"The Teeth Proposed as a Test of the Ages of Children,"' belong to this period.
The professional life of this writer, tlirough a long series of years, is marked
for his untiring efforts in the elevation of his profession. For thirty-seven
years he was dentist to her majesty, Queen Victoria, who, in 1883, conferred
upon him the honor of knighthood in recognition of his labors, and the pro-
fessional status dentistry had obtained. This was the first instance of knight-
hood conferred upon a dental practitioner on the ground of his practice as a
dental surgeon.
Waite published in London, in 183-5, a work on "The Gums, Their Struct-
ure, Growtli, Connection, Diseases and Sympathies," the best contribution on
the subject that had appeared.
Murpliy in "A Popular Treatise on the Structure, Diseases and Treatment
of the Human Teetli," published in London in 1837, describes his method of
making and setting an inlay ( page 200 )
The publications of Alexander Xasmyth, "Researches on the Development
and Structure of the Teeth," appeared from 1839 to 1849. To hini we are
indebted for the first demonstration of the membrane which has since Ijorne
his name.'
Richard Owen's "Odontography'' (lS4i)-184.5), is in two volumes, the first
treating' of the physiological relations, development and microscopic structure
of teeth in vertebrates, the second containing 168 plates.
Among the long list of writers associated with this period, are : Clark
(1829), Scott (1831), NichoUes (1833), Ashburner (1834), Jobson, (1834),
Wardroper (1838), Mortimer (1845) and Robinson (1846).
Professional esprit de coi-ps at that time was not sufficiently strong to pre-
vent unfavorable comment on modes of practice as is shown in a popular
treatise, "Every Man His Own Dentist," by Josepli Scott of London, pub-
378 HISTOEY OF DENTAL SUEGERY
as lecturer at Guy's Hospital, and this work was produced to supply a desid-
eratum in medical literature, the aim of the author being to embody all facts
known at this time. Part I treats of the anatomy and physiology, while the
second part is devoted to the diseases of the teeth and antrum. The popularity
of the work is attested by the two English and three American editions it
passed through during the eight years following its first publication.
The researches of Goodsir on the teeth, appeared in 1834:. A practical
treatise on the human teeth by William Robertson, published in 1839, shared
a like ]iopularity, two English and one American editions having appeared by
18-11.
The contributions of Edwin Saunders, on the "Care of the Teeth," and
"The Teeth Proposed as a Test of the Ages of Children,"' belong to this period.
The professional life of this writer, tlirough a long series of years, is marked
for his untiring efforts in the elevation of his profession. For thirty-seven
years he was dentist to her majesty, Queen Victoria, who, in 1883, conferred
upon him the honor of knighthood in recognition of his labors, and the pro-
fessional status dentistry had obtained. This was the first instance of knight-
hood conferred upon a dental practitioner on the ground of his practice as a
dental surgeon.
Waite published in London, in 183-5, a work on "The Gums, Their Struct-
ure, Growtli, Connection, Diseases and Sympathies," the best contribution on
the subject that had appeared.
Murpliy in "A Popular Treatise on the Structure, Diseases and Treatment
of the Human Teetli," published in London in 1837, describes his method of
making and setting an inlay ( page 200 )
The publications of Alexander Xasmyth, "Researches on the Development
and Structure of the Teeth," appeared from 1839 to 1849. To hini we are
indebted for the first demonstration of the membrane which has since Ijorne
his name.'
Richard Owen's "Odontography'' (lS4i)-184.5), is in two volumes, the first
treating' of the physiological relations, development and microscopic structure
of teeth in vertebrates, the second containing 168 plates.
Among the long list of writers associated with this period, are : Clark
(1829), Scott (1831), NichoUes (1833), Ashburner (1834), Jobson, (1834),
Wardroper (1838), Mortimer (1845) and Robinson (1846).
Professional esprit de coi-ps at that time was not sufficiently strong to pre-
vent unfavorable comment on modes of practice as is shown in a popular
treatise, "Every Man His Own Dentist," by Josepli Scott of London, pub-
