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383 HISTOEY OF DEXTAL SURGERY

of Dentil] Surge]'}'," appeared in 1859, and a second edition was published in
1873. Tliis is a work brought forth from tlie chaotic mass of material that
had accumuhited. and it cndiddies thi^ product of the author's sound original
investigations. Jt was left for him to demonstrate the true nature of the con-
tents of the tubular structure of the dentin : and by a statement of facts, he
fixes the function of tlie dentinal fibers as one of sensation, and the channel
of nutrition to the dentin.
Owens' work on the "Skeleton and the Teeth," published in 1860; Richard-
son's "Medical History and Treatment of Teeth," also in 1860; Smith's
"Handbook of Dental Anatomy and Surgery," in 1861; Hulme's "Dental
I'athology," the same year. Cole's "Deformities of the Mouth," in 1870, and
liis "Dental Mechanics" in 1873, and Salter's "Dental Pathology and Surgery,"
in 1874, are the most familiar works of the period.' Canton (1851), Fowell
(1853), Howard (1853), Jones (1853), I'arker (1857), Lukyn (1859), Ma-
kins (1861), Clendon (1863), Eskell (1867) and Shaw (1868) also contri-
buted works of much interest and of varying importance during this period.
In the environment of scientific Germany during this period, our litera-
ture was being enriched by the careful investigation of Czermak (1850),
Siebold (1854), Kolliker (1854), Waldeyer (1864), Hertz (1866), Boll
(1868), Hoppe (1870), Mnhlreiter (1870), Hertwig (1874), Frey (1874),
and others in the field of dental microscopical and anatomical research; Giebel
(1853), "Odontography;" Bruck (1861), "Operative Dentistry;" Carl Wedl
(1870), "Pathology of the Teeth;" Leber and Rottenstein (1867), "Dental
Caries and its Cause"—this latter was translated and passed througli French,
English and American editions.
France was not inactive during this period. Her foremost writers con-
trilnited chiefly works in the field of pathology. Giraldes, in 1850 and 1860,
produced his works on the "Diseases of the Maxillary Sinus;" Talma, at Brus-
sels, in 1852, "Notes on some Fundamental Points of Dentistry;" Oudet, in
1854, "An introduction to the Study of Anatomy and Physiology of the
Teeth;" Forget, in 1859, "Dental Anomalies and Their Influence Upon the
Production of Diseases of the ]\Iaxillary Bones ;" Oudet's "Anatomical, Physi-
ological and Microscopical Researches on the Teeth and their Diseases," 186'2.
Xo writer of any previous or subsequent period has made as many varied
and valuable contributions to dental literature as E. Magitot (1833-1897).
llis first contribution appeared in 1857, a treatise on structure and develop-
ment of the teeth. The books, essays, and pamphlets from his pen from 1857
to 1897 nunilier no less than sixty-five. His work on "Dental Caries," based