The gold, its alloys, and other metals, used by dentists / by James Robinson.

  • Robinson, James, 1813-1862.
Date:
1851
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Credit: The gold, its alloys, and other metals, used by dentists / by James Robinson. 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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    of those inferior metallic alloys, which suffer corrosion when in contact with the fluids of the mouth and generate poisonous com- pounds. It has been suggested, as a guarantee to the public of the purity of the gold used by dentists, that each article should be stamped at Goldsmiths’ Hall. To this proposition a respectable practitioner can have no pos- sible objection; but the application of the stamp is attended with insuperable diffi- culties. To entitle the practitioner to the Company’s mark, he must be licensed to sell gold, the punches must be registered at the Hall; and moreover it is a rule with this City Company never to stamp unmanufac- tured goods of any kind. The article must present the general form intended, with the springs, wire and rivets attached; the finish- ing, polishing, and fixing the teeth may be done afterwards; but considerable force is necessary in stamping the work, by which