A practical treatise on the most frequent diseases of the mouth and teeth, and especially the accidents of the first dentition : with the means of remedying them, of preserving all the parts of the mouth in good condition, and an essay on the physical education of children: to which are added, considerations on the improvement of the instruments of a dentist; on an new instrument proposed by the author, and some proposed plans relative to artificial teeth, with an engraving / by J.C. Gerbaux.

Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical treatise on the most frequent diseases of the mouth and teeth, and especially the accidents of the first dentition : with the means of remedying them, of preserving all the parts of the mouth in good condition, and an essay on the physical education of children: to which are added, considerations on the improvement of the instruments of a dentist; on an new instrument proposed by the author, and some proposed plans relative to artificial teeth, with an engraving / by J.C. Gerbaux. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    of the gums, or to improper management, which hastens that destruction. If the art of the Dentist may be unnecessary to the small number of privileged individuals whom 1 have hinted at, it must be owned that it is eminently serviceable to the great majority, and chiefly to those whose teeth and gums are naturally bad. CHAP. II. PROPER MEANS OF KEEPING THE MOUTH AND TEETH IN GOOD ORDER. PRESCRIPTIONS. Medical means, properly so called, either internal or external, being intended to operate an actual change in the organs to which they are applied, the judicious reader will be sensi-