The anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the teeth.

  • Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880
Date:
1831
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the teeth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ae : It is much to be regretted that the example of the great founder of physiological surgery, to whom the natural and pathological history of the teeth presented itself, as a subject of sufficient interest to occupy his especial attention, and whose acute and philosophical views, the lapse of more than half a century has only tended to confirm, should have been in this respect so little followed by his professed disciples; and that amidst the aetervad and universal homage which has been paid to his discoveries—a homage the most ho- nourable to the true philosopher, that of a conviction of the truth of his views, and the implicit adoption of his opinions, confirmed as they have been in so many instances by the results of subsequent investigation— his researches on the teeth should alone have been suffered to remain in comparative obscurity, read by few, excepting those whom an exclusive devotion to the practice of dental surgery, more especially called to the study of that subject. Amongst these, the ingenious and experimental Blake stands pre-eminent, as the worthy follower of his distinguished master. The hints of Hunter—and every one knows how important and how full of mean- ing those hints always were—served as the outlines