On the colouring matter of the pink and red vulcanite used in dentistry : with remarks on the occassional occurrence of symptoms of poisoning, probably dependent upon the verilion used as a pigment / by W. Bathurst Woodman.

  • Woodman, W. Bathurst (William Bathurst), 1836-1877.
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[between 1800 and 1899]
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Credit: On the colouring matter of the pink and red vulcanite used in dentistry : with remarks on the occassional occurrence of symptoms of poisoning, probably dependent upon the verilion used as a pigment / by W. Bathurst Woodman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    references to your own Transactions, and to American Dental literature, which, form Appendices ]S[0S; I,—V.; and I am further indebted to him for much valuable information on details of manu- facture ; there are also several suggestions of his which will appear in their own place in the course of the paper. My thanks are also due to my colleague, Dr. Barrett, Dentist to the London Hospital, for kindly favouring me with specimens of variously tinted rubber, showing me the apparatus used in hardening, and suggesting one or two of the later experiments. Before formally entering upon my subject, 1 wish to make two disclaimers, as due both to my audience and myself, viz.: — Whilst I alone am responsible for the accu- racy of the experiments; and although my first case was observed by me in 1862, when house-surgeon to the Torbay Infirmary, whereas Dr. Taylor's case was not noted till 1864,* and Dr. Well's case only one year before,! and up to the time of my writing my first paper, I had seen no notice of such cases; yet, I am far from wishing to claim any priority as to the discovery of the facts. These personal matters appear to me of very * See his Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence, 2nd edition, vol. i. p. 290. t See British Medical Journal, September 5th, 1863.