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.
Date:
[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.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    should be travelling out of my province as a physician and a clinical observer, were I to enter upon any description of the processes undergone by the artificial gurns, palates, &c, in order to render them suitable for their destined purpose. There are gentlemen here who are familiar with the whole theory and practice of these matters ; and I might perhaps be led into mistakes if I trusted to my hasty impressions, derived either from reading, conversation, or hasty peeps into dental ateliers. I may, however, without impro- priety, allude, to one or two little matters which have come under my notice in the examination of specimens, even although they be a little technical. I write as a clinical physician, and not as a scientific chemist, or a technologist. If, therefore, I am wrong in my inferences or theories, I shall be glad of correction. I think I am pretty sure of my facts, but shall be very glad for others to make independent observations, and hope some at least may be induced to repeat my experi- ments. The first point I observed as to the rubbers supplied for dental purposes is, that the basis material was not absolutely identical in all the prepared sheets. It sometimes appeared to con- sist of india-rubber, pure and simple (I now pur- posely disregard the pigment), whilst other samples appeared to be mixtures of india-rubber with gutta-percha, and occasionally other vegetable