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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    THE ALLOYS OF GOLD FOR DENTAL PURPOSES. The public is much indebted to the Lancet for the series of papers published under the title of the Analytical Sanitary Commission, which prove by the aid of the microscope and chemical analysis that the common ne- cessaries of life are largely adulterated,—in some cases with cheaper articles of an in- noxious character, but in others with sub- stances absolutely of a poisonous nature. The latter are undoubtedly among the pre- disposing and exciting causes of disease, and often induce symptoms of a peculiar and anomalous character. The recognition of adulterations, therefore, falls within the immediate province of the medical press, considered as the guardian of the public health. B