A natural history of the human teeth, with a treatise on their diseases from infancy to old age, adapted for general information : to which are added observations on the physiognomy of the teeth and the projecting chin / by Joseph Murphy.

  • Murphy, Joseph.
Date:
1811
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Credit: A natural history of the human teeth, with a treatise on their diseases from infancy to old age, adapted for general information : to which are added observations on the physiognomy of the teeth and the projecting chin / by Joseph Murphy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    ADVERTISEMENT. To wliat degree of perfection the Ancients attained in the practical knowledge of preserving the Teeth^ I have not been able to ascertain. The ancient Romans wore substitutes for lost Teeth made of ivory, which they fastened in with gold wire; they also rendered loose Teeth secure in their places by the same means. During the dark ages which succeeded the fall of the Roman Empire, whilst mankind were sunk in ignorance, w'e may suppose that the Dentist’s art was totally neglected or forgotten. We find it revived again in Paris, about the year 1700, when a few Surgeons confined their practice entirely to the Teeth. Since this period, the management of the Teeth has continued to attract the public attention. The only Works on the Teeth worthy of notice, in the English Language, are those of Berdmore, Hunter, Blake, and Fox.* These were written principally to extend the knowledge of professional men, and not with a view to give general information. The public is very little acquainted with the nature of the Teeth, and the treat- ment that should be observed with respect to them : yet there are certainly few branches of knowledge of greater importance to every individual. ♦ Moor’s Lectures on the Teeth, lately published, also coutaiu some very valuable iliformation.