The principles and practice of dentistry : including anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, dental surgery and mechanism / by Chapin A. Harris.

  • Harris, Chapin A. (Chapin Aaron), 1806-1860.
Date:
1910
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Credit: The principles and practice of dentistry : including anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, dental surgery and mechanism / by Chapin A. Harris. 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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    TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION. The first edition of ChapinA. Harris's Principles and Practice of Dentistry was published in 1841, and from that date it has been the principal text-book in all dental schools. The last or tenth revision was issued under the careful supervision of the late Professor Philip H. Austen, M.D., D.D.S., assisted, in the parts relating to anatomy and physiology, by Dr. Thomas S. Latimer, and in parts relating to pathology and surgery, by the editor of the present edition. As the ten years prior to this revi- sion had nearly revolutionized dental mechanism. Professor Austen found it necessary to almost re-write the portion of the work relating to Mechanics, and its superior excellence was universally acknowledged. Nearly fourteen years having elapsed since this was done, the rapid advances made during this period in Dental Histology, Pathology, Surgery, and also to a considerable degree in Mechanism, have neces- sitated another revision, and at the request of the author's family and of the publishers, the editor has alone undertaken the task of revi- sion, and the present edition is the result of more than a year's labor. This duty has been assumed with the hope that an experience of over a quarter of a century as a teacher in dental schools, and also as a dental practitioner, may have furnished the qualifications for such an undertaking. The time which has elapsed since the first appearance of the tenth