The Dental Practitioner, Volume 4

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1886 - Dentistry

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Page 245 - ... FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word : It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 188 - His neck is not too long ; his abdomen does not project; and his hands are large, but not too deeply cleft. His foot is rather thick than long ; and his legs are firm and round. He has...
Page 182 - Hence it is conceivable, and indeed probable, that every part of the adult contains molecules, derived both from the male and from the female parent; and that, regarded as a mass of molecules, the entire organism may be compared to a web of which the warp is derived from the female and the woof from the male.
Page 137 - That three members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and should a quorum not be present on the day appointed for their meeting, those present may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present.
Page 53 - The Mental Temperament is characterized physically by a frame relatively slight, and a head relatively large ; an oval face ; a high, pale forehead, broadest at the top ; delicately cut if not sharp features; an expressive countenance ; a delicate, transparent skin ; fine, soft hair, generally light in color and not abundant ; brilliant, speaking eyes, generally gray or hazel, and quick in their movements ; and a high-keyed, flexible voice. The figure is often elegant and graceful, but seldom striking...
Page 137 - Association, and at such other time and place as the said board shall agree upon, to conduct the examination of applicants. They shall also meet for the same purpose at the call of any four members of said board, at such time and place as may be designated. Thirty days...
Page 137 - Section 5. That four members of this board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and should a quorum not be present on any day appointed for their meeting, those present may adjourn from day to day until a quorum is present.
Page 210 - ... mind properly cultivated whatever is bounded is little. The mind is continually labouring to advance, step by step, through successive gradations of excellence, towards perfection, which is dimly seen, at a great though not hopeless distance, and which we must always follow because we never can attain; but the pursuit rewards itself: one truth teaches another, and our store is always increasing, though nature can never be exhausted.
Page 213 - It is not possible to decide absolutely upon the wholesomeness or unwholesomeness of a drinking water by the mere use of any of the processes examined for the estimation of organic matter, or its constituents.
Page 170 - ... when added to the solution, but do more injury to the teeth during the process of ingestion. As an illustration, the effect of adding water to a simple solution of the chloride of iron devoid of free acid is to give us basic salts of iron and the separation of free hydrochloric acid. When a tooth is immersed in a solution of the tincture of the chloride of iron a double action takes place.

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