The Dental Practitioner, Volume 1

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1883 - Dentistry

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Page 142 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 52 - The charmed repose to suffering dear. Still waits kind Nature to impart Her choicest gifts to such as gain An entrance to her loving heart Through the sharp discipline of pain. Forever from the Hand that takes One blessing from us others fall; And, soon or late, our Father makes His perfect recompense to all!
Page 31 - Any person, firm orcorporation violating any provision of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than ten...
Page 111 - Man, born of woman, is of few days and no teeth. And, indeed, it would be money in his pocket sometimes if he had less of either. As for his days, he wasteth one-third of them, and as for his teeth, he has...
Page 9 - I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Page 123 - AN ACT to regulate the practice of dentistry and to protect the people against empiricism in relation thereto, in the State of Pennsylvania, and providing penalties for the violation of the same.
Page 32 - Take half a drachm of nitrate of lead and dissolve in a pint or more of boiling water. Dissolve two drachms of common salt in a pail or bucket of water, pour the two solutions together, and allow the sediment to subside. The clear supernatant fluid will be a saturated solution of chloride of lead. A cloth dipped in a solution of chloride of lead and hung up in a room will sweeten a fetid atmosphere instantaneously...
Page 101 - Smith says that the gum-lancet is now much less frequently employed than formerly. It is used more by the ignorant practitioner, who is deficient in the ability to diagnosticate obscure diseases, than by one of intelligence, who can discern more clearly the true pathological state. Its use is more frequent in some countries as England, under the teaching of great names, than in others, as France, where the highest authorities, as Rilliet and Barthez, discountenance it.
Page 125 - From this the general law is deduced that the rate of surface evaporation is proportional to the elastic force of the vapor. Thus, suppose two tanks of similar surface dimensions and open to the atmosphere, one containing water maintained constantly at 212° Fahr., and the other containing water at 144° Fahr. Then, for each pound of water evaporated in the last tank, five pounds will be evaporated in the first tank. It should be understood that the law of Dalton holds good only for...
Page 123 - SEC. 3. Any person who is entitled to practice dentistry in this Commonwealth without a diploma or certificate under the provisions of the eighth section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall make written affidavit before some person qualified to administer an oath setting forth the time of his continuous practice, and the place or places where such practice was pursued in this Commonwealth, and shall within three months after the passage of this act have such affidavit recorded in the...

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