 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 Dental Practitioner - Page 1011883Full view - About this book
 | Job Lewis Smith - 1869 - 664 pages
...scarification of the gums. i^atv^ & ,,-,The gum lancet is now much less frequently employed than erly. It is used more by the ignorant practitioner, who...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,... | |
 | Medicine - 1873 - 920 pages
...SMITH. (Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood. Philadelphia, 1872.) Dr. Smith says that the gum-lancet is now much less frequently employed...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,... | |
 | Medicine - 1873 - 702 pages
...speaks plainly upon the advisability of scarifying the gums. In his own words — " The gum lancet is now much less frequently employed than formerly....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,... | |
 | Homeopathy - 1874 - 600 pages
...opinions of society. — Holcombe. WHEN TO LANCE THE GDMS. — Dr. JL Smith savs, in his late work on " Diseases of Infancy and Childhood," " The gum-lancet...discern more clearly the true pathological state. — Dental Cosmos. "It is well to bear in mind, as aiding in the elucidation of this subject, the remark... | |
 | Job Lewis Smith - Children - 1876 - 746 pages
...difference of opinion among the highest authorities in medicine. I refer to scarification of the gums. The gum-lancet is now much less frequently employed...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,... | |
 | Dentistry - 1888 - 598 pages
...to certain diseases not located in the buccal cavity." Referring to the lancet, he writes that it is much less frequently employed than formerly. It is...discern more clearly the true pathological state. "It is well to bear in mind the remark of Trousseau, that the tooth is not released by lancing the... | |
 | 1889 - 1112 pages
...infantile maladies. At the present day it has fallen into wellmerited disrepute. As J. Lewis Smith remarks, it is used more by the ignorant practitioner, who...discern more clearly the true pathological state. Gum-lancing is not objectionable because of pain, the possibility of severe hemorrhage, injury of the... | |
 | John Marie Keating - Pediatrics - 1889 - 1126 pages
...infantile maladies. At the present day it has fallen into wellmerited disrepute. As J. Lewis Smith remarks, it is used more by the ignorant practitioner, who...discern more clearly the true pathological state. Gum-lancing is not objectionable because of pain, the possibility of severe hemorrhage, injury of the... | |
 | 1893 - 1164 pages
...infantile maladies. At the present day it has fallen into wellmerited disrepute. As J. Lewis Smith remarks, it is used more by the ignorant practitioner, who...discern more clearly the true pathological state. Gum-lancing is not objectionable because of pain, the possibility of severe hemorrhage, injury of the... | |
 | Medicine - 1876 - 1160 pages
...quote in full the luthor's views. " The gum-lancet," he writes, " is now much less frequently ¡mployed than formerly. It is used more by the ignorant practitioner, who is leficient in the ability to diagnosticate obscure diseases, than by one of inteligence, who can discern... | |
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