D

THE NIVERSITY

CHOOL

AMERICAN JOURNAL

OF

DENTAL SCIENCE:

EDITED BY

CHAPIN A. HARRIS, M. D., D. D. S.

AND

A. SNOWDEN PIGGOT, M. D.

VOL. 8-NEW SERIES.

PHILADELPHIA:

LINDSAY & BLAKISTON.

LONDON:

TRUBNER & CO. 12 PATERNOSTER ROW.

1858.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE LIBRARY

741

J. W. WOODS, PRINTER,
BALTIMORE.

CONTENTS.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

ARTICLE I.-Coiled Gold for Plugging Teeth. By C. T. Cushman,

D. D. S., Columbus, Ga.

ARTICLE II.—Analysis of a Salivary Calculus from a Horse. By A.

Snowden Piggot, M. D.

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ARTICLE III.-Extraordinary Successive Development of Teeth,

ARTICLE IV.-Amylene. Its Preparation, History and Use,

ARTICLE V.-The Poetical Works of the late Richard S. Gedney,

with a Memoir, &c. By James Ogden, M. D., &c.

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ARTICLE VI.-Sugar in the Liver,

ARTICLE VII.-Memoirs upon the Tumors of the Gums, known under

the name of Epulis. By Dr. L. Saurel. Translated from the

French for this Journal,

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ARTICLE VIII.-Influence exerted upon the Teeth by the Silica con-

tained in Potable Waters. By Dr. Guilbert. Translated from

L'Art Dentaire, for the Am. Jour. Dental Science,

ARTICLE IX.-Complete Luxation of the Lower Jaw reduced on the

eighty-seventh day. Translated from the French for this Jour-

nal,

ARTICLE X.-Letter from Dr. D. P. Gregg, on the Insertion of Arti-

ficial Teeth,

ARTICLE XI.-Second Paper on Supernumerary Teeth, with a few re-

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marks on Monstrosities. By J. L. Levison, D. D. S., &c., &c. 53

ARTICLE XII.-Deformity occasioned by Contraction of the Arch of

the Superior Maxillary and Irregularity of the Teeth, success-

fully Treated. By Dr. W. Dalrymple, Dentist, New York,

SELECTED ARTICLES.

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ARTICLE XIII.-Extract from the Records of the Boston Society for

Medical Improvement. By F. E. Oliver, M. D., Secretary, 62

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ARTICLE XIV.-The Adapted Forceps. By J. Robinson, Esq.

ARTICLE XV.-College of Dentists.-Special Meeting, July 30, 1857, 78