Principles of dental surgery : exhibiting a new method of treating the diseases of the teeth and gums, especially calculated to promote their health and beauty : accompanied by a general view of the present state of dental surgery, with occasional references to the more prevalent abuses of the art : in two parts / by Leonard Koeckel.

  • Koecker, Leonard, 1785-1850.
Date:
1842
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Credit: Principles of dental surgery : exhibiting a new method of treating the diseases of the teeth and gums, especially calculated to promote their health and beauty : accompanied by a general view of the present state of dental surgery, with occasional references to the more prevalent abuses of the art : in two parts / by Leonard Koeckel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The principles on which he has for many years practised this art, being essentially different from any other hitherto known, and considering those which are commonly received as being founded on superficial views and pernicious errors, he has deemed it useful to give a detail of his peculiar ideas in such a manner as, he trusts, will not only be found to deserve some attention on the part of the professional reader, but also at the same time, calculated to prepare the public mind at large for their reception. It is obvious, that in proportion as the knowledge of sound and practical principles is diffused and justly appreciated, it will be so much the more easy for the practitioner to insure their general adoption. To gain this point, the author has endeavoured to unite the utmost simplicity of language to the requisite scientific information ; and, that he might not fail to make himself intelli- gible, he has scrupulously avoided all technical terms, as well as every thing else that might have the appearance of scientific mystery. The cases introduced, were considered indispensably necessa- ry, to give a sufficiently comprehensive view to the reader, of the extent of dental surgery; and, in some measure, to shew the existing difference between the usual dental practice, and that which the author has adopted, almost from the beginning of his professional career. To render them practically useful, and to insure, both to the professional and general reader, much less dif- ficulty in understanding the principles and treatment here pro- pounded, it was necessary to give them at full length. In conclusion it may be proper to add, that the initials to the American cases, the subjects of which, for the most part reside in small towns, are not those of the respective patients, but are placed in alphabetical order merely to avoid unnecessary repetition.