Download or read book The British Journal of Dental Science, Vol. 21 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The British Journal of Dental Science, Vol. 21: January December, 1878 When Spooner declared, in 1830, that a pulp could be destroyed without the use of the actual cautery, the first glimmerings of real progress began in the treatment of teeth. From that period dates all that can be considered worthy the name of Dentistry. The best thought of the profession was given to this subject, and it has required the combined work of many hands and brains to reach the present advanced position. The apparently simple thing of filling a cavity has cost more thought, more experimenting, and has, in its out working, covered more years than almost any other of modern human efforts. The devotion to the practical has been too great to admit of much or extended observation as to theories. But we have now reached another era, and the active mind is no longer satisfied with the conclusions of the past. The philosophy of cause and effect must be fully demonstrated before mere assertion will be recognised as authority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.