Transactions of the American Dental Association, Volume 13The Association, 1873 |
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Page 34 - ... explaining many things which may seem quite clear to himself, thus endeavoring to educate the public mind so that it will properly appreciate the beneficent efforts of our profession. He should encourage no false hopes by promising success when, in the nature of the case, there is uncertainty.
Page 35 - It is unprofessional to resort to public advertisements, cards, handbills, posters, or signs, calling attention to peculiar styles of work, lowness of prices, special modes of operating ; or to claim superiority over neighboring practitioners; to publish reports of cases or certificates in the public prints ; to go from house to house to solicit or perform operations ; to circulate or recommend nostrums ; or to perform any other similar acts.
Page 55 - The process of inflammation is the succession of changes which occurs in a living tissue when it is injured, provided that the injury is not of such a degree as at once to destroy its structure and vitality.
Page 173 - DENTAL CARIES and its Causes : an Investigation into the influence of Fungi in the Destruction of the Teeth, by Drs.
Page 197 - ... action of injurious agents only their crowns covered with enamel, and this protects them from the attacks of the fungus. We cannot decide, at present, if the leptothrix is able to penetrate sound dentine, when from any abnormal circumstance it happens to be denuded. But if the enamel or the dentine are become less resistant at any point through the action of acids ; or if, at the surface of the dentine, a loss of substance has occurred, then the elements of the fungus can pass into the interior...
Page 35 - SECT. 4. When consulted by the patient of another practitioner, the dentist should guard against inquiries or hints disparaging to the family dentist, or calculated to weaken the patient's confidence in him ; and if the interests of the patient will not be endangered thereby, the case should be temporarily treated, and referred back to the family dentist.
Page 55 - IT is no more than the truth which Mr. Travers has well expressed in his work on the " Physiology of Inflammation and the Healing Process" — " that a knowledge of the phenomena of inflammation, the laws by which it is governed in its course, and the relations which its several processes bear to each other, is the key-stone to medical and surgical science.
Page 35 - ... rules, except when variation of circumstances requires it. And it is ever to be regarded as unprofessional to warrant operations or work as an inducement to patronage.
Page 28 - Chairman of the Publication Committee, and shall see that due notice is given of the time and place of the annual sessions of the Association. He shall be secretary of the Program Committee and see to the preparation and printing...
Page 35 - SECT. 3. It is unprofessional to resort to public advertisements, cards, handbills, posters, or signs, calling attention to peculiar styles of work, lowness of prices, special modes of operating ; or to claim superiority over neighboring practitioners ; to publish reports of...