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Image number: RS.10284
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Cross-sections of the teeth and lower jaw
Date
1803
Creator
Parks, Engraver
After
George Kirtland (British) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
Books/Fox, J_The Natural History of the Human Teeth_1803
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 263mm
width (print): 203mm
width (print): 203mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Cross-sections and rotated views of the lower jaw and teeth to illustrate structure, enamel and cavities. This includes the molars, pre-molars, incisors and canines.
Plate 8 from The Natural History of the Human Teeth, including a particular elucidation of the changes which take place during the second dentition, and describing the proper mode of treatment to prevent irregularities of the teeth by Joseph Fox (London, Thomas Cox, 1803). Inscribed: ‘Plate 8, G. Kirtland, Pinxt. Published as the Act directs Jany 1st 1803, by Joseph Fox, Lombard St London. I. Parks, Sc.’
Plate 8 from The Natural History of the Human Teeth, including a particular elucidation of the changes which take place during the second dentition, and describing the proper mode of treatment to prevent irregularities of the teeth by Joseph Fox (London, Thomas Cox, 1803). Inscribed: ‘Plate 8, G. Kirtland, Pinxt. Published as the Act directs Jany 1st 1803, by Joseph Fox, Lombard St London. I. Parks, Sc.’
Object history
Joseph Fox ran lectures on teeth for students at Guy’s Hospital. These were the first lectures to be given specifically on dentistry in Britain. His publications The Natural History of Teeth and The Natural History of the Diseases of the Teeth (1805) were based upon these lectures.
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