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Image number: RS.10285
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The two sets of teeth at six years of age
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
Illustration showing the temporary set of teeth (erupted) and permanent set of teeth (not erupted) at the age of six years. This includes the molars, pre-molars, incisors and canines.
Plate 4 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 4, G. Kirtland, Pinxt. Published 1st Jany 1803, by Joseph Fox.. I. Parks, Sc.’
Plate 4 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 4, G. Kirtland, Pinxt. Published 1st Jany 1803, by Joseph Fox.. 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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