An appeal to parliament, the medical profession, and the public, on the present state of dental surgery / by George Waite.

  • Waite George Derby, 1804-1880.
Date:
1841
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An appeal to parliament, the medical profession, and the public, on the present state of dental surgery / by George Waite. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    butcher-like extraction ot teeth which, under the old and common key instrument, they have perpe- trated in their early days; the many bits of jaw they have fractured ; and, allowing something for the advancement of dental surgery, they will agree with me that the time has arrived when this branch of their science ought to be placed on the footing it is entitled to. Public voice will, I am sure, aid my efforts; we all have friends and relations who may read news- paper advertisements, and be imposed upon, after which they will obtain the satisfaction only of an enormous bill, and perhaps be dragged into a court of justice, where a scene worthy of the “ im- mortal Pickwick” might occur, as will be hereafter seen. Whatever medical bill be passed into a law, it may be years before any change takes place. Cases of abuse must be fresh in public memory—Necessitas facit Legem, and I think this is a very strong case of necessity.