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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

SKINNER, Richard Cortland ( – 1834)

– 1834

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1801

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A treatise on the human teeth, concisely explaining their structure and cause of disease and decay.

SKINNER, Richard Cortland ( – 1834)

First American book on the teeth, a pamphlet of 26pp. It was intended for the lay public and listed sound rules of oral hygiene, explained the nature of dental diseases and their treatment, and stressed preventive mai…