Dr. C. H. Stowell's Work On Teeth

The second edition of Dr. C. H. Stowwell's work on "The Microscopio Structure of a Human Tooth, together with some Unusual and Irregular Forma of Teeth," has appeared since the last number of The Register. Natural modesty will preclude very much praise, in tbese columns, of the typography, press work and binding of this work, as they were done in The Register office. It is a work 12x16 inches, illuatrated by 12 full page engravings. illustrations were first drawn by Dr. Stowell in India ink, and then reproduced by the engraver, Even the uninitiated in the mysteries of the teeth cannot but expresa wonder at the patiënt microscopical work and. oareful drawlng which must hare been done by Dr. Stowell in the pheparation of his illustrations. The furpose of the work, as he says in his preface, ia two-fold : "first, to gire to the dental profession plain and deflnite statements concerning the minute structure of the human teeth, and second, to place on record some of the specimens from the unique collections of Professors Ford and Taft." Thus Dr. Stowell has collected in this work illutrations of 50 tteth from the private collection of Professor Taft, the dean of the Dental college in U. of M., and of 25 teetb from the collcction of Professor Ford, who tor nearly fifi y years has been an eminent teacher of anatomy. No two men could have gathered a more useful collection of teeth, and henee, illustrated as they a.-e in this work by a well-known microscopist, and explained by a carefully written text, they are invaluable to the dental profesión. Dr. Stowell has put the general text ia as beautiful order as the illustrations. It contains his own opinión?. He has studiously avoided discussing disputed points which would only serve to confuse. The Register is conüdent tbat hip enterprise and careful work will receive recognition.