New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-01

SAVE from Maine 10 California" lie using H. surelv vo1r
Editors srientlGc Denss and some Of them q very
great and fearful extent proved by the following
oaory quotation from the Recorder The Of mat
IA or making l,s greater man ever Vow your stae
est admit that IT, II he has given Il the zane fair
trial. would ask If II would rot he more gratifying 10 pro
fesiona honesty hear that the sale OF lead though
rarely used much greater than that OF materials TOR
making Amslgaml Whit then can justify Society OF
honest and truthful who have the good Of The profess
sion The public in view in Withholding the facts Of thai
experience which declares eyeH common lesd 10 be FAR
You charge me with saying that no preparation where
mercury il employed suitable for Ming teeth do say
ov. aoTds ,srs Win YOUR socieyS silent dappror4D
when you said that is general peposerons and
could be strongly condemned why lite general
preposterous, and why can II not Dc TOO strongly con-
demnedl II II suitable and what the Cawcours and
their followers say it IT, its should only be genera
but unlimited dsspprove Of Amalgem which you being
medically educated Will understand, from us preludlcla
effects upon the health mouth and teeth and also Tor the
reason that you assign would ask, IN al sincerity
what honest and truthful man could or wOsd recommend
Amagsm 1.-The best filing for teeth when you, the
Secretary of the Society, VINO have 90 fslhuy trd de
that far in'tOT 10 gotd TIN, or eveH lead =
Could you any one, to patient that lead the best
filing for the teeth and the time professionally
honesf7 / answer no In such cases as you describe
Amagsm may be used with comparative bene1L out not
without riik know OF one such case where ahy mas
worn IN Amalgsm stopping for several years IA groove
made by he wearing Of an oid-tashoned round spnog
Tie deelehous effects of the mercury IN the mouth
csTsing the and color Of tooth, and DESTROYING
lis vsy Of less consequence TO her an the osneht she
derives from The support gives 10 artificial SET of teeth
hui this v applies where tooth cannotbe eXcayated
receive where il is not strong enough 10 bear the
pressure OF a ssld gold stopping.
In he case lust mentioned The whole substance or the
tOoihwhc alive and of healthy color when the Anal
gam put into H. has now lost its vitality rom me uer,
curv passing through the tubular structure OF the TOOTH aud
perfectly back-yet the Amalgam remains hard ana re-
sisis most efecusy he wearing OF The spring II your
members would it, and your Society and Journal re-
commend IT, only in such they would do all they IN
truth and Justice could should do-as IN such case
makes harder surface for the spring wear upon than
could he made IN the similar cases with gold TN or
esd Although with either Of these metals the vslty ana
co or of The tooth would be preserved single stopping
worn in this way would be likely affect the health
ously hu the mercury, however Inert II may be sad
TO be- viii also be likely destroy the elasticity OF the
spring, and cause it to break
Ibeieve have now replied fully your letter. snd have
eBdesvored to do so in the respectful feeling with
which YOURS evidently written. would, IN behalf OF me
pubic and Of the An-Amsgsm part Of the profession,
sincerely thank you for the candid manner IN winch
you have given your experience in the use OF Amags,
which think is that OF every honest man whe has made OF
il the same fair riato wit IhatH far inferior to gold,
IT,. OF lead"
f. PARNfLT