A treatise on the teeth
Subtitle: wherein the true causes of the several disorders to which they are liable, are considered, and the precautions necessary to their preservation particularly pointed out : together with observations on the practice of scaling the teeth, on the use dentrific powders in general, and on the diseases of children in the time of toothing
By: by A. Tolver, surgeon
Contributors: Davis, Lockyer, 1719-1791, bookseller; Peck, Sheldon, donor; Peck, Leena, donor; Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland; Sheldon Peck Collection on the History of Orthodontics and Dental Medicine
Published: 1752
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Oral Hygiene; Early works to 1800; Pediatrics; Diseases; Teeth; Dentition; Tooth
Description: First edition of the third book published in English devoted entirely to dentistry.
Notes: Signatures: A℗ø B-Ǵþ H℗ø.

With a half-title.

English Short Title Catalog, N14039.

Weinberger, An Introduction to the history of dentistry, v. 1 page 149.

Also available online and on microfilm.

The Sheldon Peck Collection on the History of Orthodontics and Dental Medicine, Purchased with funds from the Sheldon Peck Rare Books Fund for Orthodontics and Dental Medicine (Purchase : 2016 : Health Sciences Library,

Oval inked stamp on title page and page 51: "Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Library"

Modern quarter calf, marbled boards, tooled spine with gilt lettering.