A treatise on oral deformities as a branch of mechanical surgery.
Kingsley, Norman.
Price: 1500.00 USD
New York:: Appleton,, 1880..
Kingsley, Norman W. (1829-1913). A treatise on oral deformities as a branch of mechanical surgery. 8vo. xii, 541, [1]pp., 8-page publisher's catalogue. Over 350 text wood-engravings. New York: Appleton, 1880. 222 x 145 mm. Original cloth, one corner bumped, front free endpaper lacking. Light toning, but a very good copy. Bookplate on front pastedown (name covered over by tipped-on slip).
First Edition. Garrison Morton 3685.1. The first scientific textbook on irregularities of the teeth and oral deformities. Kingsley, often called "the father of orthodontics," made the first attempt at systematizing the treatment of occlusal abnormalities, offering many practical procedures. He devised the artificial velum of soft rubber for cleft palate, advocated abrupt repositioning of the mandible by putting in a bite plane, and recommended the head-chin cap. He invented the first portable gas blowpipe for dentists' use, and was a founder of the New York College of Dentistry, one of the three oldest still in existence today.
The final pages of Kingsley's textbook are devoted to the aesthetics of dentistry, incuding a section titled "Experiments in Remodelling a Face," and a study of the anatomy and physiology of expression based on Charles Bell's classic, with illustrations drawn from it. Kingsley had some reputation himself as an artist, especially as a sculptor. Hoffmann-Axthelm 372-74. Ring 299. Dictionary of American Biography. Weinberger 77. Patterson 319; also 384.
First edition.
