CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER I. | |
| Antiquity of Tin—Alchemistic Name—Medical Use—WhereFound—Purity Obtained—Physical Characteristics | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| History of the Use of Tin Foil, 1783-1844 | [7] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| History Continued, 1845-1895 | [15] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Columbian Dental Congress—Opinions on Tin Foil—Reasonsfor Using—Manufacture in United States—Numberand Weight of Foil—Cohesion—GoodQualities of Tin Foil—Temporary Teeth—ThermalChanges—Calcification—Chalky Teeth | [27] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Discoloration of Tin—Decomposition of Food—Sulfids—Oxids—Galvanic,Therapeutic, and Chemical Action | [40] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| White Caries—Gold and Tin as Conductors—WearingAway of Fillings—Poor Foil—Buccal Cavities—Numberof Years Fillings Last—Strips or Tapes forFilling—Number 10 Foil—Form of Cavities—Shields—Matrices—Condensing—Finishing—CervicalMargins—FillingAnterior Teeth—Lining with Gold | [49] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Filling, part Tin, part Gold—Cervical Margin Liable toCaries—Electrolysis—Hand Pressure—Hand Mallet—Tapesand Ropes Compared—Manner of PreparingFoil—Starting the Filling—Cylinders—Mats—Facingand Repairing—Tin Shavings—Dr. Herbst's Method—Fees | [56] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Dr. Robinson's Fibrous and Textile Metallic Filling—Tinand Gold combined (Tg), Methods of Preparingand Using—Lining Cavities with Tin—Tin and Amalgam—PlasticTin—Stannous Gold—Crystal Tin—FillingRoot-Canals—Tin and Watts's Sponge Gold—CappingPulps | [66] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Temporary Fillings—Sensitive Cavities—Integrity—Tinwith Sponge, Fibrous, and Crystallized Gold—Tinat Cervical Margin—Filling Completed with Gold—Gutta-Perchaand Tin—Occlusal Cavities with Tinand Gold—Comparison of Gold with Tin—Wedge-shapedInstruments—Old Method of Using Rolls,Ropes, Tapes, or Strips—Later Method—Filling withCompact and Loose Balls—Cylinder Fillings—OperativeTechnics | [91] |
CHAPTER I.
Moses, who was born 1600 B.C., mentions tin, and history records its use 500 B.C., but not for filling teeth; much later on, the Phœnicians took it from Cornwall, England, to Tyre and Sidon.
The alchemistic name for tin is Jove, and in the alchemistic nomenclature medicinal preparations made from it are called Jovial preparations.
Hindoo native doctors give tin salts for urinary affections. Monroe, Fothergill, and Richter claim to have expelled worms from the human system, by administering tin filings.