INDEX, 



387 



the, found in Kent, and other parts of 

 Europe, 324. 



Man possesses the divine gift of reason, 

 which compensates for the feebleness of 

 his physical endowments, 354 ; the 

 only cooking animal, ib. ; his supe- 

 riority over the irrational mammalia 

 one of kind rather than of degree, 358 ; 

 The despotic lord of the living world, 

 359. 



Man ton, J. N., his statistical account of 

 the removal of 1,500 permanent teeth, 

 23 et seq. 



Manton, J. N. , comparison between his 

 cases and those of Tomes' s dental sur- 

 gery, 24 ; J. N., elected a member, 47. 



Mather's communication on the soldering 

 apparatus, 176. 



Maxilla, superior, case of its removal from 

 a child, 126. 



Maxillary Sinus, the, 31 . 



May, W. H., elected a member, 337. 



Meetings, general monthly, Nov. 1857, 

 1 ; Dec. 5 ; Jan. 1858, 13 ; elec- 

 tion of officers, Feb., 15 ; March, 

 23 ; April, 47 ; May, 61 ; June, 73 ; 

 Nov., 79 ; Dec, 93 ; Jan., 1859, 

 111; Feb., 113; March, 123; April, 

 139 ; May, 159 ; June, 181 ; Nov. 207 ; 

 Dec, 223; Jan. 1860,255; Feb., 257; 

 March, 269 ; April, 299 ; May, 311 ; 

 June, 337 ; Nov., 361 ; Dec, 371. 



Members, monthly elections of (see Meet- 

 ings). 



Membrane of the antrum, inflammation 

 of the, 40—46. 



Mercury, vises of, in a vulcanizing heat, 

 152. 



Middlesex hospital, list of cases in the 

 dental department of the, 26. 



Mineml teeth, introduction of, 2 ; im- 

 provements in, 75 ; specimens of ex- 

 hibited, 181. 



Molar, upper, case of extracting the, 15 ; 

 the difl&culties of extracting, ib. 



Molar bone, antrum occasionally extends 

 into the, 34. 



Molar teeth, absence of in cases of cleft 

 palate, 10 ; of the lower animals, 231 ; 

 of sheep, 245 ; of the elephant, 315 ; 



their development described by Pro- 

 fessor Owen, 315, 316 ; of the Indian 

 elephant, 317 ; enamel of the, 318 ; of 

 the African elephant, 320. 



Molar tooth, antrum attached to the 

 fangs of a, 41 ; hajmorrhage caused by 

 their removal, 26, 27 ; new forceps for 

 removing the stumps, 62, 63; of the 

 monkey tribe, 341. 



Monkey, dentition of the, 338, 346, 347 J 

 skull of the, 346. 



Moore, R. H., elected a member, 159. 



Morbid growths, dilate the antnun, 40. 



Motmting artificial teeth, cheoplastic 

 method of, 129 et seq. 



Mouth, taking impressions of the, 5 ; on 

 inflammation in the tissues of the, and 

 its treatment, 269 et seq. ; periostitis, 

 274 ; stomatitis, 290. 



Mvunmery, Mr., on the structure and 

 adaptation of the teeth in the lower 

 animals, 223, 311 et seq., 338 et seq. 



Murphy, J., elected a member, 139. 



Nitrate of silver, its use in dentistry, 118. 

 Norman, Robert, elected a member, 13. 



Odontological Society, general monthly 

 meetings of, and presents made to the, 

 1, 5, 13, 15, 23, 47, 61, 73, 79, 93, 113, 

 123, 139, 159, 181, 207, 223, 255, 257, 

 269, 299, 311, 337, 361 (see Meetings). 



Ofiicers and Council, election of in 1858, 

 13 ; in 1859, 111 ; in 1860, 256. 



Old age, cutting of teeth in, 124, 125. 



Ollive, A. E., elected a member, 269. 



O'Meara, A., elected a member, 123. 



Operating chair, new form of adjusting, 

 107. 



Oral cavity, peculiarities of the, 171. 



Orang-outang, dentition of the, 340 ; 

 skulls of the, 342, 343. 



Orphoot, Peter, elected a member. 111. 



Orrock, J., elected a member, 139. 



Osteoplastic base, 212, 



Owen, G., elected a member, 73. 



Owen's new fonu of adjusting operating 

 chair, 107. 



