| Reference number | AP/21/21 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the structure of the teeth: the vascularity of those organs and their relation to the bone' by John Tomes |
| Date | 31 May 1838 |
| Description | Tomes shares observations on microscopic examinations of human and animal teeth, concluding that their bony portions are formed of minute tubes, in a radiated arrangement, in lines proceeding everywhere perpendicularly from the inner surface of the cavity containing the pulp. He suggests that these tubes are surrounded by a transparent material, which cements them together into a solid and dense mass.
Annotated in pencil throughout.
Subject: Dentistry / Odontology / Osteology
Received 14 June 1838. Communicated by Thomas Bell.
Written by Tomes at King's College [London].
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 4 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the structure of the teeth, the vascularity of those organs, and their relation to bone'. |
| Extent | 41p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0029 |
| Related records in the catalogue | MC/2/312 |
| RR/1/247 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7505 | Bell; Thomas (1792 - 1880) | 1792 - 1880 |