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RefNoAP/72/4
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the formation and structure of dental enamel' by J [James] Leon Williams
CreatorWilliams; James Leon (1852-1932); American prosthodontist; dental histologist
Date1895
DescriptionWilliams writes: 'The special points in the formation and structure of enamel which I have attempted to elucidate in this paper may be summarised as follows:— 1st. The existence of a very thin membrane, or a structure of membrane-like appearance, lying between the ameloblasts and the forming enamel, and also between these cells and those of the stratum intermedium. I have also, in many specimens, seen a similar membrane covering the odontoblasts. 2nd. The formation of enamel by deposit and not by cell calcification. This deposit probably consists of two distinct cell products—a granular plasm and spherules of calcoglobulin.'

Annotations in ink throughout. Includes 53 pages of photographs of teeth.

Subject: Odontology

Received 4 December 1895. Read 12 December 1895. Communicated by [Edward Albert] Schafer.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 59 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the formation and structure of dental enamel'.

A version of this paper was published by Williams in The Lancet: Williams, James Leon. 'ON THE FORMATION AND STRUCTURE OF DENTAL ENAMEL.' The Lancet, volume 147, number 3792 [originally published as volume 1, issue 3792], pp. 1203-1207.
Extent91p
FormatTypescript
Photograph
Printed
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1895.0072
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)93930-3
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8017Sharpey-Schafer; Sir; Edward Albert (1850 - 1935)1850 - 1935
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