Treatment of Irregularity of the Permanent or Adult Teeth. [Volume: 1, Issue: 10, May, 1860, pp. 540-544]

THE DENTAL COSMOS. the miserable effusions of a few may not cast a stigma upon the efforts of all.
As this deficit can be remedied, by each and all who contribute, cultivating an intimate
acquaintance with the medium through which their thoughts are to be conveyed to others; every one
who has ajust regard for his profession, and a proper respect for his own reputation, will certainly
make the effort. Not for the purpose of employing an inflated diction, but that his language may be
so clear and simple that it can be read and understood by all men. Mere style should not be the
object, but the aim should be to acquire the power of communicating in the most attractive and
effectual manner the discoveries, improvements, and suggestions one may be impelled to make. The
following, from the admirable writer already cited, indicates so clearly the necessity all in this
country are under of cultivating more than a superficial acquaintance with their mother tongue, that
it seemed appropriate to present it here:" There are circumstances which recommend the study of
English, especially to us Americans, others which appeal equally to all who use the Anglican speech.
Of the former, most prominent is the fact that we, in general, require a more comprehensive
knowledge of our own tongue than any other people. Except in mere mechanical matters, and even there
far more imperfectly, we have adopted the principle of the division of labor to a more limited
extent than any modern civilized nation. Every man is a dabbler, if not a master, in every
knowledge. Every man is a divine, a statesman, a physician, and a lawyer to himself, as well as a
counselor to his neighbors, on all the interests involved in the sciences appropriately belonging to
those professions. We all read books, magazines, newspapers, all attend learned lectures, and too
many of us, indeed, write the one, or deliver the other. We resemble the Margites of Homer, who
(IJlHAA' i'rior-aro Spya) practiced every art, and if, as he (xaxb); 8' v7'Cio-raro Davra) bungled
in all, we, too, must fall short of universal perfection, we still need, with our multifarious
strivings, an encyclopedic training, a wide command over the resources of our native tongue, and,
more or less, a knowledge of all its special nomenclatures." * * * * * " would, therefore, inculcate
the importance of the careful study of genuine English, and a conscientious scrupulosity in its
accurate use, upon all who in any manner occupy the position of teachers or leaders of the American
mind-all whose habits, whose tastes, or whose vocations lead them to speak oftener than to hear."

TREATMENT OF IRREGULARITY OF THE PERMANENT OR ADULT TEETH. By E. H. ANGELL, Dentist, San Francisco,
Cal. The following article is taken from the proof-sheets of the San Francisco Medical Press,
furnished by the author of the communication. We are pleased to have an opportunity of presenting it
to the readers of the DENTAL COSMOS, as there are several valuable suggestions in it; but must beg
leave to differ with the writer in the conclusion arrived at, that by the use of the apparatus
described he succeeded in separating the superior maxilla from each other. With no disposition to
assert that such a thing is utterly impossible, yet, when taking into consideration the anatomical