The Dental Assistant

Maker
1. C.V. Mosby Company (estab. 1906, closed 1967)
2. Emma J. McCaw
Date
1927
Description
A hardcover dark grey book detailing the importance, procedures, duties, and the role of a dental assistant in a manner written by Emma J. McCaw and published by the C. V. Mosby Company in 1927. Within its six chapters, the book utilizes various illustrations and models as well as the author’s experiences to delve into many prominent topics in the field from office management and record keeping to anaesthesia and psychology in the dental office.
Pioneering textbook from the days when dental assistants were still a relative novelty and did everything from cleaning the office to rather complicated laboratory work, based on the author's education and experiences in the office of Dr B R East, St Petersburg, Florida. Includes information on office management, bacteriology, anatomy, surgery, aesthesia, X-rays, psychology, etc. Scare! Dentistry; dentist; dental work; medicine; oral hygiene; women's studies; narcotics; history.
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Object detail

Date
1927
Medium
glossy paper, cardboard
Measurements
20.2 x 14.0 x 1.5 cm
Accession Number
HFA4317
Credit Line
Gift of John Gibson, 2022
Associated Person
Object Type
publications/book

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