Excerpt from The Origin and Formation of the Dental Follicle: The First Memoir on the Development of the Teeth An apology will reasonably be expected be expected for presenting this translation to the profession. It will require but few words, and I cheerfully offer it. The deficiency and inaccuracy of the literature, in our own language, on the origin and development of the "tooth-germ" and its associate parts, render it almost worthless, as compared with the more recent researches of foreign investigators. The only exception I would make is that of the valuable work of Professor Tomes. If anything more is required, I refer the reader to the following pages, which, so far as I have been able to do justice to the authors, will be their own apology. Some of you will remember that, nearly twenty years ago, one of the authors of this memoir, Dr. Magitot, in connection with Dr.Oh. Kobin, wrote a treatise entitled, The Genesis and Development of the Dental Follicle) to the Epoch of the Eruption of the Teeth, a large portion of which was translated for the Dental Cosmos. While the writers of that treatise gave a detailed and elaborate account of the development of the jaws and their anatomical constituents, that portion devoted to the origin and formation of the dental follicle was in many respects incomplete, and in some particulars erroneous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.