Excerpt from Crown and Bridge-Work for Students and Practitioners<br><br>Errors in judgment or workmanship in repairing injuries to the natural organs, or in treating their many pathological 'conditions, are usually local, and are readily seen. Recently, attention has been directed to the possibility of serious, even fatal, pathological lesions arising from unseen and unrecognized conditions developed under Crown and Bridge constructions which had been worn with comfort and satisfaction, and apparently were well designed and well made. That they were the cause of the trouble in the'un fortunate cases reported was reached only by a process of excluding other probable causes. The proof was furnished by the conditions revealed on their removal and the rapid and complete recovery which followed.<br><br>This has prompted the writer to give special attention to this aspect of the subject. The trouble justly complained of is not inherent in Crown and Bridge-work construction itself - it is due entirely to errors of judgment in the selection or preparation of supports or abutments, and avoidable errors in designing and constructing the appliances.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.