The Dental cosmos (1912) (14789022623)

Identifier: dentalcosmos5419whit (find matches)
Title: The Dental cosmos
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: White, J. D McQuillen, J. H. (John Hugh), 1826-1879 Ziegler, George Jacob, 1821-1895 White, James William, 1826-1891 Kirk, Edward C. (Edward Cameron), 1856-1933 Anthony, L. Pierce (Lovick Pierce), b. 1877
Subjects: Dentistry Dentistry
Publisher: Philadelphia, S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities



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fice it to say that some of these speci-mens which I have examined, whichhave been collected in their nativehabitat and are apparently normal inevery respect, show conditions equallyas pronounced as those of the rabbitsoperated upon by Dr. Baker. Note the variations as shown in Fig.1. This illustration was taken fromBulletin No. 29 II. S. Department ofAgriculture, Department of Biology. •Acknowledgment is hereby made to the George H. Gushing Museum and Library, DentalDepartment of the University of Southern California, for the use of valuable material anddata. BEBB. CRITICISM OE A IAlEK BY DU. LA WHENCE W. BAKER. 171 These are typical specimens of LepasAmericanus Virginianus. Observe themarked variations. In the middle speci-men, if the line of union of the nasalbones were followed, as in the photo-graphs shown by Dr. Baker, the deflec-tion would be very pronounced. There is a tendency among scientificobservers—and I am quite willing toadmit that I am not above reproach in Fig. 1.
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Skulls of Lepus Americanus Virginianus, showing individual variation. (Plate n, NorthAmerican Fauna No. 29. U. S. Dept of Agriculture, Biological Survey.) Sit down before facts as a little child; beprepared to give up every preconceived notion,follow humbly wherever and to whateverabysses nature leads, or you shall learnnothing. It seems to me that Dr. Baker hasdrawn the lines upon his specimens insuch a way as to exaggerate the condi-tions which he had hoped to find ratherthan in harmony with scientific accuracy. this regard—unintentionally or other-wise, to make their experiments coincidewith their preconceived notions ratherthan to be governed by the facts. If Iam not much mistaken, Dr. Baker hastumbled into this pitfall. This tendency is clearly and beauti-fully expressed in the following words ofThomas Huxley: Science warns me to be careful how I adopta view which jumps with my preconceivednotions, and to require stronger evidence forsuch belief than for one to which I was pre-