Volume 216 Issue 4, 21 February 2014
HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: PHOSSY JAW
The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.
The image featured on this issue shows a mandible with extensive necrosis of the bone caused by exposure to phosphorous vapours (RCSOM/F 19.6). Although the cause of phossy jaw was recognised early on, legislation banning the use of white phosphorous in match factories was not enacted until 1910.
The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.
Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.
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