Andrew Sadler

Dentist on the Ward provides a concise introduction to oral and maxillofacial surgery for those starting hospital work or previously unfamiliar with the speciality or hospital environment. It will also help in the preparation for undergraduate and non-specialist post-graduate dental examinations. In 43 concise chapters it provides an introduction to the hospital departments that contribute to the care of oral and maxillofacial patients and guidance on procedures the new appointee may have to carry out. There are background explanations about the clinical conditions managed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons and their management. This includes oral medicine, and the essential medical information which relates to dental, oral and maxillofacial practice. Dentist on the Ward is written by three consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeons with decades of experience in supervising and teaching young dentists working in their departments. It simplifies the essential surgical and medical knowledge needed for hospital work.

Dentist on the Ward provides a concise introduction to oral and maxillofacial surgery for those starting hospital work or previously unfamiliar with the speciality or hospital environment. It will also help in the preparation for undergraduate and non-specialist post-graduate dental examinations. In 41 concise chapters it provides an introduction to the hospital departments that contribute to the care of oral and maxillofacial patients and guidance on procedures the new appointee may have to carry out. There are background explanations about the clinical conditions managed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons and their management. This includes oral medicine, and the essential medical information which relates to dental, oral and maxillofacial practice. Dentist on the Ward is written by two consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeons with decades of experience in supervising and teaching young dentists working in their departments. It simplifies the essential surgical and medical knowledge needed for hospital work.

The fascinating story of the first anaesthetics has not been told better than in this 7000 word essay from 1879 by James Paget. He takes the reader from the first realization of the analgesic properties of nitrous oxide to the arguments over who used anaesthetics first and who should gain the financial reward and approbation for the discovery. To Paget's paper has been added a treatise on the life of this amazing man from his schooling and apprenticeship in Yarmouth through his slow rise to become the premier surgeon and medical opinion in Victorian England. Further chapters have been added about the first anaesthetics to be used in England, the relevant merits of chloroform and ether as anaesthetics agents and examples of surgery before anaesthesia. The principal list of Paget's many writings is in the appendix