Facets

1728 CE

#3671

Le chirurgien dentiste, ou traité des dents. 2 vols.

Pierre Fauchard has been called the “Father of Dentistry”; his comprehensive and scientific account of all that concerned dentistry in the 18th century is one of the greatest books in the history of the su…

1530 CE

#12774

Lentretenement de vie, summairement compose par maistre Jehan Goeurot docteur en medicine... Contenant les remedes de medicine & cyrurgie, contre toutes maladies survenantes quotidiannement es corps humains. Lesquelles il a approuvees, & en ce petit livre inserees a la requeste de madame, pour la sante utilite & proffit de tout le monde...Item une régime singulier contre peste approuve sur plusieurs. Item une table pour plus facilement trouver le contenu dudict livre.

Concerns medical and surgical treatment of the diseases of the head, ears, eyes, chest, heart, liver, and intestines, and plague. Also includes treatments for tooth aches, bad breath, and how to whiten teeth. The Lyon…

1575 CE

#5565

Les oeuvres de M. Ambroise Paré.

Paré was the greatest of the army surgeons before Larrey. Born in poor circumstances, he became the most famous surgeon in France. He is particularly remembered for his abandonment of boiling oil and the cauter…

1980 CE

#3705.2

Manners and customs of dentistry in Ukiyoe

Reproduces all the classic Japanese prints that concern the teeth or dentistry. By Nakahara, Yoshihisa Shindo, and Kuninori Homma.

1896 CE

#10825

Medical and dental colleges of the west: Historical and biographical.

Covers institutions in Chicago and environs: Augustana Hospital, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Michael Reese Hospital, Northwestern University Medical …

1955 CE

#9222

Medical Department, United States Army. United States Army Dental Service in World War II.

Digital text from U.S. Army Medical Department Office of Medical History at this link.

1894 CE

#12986

Microphotographischer Atlas der normalen Histologie menschliecher Zähne.

Walkhoff was one of the first to employ microphotography to illustrate dental histology.

1958 CE

#8478

Mutilaciones dentarias: Prehispanicas de Mexico y America en general.

2000 CE

#13883

NDA II. The story of America's second National Dental Association.

1959 CE

#12922

Notes et mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de l'art dentaire et à l'étude de l'évolution scientifique de l'odonto-stomatologie en France.

1887 CE

#3686

Notes on orthodontia, with a new system of regulation and retention.

The specialty of orthodontics received a new impetus with the work of Angle. He organized and classified the various abnormalities of the teeth and jaws and devised many methods of treating them. Through a series of b…

1816 CE

#12853

Notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages de M. Jourdain, dentiste; par M. Duval.

An exceptionally well-written bio-bibliographical study of Jourdain's accomplishments and publications published in the year of his death. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1841 CE

#6875

Nouveau traité théorique et pratique de l'art du dentiste.

Lefoulon introduced the term "orthodontia" in this book, and went into more detail and recorded more notable advances in the practice of orthodontics than any of his predecessors. "Lefoulon introduced treatment withou…

1754 CE

#12848

Nouveaux élémens d’odontologie, contenant l’anatomie de la bouche ou la description de toutes les parties qui la composent et de leur usage; et la pratique abrégée du dentiste.

Lecluse treated in a succinct but correct manner the anatomy of the mouth; invented some and perfected other instruments, the most important of which is the elevator that still bears his name, and . . . he frequently …

1843 CE

#3681.2

Nouveaux éléments complets de la science et de l’art du dentiste. Suivis d’une notice historique et chronologique des travaux imprimés sur l’art du dentiste. 2 vols

Desirabode may have been the first to discuss the use of fluoride compounds for caries prevention. See No. 3692.1. English translation of 2nd ed., Baltimore, 1847.

1632 CE

#12780

Nuoua, et vtilissima prattica di tutto quello ch'al diligète barbiero s'appartiene: E particolarmente del cauar sangue ....

An extensively llustrated manual published specifically for barber surgeons, published in the vernacular, and instructing them in the art of bloodletting and phlebotomy, embalming dead bodies, curing headaches, and va…

1939 CE

#10688

Nutrition and physical degeneration: A comparison of primitive and modern diets and their effects.

"The 1939 foreword to the book, written by physical anthropologist Earnest A. Hooton, lauded Price's work for confirming previous research that dental caries were less prevalent in "savages" and attempting to establis…

1548 CE

#3667.1

Nützlicher bericht wie man die Augen und das Gesicht wo das selbig magelhafft blöde dunckel oder befinstert. Scherpfen gesundt erhalten stercken und bekrefftigen soll…Mit weitterer unterrichtung. Wie man den Mundt die Zän und Biller…

This popular guide to health includes the first monograph on dentistry for the layman, encouraging the practice of oral hygiene and simple dental care. The first part of the book deals with the eyes, the second with t…

1561 CE

#1208

Observationes anatomicae.

Observationes anatomicae, a work of 232 leaves printed in the comparatively small octavo format, with no illustrations, was the only work Fallopio published before his death from tuberculosis at age thirty-nine, and i…

1840 CE–1845 CE

#329

Odontography, or, a treatise on the comparative anatomy of the teeth. 2 vols.

Owen’s first large-scale original work covered the whole range of the toothed vertebrates, living and fossil, and discussed in detail the micrsocopic structure of the teeth and the physiology of dentition. Inclu…

2015 CE

#7209

Odontologia: Rare & important books in the history of dentistry. An illustrated and annotated catalogue.

Outstanding descriptions, with beautiful color illustrations, of some of the greatest classics in the history of dentistry in the library of the Svenska Tandläkare-Sällskapet (Swedish Dental Society).

1815 CE

#3679.4

Odontologie, ou observations sur les dents humaines, suivies de quelques idées nouvelles sur le mécanisme des dentier artificielles.

Delabarre was one of the first to systematize occlusal anomalies through description and illustration of individual kinds. He also developed some of the earliest orthodontic appliances using bands.

1952 CE

#3705

Old instruments used for extracting teeth.

1922 CE

#1910.1

On a remarkable bacteriolytic element found in secretions and tissues.

Lysozyme, an antimicrobial enzyme that is a component of secretions such as tears and saliva. Digital facsimile from royalsocietypublishing.org at this link

1840 CE

#2099

On a remarkable effect upon the human gums produced by the absorption of lead.

Burton was the first to note the blue line on the gums in lead poisoning – “Burton’s blue line" – an important diagnostic sign. He was physician to St. Thomas’s Hospital, London.

1858 CE

#3684

On certain irregularities of the teeth with cases illustrative of a novel method of successful treatment.

First work devoted exclusively to irregularities of the teeth.

1876 CE–1877 CE

#2391

On irregular and defective tooth development.

“Moon’s molars”, the first molars in congenital syphilitics.

1856 CE

#3683.1

On the presence of fibrils of soft tissue in the dentinal tubes.

Tomes described and drew the protoplasmic processes from the odontoblasts, which are known as “Tomes’s fibrils”. These had been previously seen by Johannes Müller and others.

1841 CE

#12926

On the structure, economy, and pathology of the human teeth, with careful instructions for their preservation and culture: And concise descriptions of the best modes of surgical treatment; equally adapted to the uses of the medical practitioner, the student in medicine, and the public.

The author described himself as "Surgeon. Surgical and Mechanical Dentist." Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1839 CE

#3681

On the structure, physiology, and pathology of the persistent capsular investments and pulp of the tooth.

“Nasmyth’s membrane”, or persistent dental capsule.

1925 CE

#12908

Operative dentistry for children: A text book dealing with prophylactic and curative treatment of the teeth of the child, based upon experience gained during more than twenty-five years devoted to the care of children exclusively.

The first book in English exclusively on pedodontics. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1563 CE–1564 CE

#1093

Opuscula anatomica.

Eustachius is credited with several anatomical discoveries, among them the tensor tympani muscle and the Eustachian tube, published in his chapter entitled De auditus organis. In the last respect, however, he was anti…

1634 CE

#12611

Opuscula medica senilia in quatuor libros tributa, quorum I. De dentibus. II. De rationali curandi ratione. III. De facultatibus medicamentorum, praecipud purgantium. IV. De morbo regio. Omnia nunc primum ex MS. Bibliotheca Romana in lucem data: ad singulare philiatrorum, omniumque sane philosophantium emolumentum, adiectis indicibus necessariis.

1525 CE

#12773

Opuscula nuper in lucem aedita quorum nomina proxima habentur pagella.

Thomaeus's commentary on Aristotle's Mechanica includes an explanation of the action of a dental forceps illustrated with two small woodcut illustrations on page XXXXI. This was the first printed dental illustration. …

1917 CE

#3690

Oral roentgenology.

1904 CE

#12904

Orthodontia and orthopaedia of the face. With seven hundred and sixty original illustrations.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1926 CE

#3699

Orthodontics; an historical review of its origin and evolution, including an extensive bibliography of orthodontic literature up to the time of specialization. 2 vols.

1875 CE

#2

Papyros Ebers: Das hermetische Buch über die Arzeneimittel der alten Ägypter in hieratischer Schrift, herausgegeben mit Inhaltsangabe und Einleitung versehen von Georg Ebers, mit Hieroglyphisch-Lateinischem Glossar von Ludwig [Christian] Stern, mit Unterstützung des Königlich Sächsischen Cultusministerium. 2 vols.

The Ebers Papyrus dates from about 1552 BCE. It measures 20.23 m. in length and 30 cm. in height, and is, along with the Edwin Smith Papyrus, one of the two most important surviving medical papyri. It was written in h…

1928 CE

#12909

Partial denture construction: A text book describing the technics of impression taking and the construction of that type of removable partial dentures which are supported and retained by external attachments.

First book form exposition of the Kennedy Classification for partially edentulous arches or partial removable dentures. The Kennedy Classification system was originally introduced by Dr. Edward Kennedy in New York in …

1989 CE

#12607

Periodontology, from its origins up to 1980: A survey.

1962 CE

#3705.02

Pictorial history of dentistry.

Also issued as Bildgeschichte der Zahnheilkunde. Zeugnisse aus 5 Jahrtausenden. Parallel texts in German, English, French, Italian, and Spanish!

2017 CE

#9549

Pierre Fauchard Academy: Historical Articles

This international honorary dental organization provides useful historical articles concerning the history of dentistry at https://www.fauchard.org/history/articles.

1514 CE

#5559.1

Practica in arte chirurgica copiosa… continens novem libros.

The first complete system of surgery after that of Guy de Chauliac. In 1503 Vigo became the personal surgeon to Pope Julius II. His Practica in arte chirurgia copiosa was completed in 1514 and first published in Latin…

1493 CE

#3666.84

Practica. IN: Liber nonus ad Almansorem (cum expositione Joannis Arculani). Ed: Hieronymus Surianus and Elyanorus Sanseverinus.

Arcolani's Practica, published in this edition of Rhazes with Arcolani's commentary, includes the first documentation for the use of gold for filling diseased teeth. There are also several chapters on diseases of the …

1783 CE

#3676.2

Practical observations on the human teeth.

Woofendale was the first professional dentist to travel to the American colonies (1766) and to set up practice there. During his two years of practice in America he may have made the first set of artificial teeth cont…

1803 CE

#3678.1

Praktische Darstellung aller Operationen der Zahnheilkunst.

This work contains one of the earliest histories of dentistry.

1826 CE

#12868

Principles of dental surgery; exhibiting a new method of treating the diseases of the teeth and gums; especially calculated to promote their health and beauty, accompanied by a general view of the present state of dental surgery, with oc casional references to the more prevalent abuses of the art, in two parts.

"This was a complete work on dental science, pathology, and thereapeutics, far in advance of anything heretofore published in the English language containing many practical ideas" (Thorpe, Biographies of pioneer Ameri…

1808 CE

#3679.2

Rapport sur les dents artificielles terro-métalliques.

Fonzi, an Italian dentist living in Paris, produced the first sets of individual porcelain teeth mounted on a base. "While previously the entire mineral denture, both base and teeth, had been fired as a single piece, …

1582 CE

#3668.3

Recherche de la vraye anathomie des dents, nature et propriété d’icelles.

The first French book on dentistry.

1757 CE

#3673.1

Recherches et observations sur toutes les parties de l’art du dentiste. 2 vols

“Probably the most significant [French dental] author after Fauchard” (Hoffmann-Axthelm). Bourdet’s greatest contributions were to dental prosthetics. He also described severe periodontoclasia and hi…