1792 DANZ, Ferdinand Georg (1761 – 1793)
Von Menschen ohne Haare und Zähne.
Hereditary ectodermal dysplasia first described. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 6358 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8255
1836 LUDWIG, Wilhelm Friedrich von (1790 – 1865)
Ueber eine Form von Halsentzündung.
“Ludwig’s angina” first described. English translation and biographical note. Bull. Hist. Med., 1939, 7, 1115-26.
GMN 3257 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3928
1840 BURTON, Henry (1799 – 1849)
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.
GMN 2099 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2594
1858 HUTCHINSON, Sir Jonathan (1828 – 1913)
Report on the effects of infantile syphilis in marring the development of the teeth.
Hutchinson of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, is memorable for his original description of the notched incisors (“Hutchinson’s teeth”) in congenital syphilis. His name is also associated with “Hutchinson’s triad” (interst…
GMN 2386 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3298
1876 –1877 MOON, Henry (1845 – 1892)
On irregular and defective tooth development.
“Moon’s molars”, the first molars in congenital syphilitics.
GMN 2391 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3320
1894 PLAUT, Hugo Karl (1858 – 1928)
Studien zur bacteriellen Diagnostik der Diphtherie und der Anginen.
“Plaut’s angina” (necrotizing ulcerative gingivostomatitis). He noted the association of fusiform bacilli in ulcerating lesions of the tonsils. Vincent (see No. 3309) gave the first comprehensive description of this c…
GMN 3308.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4510
1896 VINCENT, Jean Hyacinthe (1862 – 1950)
Sur l’étiologie et sur les lésions anatomo-pathologiques de la pourriture d’hôpital.
Vincent described a fusiform bacillus and a spirillum which, in association, were responsible for hospital gangrene. Later, in Arch. int. Laryng., 1898, 11, 44-48, he showed these two organisms to be present in “Vince…
GMN 3309 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4512
1898 MIKULICZ-RADECKI, Jan (Johann Freiherr von) (1850 – 1905); KÜMMEL, Werner
Die Krankheiten des Mundes.
GMN 12932 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15179
1922 WEBER, Andrés G.
Bibliographiae stomatologicae.
An extensively annotated historical bibliography of dental bibliographies. Also published in Arthur D. Black, ed., Index of the periodical dental literature.... for 1916-1920 (Chicago, 1922) pp. xiv-liii. Digital facs…
GMN 12506 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14740
1976 SHKLAR, Gerald (1925 – 2015); MCCARTHY, Philip L.
The oral manifestations of systemic disease.
GMN 12936 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15183
