1478 GUY DE CHAULIAC, (Guido de Cauliaco) (1298 – 1368); PANIS, Nicolaus
Chirurgia [French]. Translated by Nicolaus Panis.
Guy de Chauliac studied medicine and surgery in Montpellier and Paris, and served as the personal physician to Popes Clement VI, Innocent VI and Urban V. His Chirurgia magna, written in the early 1360s, remained a sta…
GMN 3666.83 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5376
1493 RHAZES [MUHAMMAD IBN ZAKARIYĀ AL-RĀZĪ (PERSIAN: محمد زکریای رازی ] (854 – 925); ARCOLANI, Giovanni [Arculanus] (1390 – 1460); SURIANUS, Hieronymus (Girolamo Suriano) ( – 1522); SANSEVERINUS, Elyanorus
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 …
GMN 3666.84 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5385
1746 BUNON, Robert (1702 – 1748)
Experiences et demonstrations faites à l'Hôpital de la Salpêtriere, & à S. Côme en présence de l'Académie Royale de Chirurgie. Pour servir de suite & de preuves a l'Essai sur les maladies des dents, & c. Et une pharmacie odontalogique, ou Traité des médicamens, simples & composés propres aux maladies des dents, & des différentes parties de la bouche, à l'usage des dentistes.
In this follow-up to his book published in 1743 Bunon proved the assertions of his earlier Essai through a series of dental researches conducted on patients at the Salpêtrière and at the hospital of St. Côme--the firs…
GMN 12928 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15175
1768 BERDMORE, Thomas (1740 – 1785)
A treatise on the disorders and deformities of the teeth and gums.
Earliest English dental textbook. Berdmore was the first to mention the use of the microscope for the study of the minute structure of teeth.
GMN 3674 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5494
1806 FOX, Joseph (1775 – 1816)
The history and treatment of diseases of the teeth, the gums, and the alveolar processes, etc.
Fox was a surgeon practicing dentistry. By some of the authorities his book is considered more valuable than Hunter’s (No. 3676). This is the first book to illustrate diseases of the teeth.
GMN 3679.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5551
1843 DÉSIRABODE, Antoine Malagou (1781 – 1850)
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.
GMN 3681.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5645
1867 MAGITOT, Émile (1833 – 1897)
Traité de la carie dentaire: Recherches expérimentales et thérapeutiques.
From the English translation: "The proceding considerations tend to establish that dental caries results from a purely chemical alteration of the enamel and ivory of the teeth either by the products of acid fermentati…
GMN 12508 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14742
1869 HEIDER, Moriz (1816 – 1866); WEDL, Carl (1815 – 1891)
Atlas zur Pathologie der Zahne . . . Atlas to the Pathology of the Teeth [in German and English].
The first atlas of dental pathology, a "beautifully made, richly illustrated work" (Hoffmann-Axthelm, p. 399). "In these plates we find numerous anomalies of the teeth and jaw in delicate, clear drawings. . . . Occasi…
GMN 6876 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9040
1879 WITZEL, Adolf (1847 – 1906)
Die antiseptische Behandlung der Pulpakrankheiten des Zahnes. Mit Beiträgen sur Lehre von den Neubildungen in der Paulpa.
Witzel used histological methods to analyze pulp diseases, and applied antiseptic principles to their treatment. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 3685.01 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5683
1890 MILLER, Willoughby Dayton (1853 – 1907)
The micro-organisms of the human mouth.
In 1884 Miller became professor of dentistry at the University of Berlin, the first foreigner ever to receive a professorial appointment at a German University. Inspired by study of bacteriology under Robert Koch, Mil…
GMN 3687 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5696
1915 BLACK, Greene Vardiman (1836 – 1915)
A work on special dental pathology devoted to the diseases and treatment of the investing tissues of the teeth and the dental pulp.
GMN 12906 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15153
1922 –1925 MCINTOSH, James (1882 – 1948); JAMES, W. Warwick (1874 – 1965); LAZARUS-BARLOW, Percy (1895 – 1967)
An investigation into the aetiology of dental caries. I: The nature of the destructive agent and the production of artificial caries. II" The biological characteristics and distribution of B. acidolphilus odontolyticus. III: Further experiments on the production of artificial caries. IV: Accessory factors in dental caries. (1) Reaction of the saliva (2) Acid resistance of teeth.(3) Bacteriotropic action of saliva.
Isolation of Lactobacillus odontolyticus I and II from carious teeth. Digital facsimile of part 1 from PubMedCentral at this link. Digital facsimile of part 4 from PubMedCentral at this link.
GMN 3691 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5725
1922 RODRÍQUEZ VARGAS, Fernando E. (1888 – 1932)
Studies in the specific study of the bacteriology of dental cavities.
Rodríguez discovered that three types of the Lactobacillus species of bacteria, during the process of fermentation, are the causes of cavities. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12656 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14900
