1841 LINTOTT, William
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.
GMN 12926 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15173
1842 –1844 CARABELLI, Georg Edler von Lunkaszprie (1787 – 1842)
Systematisches Handbuch der Zahnheilkunde. Bd. 2: Anatomie des Mundes.
Original description (p. 107) of “Carabelli’s cusp”, tuberculus anomalus, sometimes found on the lingual surface of the upper permanent molars. It was first illustrated on Tab. XI, Fig. 4e, and Tab. XIV, Fig. 4, of Ku…
GMN 3682 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5654
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
1844 GODDARD, Paul Beck (1811 – 1866); PARKER, Joseph E.
The anatomy, physiology and pathology of the human teeth; with the most approved methods of treatment; including operations, and the method of making and setting artificial teeth. With thirty plates
Probably the first comprehensive and comprehensively illustrated general treatise on dentistry published in the United States. It is prefaced with a rather comprehensive historical summary. Digital facsimile from Goog…
GMN 12895 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15142
1845 –1848 DIEFFENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1792 – 1847)
Die operative Chirurgie. 2 vols.
Dieffenbach’s most comprehensive work, covering in addition to reconstructive procedures, virtually all other types of procedures including amputations, paracentesis, laparotomy, hysterectomy, dental extractions, etc.
GMN 5598.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7090
1847 WELLS, Horace (1815 – 1848)
A history of the discovery of the application of nitrous oxide gas, ether, and other vapours, to surgical operations.
In 1844 Wells, a Hartford dentist, successfully used nitrous oxide as a dental anesthetic. To publicize his discovery, he arranged a demonstration at Harvard Medical School in January 1845, but this proved a fiasco. W…
GMN 5660 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7303
1848 TOMES, Sir John (1815 – 1895)
A course of lectures on dental physiology and surgery.
Tomes invented a set of anatomically correct forceps for tooth extraction, thereby elevating this device, which had been previously neglected, to dentistry’s most important extraction instrument. This book was revised…
GMN 3683 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5658
1849 HARRIS, Chapin Aaron (1806 – 1860)
A dictionary of dental science, biography, bibliography, and medical terminology.
An encyclopedia in dictionary form, combining all the elements described in the title in one alphabetical sequence. This work underwent numerous later editions. Digital facsimile of the 1849 edition from Google Books …
GMN 12893 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15140
1851 LINDERER, Joseph (1809 – 1913)
Die Zahnheilkunde nach ihrem neuesten Standpunkte. Ein Lehrbuch fur Zahnarzte und Aerzte.
Pages 343-480 concern the history and literature of dentistry from ancient Egypt to the time of publication. This was Joseph Linderer's final book form publication. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12872 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15119
1856 TOMES, Sir John (1815 – 1895)
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.
GMN 3683.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5663
1857 ARTHUR, Robert (1819 – 1880)
A treatise on the use of adhesive gold foil.
In 1855, Robert Arthur discovered that by heating the gold foil impurities could be driven off, and the gold could be made to adhere to itself, a property known as cohesion. He passed each portion of foil through a fl…
GMN 12886 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15133
1857 MAGITOT, Émile (1833 – 1897)
Étude sur le développement des dents humaines. Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine.
GMN 12921 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15168
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
1858 GAINE, Charles
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.
GMN 3684 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5665
1860 SNOWDON & BROTHER
Illustrated wholesale catalogue of surgical and dental instruments, elastic trusses, medical saddle bags, abdominal supporters, shoulder braces and druggists sundries, offered by Snowden & Brother.
Snowden & Brother provided an excellent selection of the exact types of equipment used by the Union Army during the Civil War. Facsimile reprint, with John Weiss & Son 1863 catalogue, with a new introduction by James …
GMN 10495 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12688
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
1867 –1872 GAUJOT, Constantin Mametz Gustav (1828 – 1913); SPILLMANN, Eugène-Pierre
Arsenal de la chirurgie contemporaine. Description, mode d'emploi et appréciation des appareils et instruments en usage pour le diagnostic et le traitement des maladies chirurgicales, l'orthopédie, la prothèse, les opérations simples, générales, spéciales et obstétricales. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 14321 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16646
1869 GARRETSON, James Edward (1828 – 1895)
A treatise on the diseases and surgery of the mouth, jaws, and associated parts.
The first modern textbook of oral surgery. Garretson received the first official hospital appointment as “oral surgeon”. He helped to establish oral surgery as a specialty.
GMN 3684.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5672
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
1875 EBERS, Georg Moritz (1837 – 1898); STERN, Ludwig Christian (1846 – 1911)
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…
GMN 2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/26
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
1876 RIGGS, John Mankey (1811 – 1885)
Suppurative inflammation of the gums, and absorption of the gums and alveolar process.
“Riggs’s disease” – pyorrhoea alveolaris. Treatment of the disease by scraping was introduced by Riggs.
GMN 3685 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5679
1876 WHITE, Samuel Stockton (1822 – 1879)
Catalogue of dental materials, furniture, instruments, etc.
White, who characterized himself as "Manufacturer, importer, and wholesale dealer in all articles appertaining to dentistry," was the leading U.S. manufacturer of dental supplies during the 19th century. His 1876 cata…
GMN 10494 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12687
1876 DEXTER, James E.
A history of dental and oral science in America. Prepared under the direction of the American Academy of Dental Science.
The first history of dentistry in America written by James E. Dexter for the American Academy of Dental Science. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 12891 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15138
1877 HILL, Alfred (1826 – 1922)
The history of the reform movement in the dental profession in Great Britain during the last twenty years.
The history of the beginnings of an organized dental profession in Britain.
GMN 3693 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5740
1877 MAGITOT, Émile (1833 – 1897)
Traité des anomalies du système dentaire chez l'homme et les mammifères. Avec un atlas de 20 planches dessinées et gravées par C. Nicolet.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
GMN 12920 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15167
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
1879 –1891 HUNTER, John (1728 – 1793); FLOWER, William Henry (1831 – 1899); SHARPE, Richard Bowdler (1847 – 1909)
Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology and dentition of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 3 vols.: Part 1. Man: Homo sapiens.... Part II: Class Mammalia, other than man... Part III: Class Aves.
Parts 1 and 2 by Flower; part 3 by Sharpe. Digital facsimile of Part 1 from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link, of Part 2 at this link, and Part 3 at this link.
GMN 7591 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9763
1880 KINGSLEY, Norman William (1829 – 1913)
A treatise on oral deformities.
First "scientific" treatment of irregularities of the teeth. Kingsley made the first attempt at systematizing the treatment of occlusal abnormalities
GMN 3685.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5688
1884 LUDWIG FERDINAND, Prince of Bavaria (1859 – 1949)
Zur Anatomie der Zunge. Eine vergleichend-anatomische Studie.
One of the first and the most extensive comparative anatomical studies of the tongues of animals. The book contrasts the tongues of fish, amphibians and reptiles, birds and mammals, through various sectional illustrat…
GMN 12892 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15139
1885 CROWLEY, C. George
Dental bibliography: A standard reference list of books on dentistry published throughout the world from 1536 to 1885.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 3694 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5744
1886 TAFT, Jonathan Collins (1820 – 1903)
Index to the periodical literature of dental science and art, as presented in the English language.
Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.
GMN 7387 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9559
1887 ANGLE, Edward Hartley (1855 – 1930)
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…
GMN 3686 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5692
1887 ANGLE, Edward Hartley (1855 – 1930); HASKELL, Loomis P.
The student's manual and handbook for the dental laboratory. To which is appended Dr. E.H. Angle's system of appliances for correcting irregularities.
Angle's chapter, "The Angle system of regulation and retention of teeth," represented the first edition of what was later separately published as Angle's textbook on orthodontics with the same title. This chapter reap…
GMN 9551 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11737
1888 KUHN, Georges Paul Emile
L'Enseignement et l'organisation de l'art dentaire aux États-Unis. Rapport adresse à Monsieur le Ministre de l'Instruction publique.
The first study of the American dental profession, and the system of teaching dentistry in the United States.
GMN 13173 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15433
1889 DAVID, Théophile-Timothée (1851 – 1892)
Bibliographie français de l’art dentaire.
Concerns the French literature of dentistry.
GMN 3694.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5748
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
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
1894 WALKHOFF, Friedrich Otto (1860 – 1934)
Microphotographischer Atlas der normalen Histologie menschliecher Zähne.
Walkhoff was one of the first to employ microphotography to illustrate dental histology.
GMN 12986 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15234
1896 MORTON, William James (1846 – 1920)
The x-ray and its application to dentistry.
First dental radiography in America.
GMN 2684.3 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4186
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
1896 HARRISON, Frank (1859 – 1912)
The “x” rays in the practice of dental surgery.
Harrison was the first to describe a method of making dental radiographs.
GMN 3688 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5699
1896 CUTLER, Harry Gardner (1856 – )
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 …
GMN 10825 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13021
1898 AMOËDO Y VALDES, Oscar (1863 – 1945)
L'art dentaire en médecine légale.
The first comprehensive text on forensic dentistry, dedicated by Amoëdo to his teacher, Brouardel. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 10497 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12690
1898 MIKULICZ-RADECKI, Jan (Johann Freiherr von) (1850 – 1905); KÜMMEL, Werner
Die Krankheiten des Mundes.
GMN 12932 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15179
1902 ZNAMENSKY, N. N.
Alveolar pyorrhoea - its pathological anatomy and its radical treatment.
Znamensky, professor of stomatology in Moscow, had a very clear understanding of periodontitis, and the interaction of local and systemic factors in its etiology. He presented the first description of the histopatholo…
GMN 12619 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14859
1904 JACKSON, Victor Hugo (1850 – 1929)
Orthodontia and orthopaedia of the face. With seven hundred and sixty original illustrations.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12904 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15151
1907 TAGGART, William Henry (1855 – 1933)
A new and accurate method of making gold inlays.
Taggart invented the modern method of making gold inlays.
GMN 3689.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5709
1908 BLACK, Greene Vardiman (1836 – 1915)
A work on operative dentistry. 2 vols.
Black established a system of cavity preparation from which modern techniques have been derived. He constructed a “gnathodynamometer” with which the pressure exerted on the human tooth and therefore on the filling mat…
GMN 3689.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5712
1908 ADLOFF, Paul Max Eugen (1870 – 1944)
Das Gebiss des Menschen und der Anthropomorphen. Vergleichend anatomische Untersuchungen.
GMN 11329 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13527
