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The Making of the Dentiste, c. 1650-1760 (Paperback)
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The Making of the Dentiste, c. 1650-1760 (Paperback)
Series: The History of Medicine in Context
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The early decades of the eighteenth century saw the appearance of a
completely new type of surgical practitioner in France: the
dentiste. The use of this title was of the utmost significance,
indicating not just the making of a new practitioner but of an
entirely new practice - the dentiste was, quite literally, making a
name for himself. Appearing on the back of dramatic changes within
surgery in general, the practice of the dentiste, although it
focused only on the teeth, was nevertheless extensive. In addition
to extractions, there was also a wide-ranging field of operations
on offer, the performance of which had only been hinted at by the
surgeon of the seventeenth century. This new sphere of practice
represented a radical departure from what had gone before and, as
this book reveals, it was all built solidly on sound surgical
foundations, with the dentiste occupying a respected position
within society in general and the medical world in particular. This
book places the making of the dentiste within social, political and
technical contexts, and in so doing re-contextualises the purely
progressive stories told in conventional histories of dentistry. In
doing so, it brings surgery back to its central role in this story,
and reveals for the first time the origins of the dentise in the
French surgical profession.
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