Krivatsy, 7490 (under Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my Martin); David, p.190; Poletti, p.131; Weinberger, p.94.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition, very rare, of a founding text of French odontology.<\/span><\/p>\n One of the first works in French devoted entirely to dentistry, Dissertation sur les dents<\/i> predates Pierre Fauchard’s Chirurgien dentiste (1728) by half a century. In his preface, Fauchard acknowledges Bernardin Martin as one of only two writers who have discussed teeth scientifically. The first being Urbain H\u00e9mard, Fauchard adds in his preface: \u201cLe second, qui \u00e9tait apothicaire de feu\u00eb S.A.S.M. le Prince, nous a donn\u00e9 une Dissertation sur les dents<\/i>, imprim\u00e9e \u00e0 Paris chez Thierry en 1679. Formant un petit volume in-12, dans laquelle il explique la nature des dents, & traite de leurs maladies et de leur gu\u00e9rison avec assez de m\u00e9thode.\u201d<\/p>\n In his introduction the author explains what to expect to find in the book : \u201cJ\u2019expliquerai dans ce Discours la nature des Dents, leur sensibilit\u00e9 & en quoi elles diff\u00e8rent des autres os. Ensuite je traiterai du temps & de la mani\u00e8re qu\u2019elles naissent, de leur nombre et des noms qu\u2019on leur a donn\u00e9s ; des maladies qu\u2019elles causent quand elles commencent \u00e0 vouloir sortir & du moyen de pr\u00e9venir ces accidents & ce qu\u2019on peut faire pour faciliter leur venue. Je parlerai de leur chute dans l\u2019enfance, de leur carie & de ce qu\u2019il faut observer pour emp\u00eacher qu\u2019elles ne deviennent difformes & mal rang\u00e9es & combien elles sont n\u00e9cessaires : ce qu\u2019il faut pratiquer pour les bien conserver durant le cours de la vie & pour cela, je ferai un d\u00e9tail de leurs d\u00e9fauts & des Rem\u00e8des qui sont usit\u00e9s pour les r\u00e9parer. & comme les dents ont une \u00e9troite liaison avec les Gencives, je dirai quelque chose de leur beaut\u00e9 & de leurs imperfections, des maux qui les fatiguent & de la mani\u00e8re d\u2019y rem\u00e9dier<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n The work, divided into fourteen chapters, offers a detailed study of teeth. Until the 18th century, barber surgeons, who were more or less competent, were the only practitioners who attempted to treat teeth, and generally only one chapter was devoted to teeth in more general works on anatomy and surgery. Martin, a master apothecary, dedicated his work to Abb\u00e9 Bourdelot, physician to the Prince of Cond\u00e9.<\/p>\n \u2018He criticises dentists who use artificial teeth, and prefers the pelican to the forceps when it comes to extracting a decayed tooth\u2019 (see Portal). He also advises against filing teeth, but recommends separating teeth that are too close together.<\/p>\n P. d’Estr\u00e9e devoted an article to the author in the Bulletin de l’Histoire de la Pharmacie, 1917, vol. I no. 17, pp. 286-92.<\/p>\n A fine copy of this important book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 12mo (138 x 78 mm) 9 nn.ll., 136 pp. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, speckled edges (small expert restorations to ends of spine and to corners).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":87883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[548],"product_tag":[1296],"class_list":{"0":"post-82770","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-medicine","7":"product_tag-teeth","8":"pa_auteur-martin-bernardin-2","9":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"Bernardin MARTIN","chapeau":"One of the earliest work entirely devoted to dental health","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Denys Thierry, 1679","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n