The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry

ISBN-13: 9780500519110 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 256 str.

Richard Barnett

Opis

This achingly fascinating book follows the evolution of dentistry throughout the world from the Bronze Age to the present day, featuring captivating, grim illustrations of the tools and techniques of dentistry through the ages. It charts the changing social attitudes toward the purpose and practice of dentistry from the crude and painful endeavors of early civilizations to the fluoridated water, cosmetic surgery, and heightened expectations of today.Organized chronologically, The Smile Stealers interleaves beautiful and gruesome 3D objects, technical illustrations, and paintings from the Wellcome Collection's unique medical archive of material from Europe, America, and the Far East with seven authoritative and eloquent themed articles from medical historian Richard Barnett. Including previously unseen illustrations, this comprehensive review of the development of the trade and discipline of dentistry covers topics as diverse as the very first dentures, the smile revolution in eighteenth-century portraiture, and the role of dentistry in forensic science.The Smile Stealers is guaranteed to appeal to those who see the beauty in medicine and biology as it probes the growth of dentistry.

Recenzje

'Magnificent ... All human life is here - the pain, the suffering and the happiness summed up in the ecstasy of a toothsome smile' - Tatler

Spis treści

Introduction: You Know the Drill - 1. The Natural and Ancient History of the Teeth - 2. Pulling Teeth in Medieval Europe - 3. Fauchard and The Dentistes - 4. Enlightened Extractions - 5. 'A New Era in Tooth-Pulling!' - 6. The Skull Beneath the Skin - 7. The Smile of Success

O autorze

Richard Barnett studied medicine before becoming a historian. His writing has appeared in The Lancet, The London Magazine and The Natural Death Handbook. His first book, Medical London: City of Diseases, City of Cures, was published in 2008 and was a Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. His second book, The Sick Rose, published by Thames & Hudson, was the winner of The British Book Design and Production Awards. Richard has also appeared on BBC4's 'The Beauty of Anatomy'. He is currently Director of studies in History, Pembroke-King's Programme, University of Cambridge and Honorary Research Fellow, UCL.