Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1254

ANTOINE MALAGOU DESIRABODE (b. 1771) Nouveaux éléments complets de la science et de l'art du dentiste. Labé 1843 Vol. I: [4] xxviii, 372 pp.; Vol. II: [4] [373]-839 pp. 26.1 cm.

The author and his sons all lived and practiced dentistry in Paris where the senior Désirabode was also dental health officer and dentist to the King. The title page credits his sons, Édouard and Alphonse, with assisting in the present work. A leading dental work of the time, it covers many disease states of the teeth at various ages as well as care of the gums and teeth both in health and disease. Artificial dentures, orthopedic operations, and surgical instruments invented by the author are also included. An extensive historical and chronological review of dentistry from Hippocrates to 1843 is found at the end of Volume II. This was the author's presentation copy to his client and patient, Otto I, King of Greece. The latter's coat of arms is embossed on the front and rear covers of both volumes.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.