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A prolific and inventive painter, draftsman, and poet, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne was born in Delft in 1589. His wealthy parents had fled from Protestant persecution in the Southern (Spanish) Netherlands during the 1580s. Van de Venne was educated in Leiden, where he became part of the vibrant political and intellectual community around the University. He settled in Middleburg, in Zeeland, by 1614; his earliest dated paintings are also from this year. In 1625, van de Venne moved to The Hague, where he remained until his dealth. He executed several commissions for the Dutch stadholder Frederik Hendrik, was repeatedly elected dean of the guild of St. Luke, and in 1656 was one of the founding members of The Hague's painter's guild, "Pictura schilders confrerie." Van de Venne painted histories, portraits, and genre scenes; from 1618, he was also active as a printmaker and book illustrator, notably for the popular poet Jacob Cats. His literary accomplishments included satire and political propaganda, as well as several books of poetry.
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Paintings/history , Tooth Extraction/history , Animals , Dental Care , Ethnicity , History, 17th Century , Humans , NetherlandsSubject(s)
Dentistry , Professional Role , Dentists , Esthetics, Dental , History of Dentistry , History, 19th Century , Humans , United StatesSubject(s)
Numismatics/history , General Surgery/history , History, 20th Century , Humans , United Kingdom , United StatesSubject(s)
Dentists/history , Canada , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , United StatesABSTRACT
It had been over 30 years since the founding of the American Journal of Dental Science, the organization of the American Society of Dental Surgeons, and the establishment of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Yet the general acceptance and inclusion of dentistry into the family of learned professions, and the recognition of dentistry as a truly professional calling by the public and medical community, were both still beyond reach. In 1872, Harvard University, under the new leadership of President Charles Eliot, re-confirmed American dentistry's profession legitimacy, implementing standards and reforms in the Harvard Dental School similar to those mandated to Harvard Medical School the previous year. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was given the task to articulate the justification for this contentious decision.
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Schools, Dental/history , Boston , Education, Dental/history , History of Dentistry , History, 19th Century , HumansABSTRACT
As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the American Dental Association, it is important to understand that the birth of this organization had a gestation period of 30 years. Six events which took place between 1839 and 1845, and their subsequent sequelae, established American dentistry on a definite institutional foundation.
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Societies, Dental/history , American Dental Association/history , History, 19th Century , Schools, Dental/history , United StatesABSTRACT
Lorenz Heister (1683-1758) was the major academic surgeon of the eighteenth century. He served as an army surgeon in a number of campaigns and eventually became the professor of anatomy and surgery at Altdorf University. In 1739, he published a comprehensive book on surgery that became the standard text on the subject. It was widely reprinted and translated into many languages. The English version was the first systematic treatise on surgery to appear in that language. The book has many chapters devoted to diseases of the mouth and their treatment.
