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206 THIRD PERIOD—MODERN TIMES
Francisco Martinez/ in 1557, gave to the press in Valladolid a
Coloquio breve y compendioso sobre la materia de la dentadura y maravillosa
obra de la boca, con miichos remedies y avisos necessarios, y la orden de
curar y adre^ar los dientes.
Fig. 67
Four of the instruments represented in Francisco Martinez's book.
Fig.
A dental excavator used for ascertaining which one among several decayed teeth
was the one causing the pain (F. Martinez).
Fig. 69
A chisel and a mallet for separating teeth (F. Martinez).
Fig. 70
A pelican (F. Martinez).
'[For a fuller review of this author see A Dental Hook of the Sixteenth Centuiy, by
lulio l.ndelnKin, Dental Cosmos, 1903, vol. xlv, p. -59.— E. C K.]
