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which, however, to judge from its title, caniiot he other rh;ui a mere
compilation.
DuPONT, another Frenchman, in 16:5^, puhHshed an important pam-
phlet, which I have, untortLmatel\ , not heen ahle to see. I can, therefore,
()nl\ quote what Sprengel sa\ s of it.' Dupont recommends, in cases of
obstinate toothache, the extraction and immediate replantation of the
tooth; which, he says, becomes quite Hrm again, but will no more cause
any pain. In confirmation of this, Denis Pomaret related, a little later,
a case in which a health\ tooth having been pulled out b\ mistake, and
immediate!} put back into the socket and treated w ith astringeiu rt-medies,
became perfectly firm again.
Although Abulcasis and Ambroise Pare had alread\ recommended
the replantation of teeth, the loss of which had heen caused b\ trauma,
and although Peter Foreest had alread\' made known as a result of
his own personal e.xperience that the luxation (not, however, complete
extraction) of a tooth and its successive replantation is capable of causing
toothache to cease, nevertheless, we must recognize that the merit of
having elevated replantation in non-traumatic cases to a special method
of cure must be attributed to Dupont.
WiLHELM Fabry (1560 to 1634), a German, and native of the small
town of Hilden near Cologne, better known b\- his Latin name of Fabricius
Hildanus, w-as chief doctor to the city of Berne, and acquired great fame
as well by his extraordinary professional ability as by his works, consist-
ing principally in reports of many hundreds of important and instructive
clinical cases. He is rightly considered one of the most illustrious German
surgeons. His writings have largeh- contributed not onl\- to the progress
of surgery in general, but also to that of dental surger\ in particular.
One of his observations clearly shows the etiological relation fre(]uentl\
existing betw^een a prosopalgia or a supposed hemicrania and a dental
affection. The case referred to is that of a lady who had been subject
for six months to violent pain in the upper teeth of one side of the jaw.
The toothache little by little disappeared, giving place to an obstinate
cephalalgia in the same side of the head, which gradualK became so intense
as to be perfecth- insupportable, the patient being particularl\- subject
to it when the weather was cold and damp. After four \ears of atrocious
suffering, and after innumerable remedies had been tried without avail,
Fabricius Hildamus—having had the luminous idea of seeking the cause
of the t\[\ in the teeth—obtained a complete cure, without further trouble,
by extracting four of the patient's teeth, which were deca\ed.
\owada} s, it is an all-important canon of medical practice, that in
' Remedes centre le mal des dents, Paris, 1633.
^ Sprengel, Geschichte der Chirurgie, Part II, p. 293.
THE SEVENTEENrH CENTL k)
L>2;i
which, however, to judge from its title, caniiot he other rh;ui a mere
compilation.
DuPONT, another Frenchman, in 16:5^, puhHshed an important pam-
phlet, which I have, untortLmatel\ , not heen ahle to see. I can, therefore,
()nl\ quote what Sprengel sa\ s of it.' Dupont recommends, in cases of
obstinate toothache, the extraction and immediate replantation of the
tooth; which, he says, becomes quite Hrm again, but will no more cause
any pain. In confirmation of this, Denis Pomaret related, a little later,
a case in which a health\ tooth having been pulled out b\ mistake, and
immediate!} put back into the socket and treated w ith astringeiu rt-medies,
became perfectly firm again.
Although Abulcasis and Ambroise Pare had alread\ recommended
the replantation of teeth, the loss of which had heen caused b\ trauma,
and although Peter Foreest had alread\' made known as a result of
his own personal e.xperience that the luxation (not, however, complete
extraction) of a tooth and its successive replantation is capable of causing
toothache to cease, nevertheless, we must recognize that the merit of
having elevated replantation in non-traumatic cases to a special method
of cure must be attributed to Dupont.
WiLHELM Fabry (1560 to 1634), a German, and native of the small
town of Hilden near Cologne, better known b\- his Latin name of Fabricius
Hildanus, w-as chief doctor to the city of Berne, and acquired great fame
as well by his extraordinary professional ability as by his works, consist-
ing principally in reports of many hundreds of important and instructive
clinical cases. He is rightly considered one of the most illustrious German
surgeons. His writings have largeh- contributed not onl\- to the progress
of surgery in general, but also to that of dental surger\ in particular.
One of his observations clearly shows the etiological relation fre(]uentl\
existing betw^een a prosopalgia or a supposed hemicrania and a dental
affection. The case referred to is that of a lady who had been subject
for six months to violent pain in the upper teeth of one side of the jaw.
The toothache little by little disappeared, giving place to an obstinate
cephalalgia in the same side of the head, which gradualK became so intense
as to be perfecth- insupportable, the patient being particularl\- subject
to it when the weather was cold and damp. After four \ears of atrocious
suffering, and after innumerable remedies had been tried without avail,
Fabricius Hildamus—having had the luminous idea of seeking the cause
of the t\[\ in the teeth—obtained a complete cure, without further trouble,
by extracting four of the patient's teeth, which were deca\ed.
\owada} s, it is an all-important canon of medical practice, that in
' Remedes centre le mal des dents, Paris, 1633.
^ Sprengel, Geschichte der Chirurgie, Part II, p. 293.
