The excruciating history of dentistry
toothsome tales & oral oddities from Babylon to braces
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1998 - St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
62,000 words, Guess
Page Count
248 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL350442M
- ISBN-100312185766
- OCLC Control Number38431168
- OCLC Control Numberexcruciatinghist0000wynb
- Library of Congress Control Number98009794
and 2 more
- Goodreads2010980
- LibraryThing2291168
Classifications
- DDC617.6/009
- LCCRK29 .W86 1998
Description
"For those on both sides of the dreaded dentist's chair, James Wynbrandt has written a witty, colorful, and richly informative history of the art and science of dentistry. To all of those dental patients whose whine rises in tandem with that of the drill, take note: You would do well to stifle your terror and instead offer thanks to Apollonia, the patron saint of toothache sufferers, that you face only fleeting discomfort rather than the disfiguring distress, or slow agonizing death oft meted out by dental-care providers of the past. The transition from yesterday's ignorance, misapprehension, and superstition to the enlightened and nerve-deadened protocols of today has been a long, slow, and very painful process." -- from the publisher.
First Sentence
THE ORIGINS OF THE ANCIENT HEALING ARTS KNOWN TODAY AS dentistry are obscure, a tale cloaked in equal parts mystery and misery.
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