JOURDAIN, Anselme Louis Bernard Bréchillet.

Essais sur la Formation des Dents, comparée avec celle des os, suivis de plusieurs expériences tants sur les os que sur les parties qui entrent dans leurs Constitutions.

One large folding engraved plate. viii, [4], 139, [1] pp., 2 leaves of publisher's ads. Small 8vo, cont. mottled calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: d'Houry, 1766. First edition of this scarce book on the formation of the teeth. He "describes with great accuracy the dental follicle from its first appearing to the moment of birth, following it throughout its evolution. This lengthy book is most interesting, for it is not a mere compilation, but gives the results of personal research and experience."­Guerini, A History of Dentistry, p. 311. Jourdain (1734-1816), the first surgeon to limit his practice to oral and maxillary diseases, wrote the first book on oral surgery. Poletti, De Re Dentaria apud Veteres, pp. 109-10­"offre un grande interesse."

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