Biomedical subjects

Pierre Baron

Publications and source records attributed to Pierre Baron.

6 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2003

Dental practice in selected areas of France.

This is an exploration of the great diversity to be found among those offering treatment of the teeth and determines what impact, if any, the change of regime had upon the practice of dentistry. The study is not restricted to the 'expert dentists' (already much studied by traditional histories of dentistry in France) but attempts to describe dental practice as it really was. In an attempt to paint as broad a picture as possible, it draws on material from such diverse communities as Lyons, Rennes, Sens, Dijon,Toulouse, Aix en Provence and Nancy. A description of the sources used is to be found in Appendix 1.

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PubMed2003

Dental practice in Paris.

This describes dental practice and the availability of dental patent remedies in Paris. Accounts of legal disputes, from original sources, illustrate the status and social history of some of the most wealthy dental practitioners in Paris during the Revolution.

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PubMed2003

France: discussion.

An attempt is made here to answer the question 'What is a dentist?'. Is he (or she) a successful pillar of society, wealthy and respected, or a lying charlatan, claiming all sorts of unbelievable cures and treatments. Were they specialists or was dentistry a sideline for some other trade or profession? This chapter discusses the evidence from France.

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PubMed2003

Dental practitioners in France at the end of the eighteenth century.

This chapter serves as a reminder of the political and social conditions in France over a period that embraces the Ancient Regime, the Revolution and the post-Revolutionary years. Contemporary legislation relating to the practice of medicine and dentistry in particular is outlined.

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[The Leroy de la Faudignére, a family of dentists of the 18th century].

François Leroy de la Faudignére was the founder of the family. Although he was not an expert in dentistry, he acquired a good reputation of dentist in the second half of the 18th century. He published some books between 1766 and 1780. He lived in Paris and set up in 1780 at the Pavillon Royal, Plave Royale no1 (Place des Vosges nowadays). He was mainly busy with selling an approved analgesic elixir of his own. Out of his 5 children, 2 have been experts in dentistry and one of his daughters, Marie Marianne Françoise, married Jacques René Duval, Maître en Chirurgie. François died six weeks after his daughter's marriage but her brothers sued her about the elixir their father had bequeathed to her. She won her case and carried on selling the elixir with Duval. Her daughter married Jean Nicolas Marjolin, a famous surgeon. Their son René Nicolas became a surgeon too.

Dentists↗

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[The Briochés: a family of marionette operators].

In the 17th and 18th centuries, empiries were travelling in Europe, coming, in majority from actual Italy. To attract the crowds, they put up boards on the street and play some pantomimes, parades or improvised scenes. In the 17th century this street show, little or none at all printed, was in a normal way in the day life. In the 18th century this street show is still alive and whole families as the Brioché, the Contugi, the Toscano, the Ricci, the Borsari have transmitted the art of the stage and the empiric practice. A few individuals of these families moved from empirics to be graduate dentists. In other families of dentists as the Talma or Fauchard it is the stage which brought some.

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