Manuscript volume of Eleazer Gidney's 'Treatise on the Structure, Diseases and Management of the Human Teeth'
TitleManuscript volume of Eleazer Gidney's 'Treatise on the Structure, Diseases and Management of the Human Teeth'
ReferenceMS0087
Level of descriptionfonds
Date1824
Admin./ biographical historyEleazer Gidney was a dentist. In 1811, under the altered name of Gidney rather than Gedney, he was apprenticed to Dr James L van Kleeck of Poughskeepsie. From 1813 to 1817 he transferred to Dr Abel Catlin of Litchfield, Connecticut. In November 1816, while still in Litchfield, Gidney advertised a remedy for cancer using handbills with testimonials from patients. In 1817, Gidney began to study dentistry at Baltimore and New York. In 1824, Gidney published "A Treatise on the Structure, Diseases and Management of the Human Teeth" while living in Utica. Gidney extensively travelled within North America and Europe to develop his professional knowledge in the late 1820s and early 1830s. He worked in Manchester, England, New York, USA, and Toronto, Canada. In 1840 Gidney was elected as an honorary Fellow of the newly formed American Society of Dental Surgeons. For more information on Gidney's life and career, please consult the article, "Eleazar Gidney: 1797-1876, A Widely Travelled Dentist, A contribution to Dental History", by John Menzies Campbell, where a reprint is held in the Royal College of Surgeons of England's Library, TRACTS DY/GID.
[Source: Edited from an article by John Menzies Campbell, "Eleazar Gidney: 1797-1876, A Widely Travelled Dentist, A contribution to Dental History", published in The Dental Magazine and Oral Topics, August 1950. ]
[Source: Edited from an article by John Menzies Campbell, "Eleazar Gidney: 1797-1876, A Widely Travelled Dentist, A contribution to Dental History", published in The Dental Magazine and Oral Topics, August 1950. ]
Scope and ContentThe volume contains a manuscript of Eleazer Gidney's Treatise on the Structure, Diseases and Management of the Human Teeth. The manuscript is not dated or titled, but the preface describes the subject matters as "the formation and structure of the human teeth, as well as the causes by which diseases of these important organs are produced and the mode by which these diseases may be prevented or remedied..." (page 2)
Attached to the front of the volume is a certificate of copyright dated 14th May 1824 for Copyright registration of Eleazar Gidney's Treatise on the Structure, Diseases and Management of the Teeth, awarded by the Clerk of the Northern District of New York.
Attached to the front of the volume is a certificate of copyright dated 14th May 1824 for Copyright registration of Eleazar Gidney's Treatise on the Structure, Diseases and Management of the Teeth, awarded by the Clerk of the Northern District of New York.
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
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Persons keyword Eleazer Gidney, 1797-1876, dentist
SubjectDiseases, Medical treatment
