Arthur Hugenschmidt

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Arthur Christophe Hugenschmidt (1862–1929)

Arthur Hugenschmidt (born September 22, 1862 in Paris ; † September 7, 1929 there ) was a French dentist .

Life

Officially, the parents were Christopher Hugenschmidt (1826-1893), an employee at the imperial court, and Elizabeth Hauger (1825-1915), both of whom came from Schlierbach in Alsace. According to a rumor from Duroselle , he is considered the son of Napoleon III. and Virginia Oldoini , although the father never confessed to it. He studied dentistry at the University of Paris and from 1885 at the University of Pennsylvania , where he received his doctorate in 1887. In addition, he received his doctorate in Paris in 1896 with a thesis written at the still young Pasteur Institute . During his time in America, he wrote articles on dentistry, reports on the hygiene situation in the United States, and medical training. For the multi-volume Traité de thérapeutique of Albert Robin he steered the lemma Stomatology at the central Item to dentistry. Hugenschmidt was a pioneer in the field of dental implants and was one of the first users and researchers in the field of the anesthetic effects of cocaine .

As a student, collaborator and successor to Thomas W. Evans , he was a dentist for prominent Parisians. His patients included Stéphane Mallarmé , Lucien Daudet , Robert de Montesquiou , Gaston Doumergue, and Georges Clemenceau .

Arthur Hugenschmidt was made a knight in 1909 and an officer of the Legion of Honor in 1924.

Publications

  • An essay on the etiology of exostosis dentium. Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1885.
  • Experimental studies upon man of the actions specifically of hyoscine hydrobromate, nitroglycerine, hydrocyanic acid, etc and certain physiological conditions upon the circulation as shown by the sphygmograph. Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1887.
  • Des Complications infectieuses buccales et dentaires de la grippe pendant les épidémies de 1889-90 et 91-92. Bataille, Paris 1892.
  • Des Injections tropacocaïniques comme anesthésique local en chirurgie buccale. Bataille, Paris 1893.
  • Étude expérimentale des divers procédés de défense de la cavité buccale contre l'invasion des bactéries pathogènes. Steinheil, Paris 1896. At the same time dissertation, defended on June 24, 1896.

literature

  • Léon Monier: Arthur Hugenschmidt. In: Revue de Stomatologie. Volume 31, No. 11, November 1929, pp. 793-796.
  • William S. Davenport Jr .: The Pioneer American Dentists in France. In: Revue d'histoire de l'art dentaire. 1965, No. 7, pp. 99-116, on Hugenschmidt: pp. 106-108 ( digitized version ).
  • André Besombes: Odonto-Stomatologie et Diplomatie de l'Impératrice Eugénie à Clemenceau. In: Société française d'histoire de la médecine. Report of the meeting of January 22, 1983, pp. 13–22 (PDF)
  • Xavier Riaud: Des dentistes qui ont fait l'histoire. Harmattan, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-343-01187-5 .

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ André Besombes: Odonto-Stomatologie et Diplomatie de l'Impératrice Eugénie à Clemenceau. In: Société française d'histoire de la médecine. Report of the meeting of January 22, 1983, p. 16 f. (PDF) .
  2. ^ André Besombes: Odonto-Stomatologie et Diplomatie de l'Impératrice Eugénie à Clemenceau. In: Société française d'histoire de la médecine. Report of the meeting of January 22, 1983, p. 21 f.
personal data
SURNAME Hugenschmidt, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French dentist
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1929
Place of death Paris