James Garretson
James Edmund Garretson (born October 18, 1828 in Wilmington , Delaware , † October 26, 1895 in Lansdowne , Pennsylvania ) was an American doctor and dentist and is considered the father of oral surgery in the United States . He used the pseudonym John Darby in his philosophical writings.
Life
After his dental degree , which he completed in 1856, practiced Garretson in Woodbury ( New Jersey ). In 1859 he finished his medical studies at the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery , the forerunner of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery . In the same year he married Beulah, daughter of George Craft, with whom he had two daughters. In addition to his area of expertise, he wrote some philosophical treatises.
Garretson went to the Philadelphia School of Anatomy to see Hayes Agnew , which started his interest in surgery . He was very critical of the histological theories on tooth development of J. Leon Williams . He became a professor at the Dental College of Philadelphia, a clinic for oral and maxillofacial surgery. With his published work in 1869 A treatise on the diseases and surgery of the mouth, jaws and associate parts (ger .: treatise on the diseases and surgery of the mouth, jaws and adjoining parts), he was instrumental in the mouth To establish maxillofacial surgery as a specialty in the United States.
Garretson's attempt to establish maxillofacial surgery as a specialty was met with heavy criticism from the medical profession, who viewed maxillofacial surgery as part of general surgery . Garretson was the first to use the Bonwill Dental Engine , a foot drilling machine, developed by William Gibson Arlington Bonwill and named after the inventor for oral surgery operations .
Garretson was Dean of the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery from 1880 until his death in 1895 . He died of gastroenteritis and was buried in Upper Darby .
literature
- A system of oral surgery and dentistry: Being a treatise on the diseases and surgery of the mouth, jaws, face, teeth, and associate parts . JB Lippincott Co, 1869.
- Under the pseudonym "John Darby":
- Brushland .
- Hours with John Darby .
- Thinking and Thinkers .
- Odd Hours of a Physician . JB Lippincott Co, 1871.
- Nineteenth Century Sense .
- Man and His World .
Individual evidence
- ^ Joseph F. Clarke: Pseudonyms . BCA, 1977, p. 47.
- ↑ Cillo JE, The development of hospital dentistry in America - the first one hundred years (1850-1950), J Hist Dent Volume 44, Issue 3, pp 105-109, November 1996 PMID 9468900
- ↑ Herschfeld J. Dr. James Edmund Garretson - pioneer in dentistry's first specialty - oral surgery, Bull Hist Dent, Volume 39, Issue 1, pp. 37-38, April 1991, PMID 1811828
- ^ William Harry Archer, Milton Baron Asbell, William B. Irby: The History of the Development of Anesthesia, Oral Surgery and Hospital Dental Service in the United States of America 1971, p. 407.
- ^ Walter C. Guralnick: Textbook of Oral Surgery . Little, Brown, 1968, p. 7.
- ↑ James Edmund Garretson, AM, MD, DDS , History of Dental Surgery, Volume 3, pp. 395-399.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Garretson, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Garretson, James Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American doctor and dentist, founder of American oral surgery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilmington , Delaware |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1895 |
| Place of death | Lansdowne , Pennsylvania |