John Tomes
Sir John Tomes (born March 21, 1815 in Weston-on-Avon , Gloucestershire , † July 29, 1895 in Caterham / Tandridge , Surrey ) was a British dentist and author of two standard dental works.
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John Tomes was born in South West England in 1815. In 1836 he was admitted to King's College London . From 1839 to 1840 he was a surgeon at Middlesex Hospital . At King's College he became a Dental Surgeon in 1842 and then worked at Middlesex Hospital . Tomes was one of the pioneers of the ether anesthesia introduced in 1846 in 1847 . His first work: A Course of Lectures on Dental Physiology and Surgery he published in 1848. On June 6, 1850 he became a member of the Royal Society . His second, even more important work, A System of Dental Surgery , he published in 1859, which was expanded by his son in 1887. Extraction forceps go back to him in their current form. The Tomes fiber , discovered by him in 1840, is named after him, the cell extension of an odontoblast ( dentine former), which is located in the dentinal tubules . Many of the pliers that are still used today can be traced back to John Tomes. He was instrumental in getting the recognition of the profession of dentist in England. Tomes was a founding member of the Odontological Society of London and its President in 1862 and 1876. This was followed by the enactment of a Dental Register Act in 1878 and the establishment of the British Dental Association in 1879. In recognition of his efforts to achieve these goals, John Tomes was the first registered dentist and became the first President of British Dental Association elected. He was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in 1886 . He is buried in St Mary's Church in Caterham.
Publications
- 1849: On the structure of the dental tissues of marsupial animals, and more especially of the enamel. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society . London, Volume 139, pp. 403-412.
- 1850: On the structure of the dental tissues of the order Rodentia. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. London, Volume 140, pp. 529-569.
- 1852: (with C. De Morgan) Observations on the structure and development of bone. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. London, Vol. 143, pp. 109-139.
- 1856: On the presence of fibrils of soft tissue in the dentinal tubules. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. London, Volume 146, pp. 515-522.
- 1859: A System of Dental Surgery. Lindsay and Blakiston, Philadelphia ( archive.org ).
literature
- D'Arcy Power: Tomes, John . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.) Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 57, Smith, Elder & Co., London 1899, pp. 6-7.
- History of Sir John Tomes , Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS), Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS).
- Heinz-Peter Schmiedebach : Tomes, John. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1405.
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 379.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tomes, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tomes, Sir John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British dentist and author of two standard dental works |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weston-on-Avon ( Gloucestershire ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1895 |
| Place of death | Caterham |