Dental Historian : Lindsay Club Newsletter

A dental alumni society, whose members have met every year for the last 60 years.

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A description of a letter bought at auction and the subsequent research of the 18th century dentist.

A history of Ronald Gain's dental practice is described including his service during the Second World War. An account is given of the bomb damage in and around the practice in Peckham Rye.

What can the study of ancient teeth tell us about the life style and dietary habits of our ancestors? Dental palaeopathology is particularly important as it can provide direct evidence of the type of diet an individual consumed during life. An analysis of the angle of tooth wear evident on the crown of the tooth can help to distinguish between early hunter-gatherers and later agriculturists, whilst microwear features on the occlusal surface can help to discern subtle dietary shifts. The distributions of stable isotopes in food webs make it possible to use them to reconstruct ancient diets as well as tracing the geographic origins and migrations of peoples...

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Many dentists over the years have also been philanthropists. Dr Coonar comes from a family of such people, making provision at a high level. This paper describes his founding of a pain clinic for the people of Hansali in India.

Professor Miles (1912-2008) was a key player establishing dentistry as an academic subject. In the many letters he wrote to Helen Liversidge and me, he describes his involvement as Hon. Curator of the Odontological Museum, Editor Archives of Oral Biology, Assistant scientific editor of the BDJ. He writes about his association with Robert Maxwell and the Pergamon Press and his interests and friendships.

Ernest Davey practised dentistry in Bristol until 1924 when his lack of a dental qualification restricted him to work as a dental technician. He appears to have served in this capacity in France during the First World War before returning to Bristol in 1919 where he spent the rest of his life.

At the time of settlement and in the years leading up to the establishment in 1884 of the Odontological Society of Victoria, dentistry was an unregulated activity practised simultaneously by those that had received the best apprenticeship training and those that had no training what-so-ever. Under the influence of dentists such as John Iliffe however, this situation was soon to change. In 1887 the first Dental Act was passed making it a legal requirement for anyone practicing dentistry to be registered. In 1890, the Melbourne Dental Hospital opened its doors to its first patients, and in 1897, the Australian College of Dentistry, later to become a school within the University of Melbourne, began teaching a dental course...

The discovery of x rays is described and the first dental radiograph.

The collaborative work between dentistry and ophthalmology in developing the osteo-odonto-kerato prosthesis to restore sight in badly damaged eyes.

A description of how a dentist could establish a practice in the UK in the 1980s.

The construction of the presidential medal of the Manchester Dental Alumni Society is described.

The Colyer Collection of First World War dental radiographs and casts is a unique teaching resource with a fascinating history. The story of the radiographs illuminates the role of dental surgery and Sir J. Frank Colyer (1866-1954) in the treatment of maxillofacial injuries during this period.

This paper examines the foundation and early development of the Royal Society of Medicine and looks in further detail at the Section of Odontology and the Section of the History of Medicine. It then considers the remarkable contributions and achievements of Lilian Lindsay.

Part 1 of this paper examined the origins of the Royal Dental Hospital in 1858 and its first four deans. Here we learn about the next six deans who served until the Royal finally closed its doors in 1985.

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