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August 12, 2007
"For Each Child the Mother Loses a Tooth" - Where Did it Start?
In 1740, Joannus Baptista Mongin wrote a short (7 page) work describing pregnancy as a risk factor for tooth loss. You may remember the old saying, "for every child, the mother loses a tooth"? Well, perhaps this is where it began. The original book is in the Rare Book collections of the Dentistry Library, but for those who would like to take a look at this without coming to the library, here are images of the original pages in Latin.
Flickr: Mongin on the Teeth of Pregnant Women:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/sets/72157601464435811/
Posted by pfa at August 12, 2007 04:17 PM