An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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PARMLY, Levi Spear

2 entries
  • 12914

The summum bonum.

Québec: Printed by J. Neilson, 1815.

The first book on dentistry published in Canada. Facsimile edition, Montreal, 1969.



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Canada, DENTISTRY
  • 12859

A practical guide to the management of the teeth; comprising a discovery of the origin of caries, or decay of the teeth; with its prevention and cure.

Philadelphia: Collins & Croft, 1819.

"Levi Spear Parmly (1790-1859) was one of the outstanding dental practitioners and teachers in the early part of the eighteenth century, both in America and Europe. He published two highly regarded books, practiced and taught in London for several years, before returning to America, where he became the most eminent dental practitioner in the southern United States. He had great financial success and used his time and money to offer free dental service to children. His major contribution to dental science was the concept that dental caries was caused by external influences related to foreign material on the tooth surface. This was before our knowledge of dental plaque and the action of the oral bacteria. Based upon this concept, he stressed the importance of clean teeth to prevent tooth decay" (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12641168/).



Subjects: DENTISTRY