The dental profession before 1865 has been described with the help of sources from the 19th century, in combination with prosopographical research. During this period, dentists had no exclusive rights in dentistry: other surgical professions were also involved both with its theory and practice. Their specialised colleagues comprised a group of 137 dentists, largely related to a few Jewish families. This characteristic, underlined by their intensive migration and training within the family, had been responsible for the divergent position of the dentists in Dutch medical legislature of the 19th century. While in the medical profession the organisation and structure (1865) was the first te be revised, followed by a reorganisation of education (1876); in dentistry the recruitment and education had to be reformed (1865-1876) before the building up of a new professional structure. This process speeded up by the rapid mortification of the ancient group of dentists.

History of Dentistry↗

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Midwife regulation, education, and practice in The Netherlands during the nineteenth century.

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The first blood transfusion to man, infusion experiments, physiological problems, and some curiosities of medicine reported in a letter from J. Bruynestein to W. van Liebergen (1668).

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Blood Transfusion↗

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A hospital for seamen and tropical diseases: the role of the Harbour Hospital in Rotterdam in the study of tropical medicine.

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[Childhood diseases and pediatrics in the notebooks of Constantijn Huygens (1595-1687)].

In this article we collected and commented on the passages referring to children's diseases and paediatrics in the notebooks of the well-known Dutch statesman and poet Constantijn Huygens. This remarkable source for the history of paediatrics describes the psychological and physical development of Huygen's five children and the diseases with which they were afflicted.

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