The Dental cosmos . ^ed teeth. Can this bethe germ of the porcelain filling? FAU CHARD. But we now come to the man PierreFauchard, of whom Chapin A. Harrissaid, He was one of those masters inscience who appear from time to time inevery department of intellectual inquiry,and whose extraordinary capacity andacuteness enable them to prepare, in thebrief space of their active life, materialfor the full occupation of generations ofordinary men who succeed them. Born in Brittany toward the close ofthe seventeenth century—the date 1690 MC MANUS. PIERRE FAUCHARD. 1235 usually given being much too late
The Dental cosmos . ^ed teeth. Can this bethe germ of the porcelain filling? FAU CHARD. But we now come to the man PierreFauchard, of whom Chapin A. Harrissaid, He was one of those masters inscience who appear from time to time inevery department of intellectual inquiry,and whose extraordinary capacity andacuteness enable them to prepare, in thebrief space of their active life, materialfor the full occupation of generations ofordinary men who succeed them. Born in Brittany toward the close ofthe seventeenth century—the date 1690 MC MANUS. PIERRE FAUCHARD. 1235 usually given being much too late—hewas destined by his parents for the prac-tice of surgery, but was at first preventedfrom following that vocation on accountof family troubles. From my youth/ says Fauchard, Iwas destined to the surgical profession;the other arts I have practiced have nevermade me lose sight of it. I was the Fig. PIERRE FAUCHARD. {From a photograph of the original painting,attributed to Netscher, 1726.) disciple of Alexandre Poteleret, surgeon-in-chief to his majestys ships, who hadgreat experience in diseases of the him I owe the first rudiments ofthe knowledge I have acquired in thesurgical specialty I practice, and the pro-gress I made under this able man gave methe emulation that has led me to furtherimportant discoveries. How well he speaks of his preceptor! Viau says-that Fauchard had tried sev-eral mechanical pursuits, the practice ofwhich proved to be not without value tohim later on. In fact, it was the pre-liminary manual training he was uncon-sciously receiving. He was fortunate in studying underPoteleret, for this naval surgeon was ex-perienced in oral troubles, especially in scorbutic disorders, which at that timewere frequent on vessels making longcruises. When Colbert organized theFrench navy he instituted a health ser-vice, which—let us be thankful!—wasnot too stri
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