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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

A treatise on the diseases and surgery of the mouth, jaws, and associated parts.

Publication Details

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1869 CE.

The first modern textbook of oral surgery. Garretson received the first official hospital appointment as “oral surgeon”. He helped to establish oral surgery as a specialty.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#3684.1
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/5672
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLa-treatise-on-the-diseases-and-surgery-of-the-mouth-jaws-and-associated-parts

Geographic Context

Publication place: Philadelphia