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Can Johannes Andreas Eisenbarth (1663-1727), Jean "le Grand" Thomas (c. 1680-1757), and Martin Van Butchell (1735-1814), famous protagonists of their profession in the 18th century, be described - in the context of their time - as dental respectively medical practitioners working for the well-being of their patients, or were they ingenious bubblers, who knew how to convince others of their prowess primarily through their masterful self-promotion, rather than their actual (dental) medical skills and expertise?

The authors had a surprising find when Dr. D. George Knecht's 4-panel advertising folder found its way into our collection; Martha Washington Needles! Researching Dr. Knecht and Martha Washington Needles proved to be quite revealing.

A collection of 4,071 Victorian-era dental advertising trade cards, recently donated by Dr. Ted Croll to the New York University College of Dentistry, enhances the History of Dentistry and Medicine Core. These cards reflect late 19th-century cultural and social customs while illustrating how dental services were marketed. This study examines trade cards from the prominent physician and entrepreneur Dr. David Bishop Hand of Scranton, PA, exploring the rise and decline of his company and the historical significance of Dr. Hand's trade cards.

This paper is based on several interviews with Prof Dr Julia Harfin held in 2013 and later expanded by researching aspects of her life. Julia Harfin was professor and director of postgraduate studies in orthodontics at the Department of Dentistry of Maimonides University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She wrote a number of books and chapters on the subject and developed orthodontic care for adults in Argentina.

Dental trade cards from the late 19th Century are highly prized collector's items, primarily due to chromolithography, a printing technique prevalent at the end of the 19th Century. Beginning with the 1876 World's Fair in Chicago, these trade cards became a hallmark of business advertising. Among the most notable companies producing them was Malena (MA-LE-NA), founded by Dr. Chauncey F. York in 1899. Dr. Ted Croll, a Doylestown, PA pediatric dentist and life-long aficionado of such cards, donated his entire collection of trade cards to NYU, including 120 from the MA-LE-NA company. This paper explores the company's rise and fall, its founder's story, and the historical significance of Malena trade cards.

In addition to the practical need of drying ink to prevent smudging, another function of paper blotters emerged during the last third of the 19th century: that of advertising. In the same way that Victorian Era Advertising Trade cards were in their heyday, colorful printing promoted every product, service, or business, that one could imagine, including dentistry, using blotters. This continued well into the 20th century. Concurrently, what we know today as "ball point" pens were developed, which after World War II, became the chief writing instrument of modern times. The ink type for ball point pens was perfected by a Hungarian-Argentinian chemist, who also was a dentist.

Guy Butcher was a British specialist in orthodontics and children's dentistry. In retirement he and his partner Eunice Kratky drove over 18,000 miles across America in a 1920s Austin 7 Car to raise money for disadvantaged children.

Amongst the many definitions of the word Quack that are found in Merriam Websters Dictionary or the Cambridge Dictionary, one in particular that characterizes a professional as an ignorant, misinformed, or dishonest practitioner of medicine can be found. A perspective on the designation of being called a "Quack" was clarified by the editor of the Dominion Dental Journal, William George Beers, 125 years ago.

Throughout history, women were systematically denied access to health education due to entrenched societal beliefs, economic gatekeeping, and fears of shifting gender dynamics. Medicine and dentistry were traditionally seen as male-dominated fields, with women expected to remain in domestic roles, and institutions reinforced their exclusion through religious, cultural, and academic barriers. Resistance to female dental practice and education persisted well into the 19th and 20th centuries, with pioneers like Josephine Serre, Lucy Hobbs Taylor, and Ida Gray and many others facing skepticism and hostility. The present paper makes a major sweep across two thousand years to describe the struggle to achieve gender parity. Significant progress has been made-women now constitute nearly 40% of licensed dentists in the U.S., projected to reach 49.4% in the next 15 years, and across Europe, their representation continues to grow, particularly in Germany and the EU/EEA, where they make up nearly half of the dental workforce.

St. Jacobs Oil started out as a patent medicine pain remedy in the last third of the 19th century. About 40 years prior to implementation of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, this "cure" was promoted as The Great Remedy for Pain of "Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Backache, Headache, Toothache, Sprains, Bruises, etc." This paper follows the history of St. Jacobs Oil starting with its development by August Vogeler family in Baltimore, Maryland.