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Natural History of Human Teeth (1771) by Scots surgeon & scientist John Hunter. Involved in transplanting healthy teeth from paupers to wealthy patients, Hunter also famously inoculated himself with gonorrhoea to test if it would develop into syphilis
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#histmed #histsci #medhist #scottishsurgeons #archives #libraries #rarebooks #18thcentury #bookstadon #books #historyofscience