2016, Number 4
Phlebotomist barbers and the Quixote
Díaz GM
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Language: Spanish
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In the prolific literary work of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, who can be doubtlessly considered the Spanish language most transcendent author of all times, there are many references to health, sickness, surgical and medical treatments as well as dental references. This leads us to believe that Cervantes knew a lot more about medicine and dentistry than the habitual knowledge of his contemporary countrymen. This knowledge would place him as an author of great relevance for the knowledge of dental practices in the XVI century and beginning of the XVII century, a time when dentistry was still not regarded as an independent and structured profession. Treatment of dental afflictions was in the hands of surgeons and the so-called tooth puller phlebotomist barbers.REFERENCES
— del Valle-González A. La odonto-estomatología y el campo semántico de la boca en la vida y obra de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, aportaciones a la historia de la odontología de la época [Tesis doctoral]. Madrid, España: Departamento de Estomatología y Embriología Humana, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; 2010.