Record #:

9385

Author(s):

Chapman, Ashton

Abstract:

Folklore includes numerous tooth-related superstitions that seem ludicrous today. Two different species of trees in North Carolina, Aralia sinosa and Zanthoxylum americanum are both commonly known as “toothache tree” for their supposed medicinal value. In rural areas men known as “tooth jumpers” once practiced tooth removal with a punch and mallet.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 8, Jan 1975, p19-20, il

Subject(s):

Dentistry--History; Traditional medicine

Record #:

10199

Author(s):

Roger, Lou

Abstract:

Born in Enfield, Halifax County, Exum Lewis Hunter was a captain during the Civil War and was captured at Fort Fisher. After the war, he studied dentistry and graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1870. He was one of the leaders in the reorganization of the present North Carolina Dental Society, organized in 1875.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 6 Issue 7, Nov 1948, p16-17, 23, por, bibl

Subject(s):

Dentistry--History; Hunter, Exum Lewis, 1837-1909; Dentists