Episode 6 - Teeth - a podcast by Hum. Servt

Ellen Wayles Randolph (Coolidge) to Martha Jefferson Randolph, Richmond, April 25th 1819.

In which a squad of Thomas Jefferson's granddaughters have a fashion emergency, gold teeth glitter attractively in the firelight, and a hot dentist does not quite make up for the horrors of early 19th century dentistry.Content warning: The second half of this episode contains a vivid description of having a tooth pulled without painkillers.HUGE thanks to my guest this week, public historian Brontë De Cárdenas.

Learn more:The letter: http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/1503

The letter describing a dentist as an"Apollo": http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/2401

Nisbet, William. The clinical guide, or, a concise view of the leading facts, on the history, nature, and treatment, of such local diseases as form the object of surgery. To which is subjoined, a surgical pharmacopoia, divided into three parts: viz. Materia Medica, classification, and extemporaneous prescription: Intended As a memorandum-book for practitioners. The second edition. By William Nisbet, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinone of the Surgeons of the Royal Infirmart,&c. Edinburgh: printed for James Watson No 40. South Bridge. Sold also by J. Johnson, No 73. St Paul's Church-Yard London, 1800. Eighteenth Century Collections Online (accessed March 11, 2020). http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&docLevel=FASCIMILE&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3307238147&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0

Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/ellen-wayles-randolph-coolidgeMartha Jefferson Randolph https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/martha-jefferson-randolph

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