Key Points
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Shows regulation of health care by the state through a specialist guild.
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Provides the background against which Chettle's independent tooth-drawer can be seen.
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Shows the benefit to the public of supervised health-care provision.
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Shows the benefit to the provider of structured education and much else.
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Sir Thomas More's Ordinances can tell us much about London dental practice in the sixteenth century, providing an overview of training, development and practice within a healthcare service much like our own.
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*For a full critique see Cohen B. King Henry VIII and the Barber Surgeons: the story of the Holbein Cartoon. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1967; 40: 179–194. In addition to: Cohen B. A tale of two paintings. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1982; 64: 4–12.
‡Associated with medicine and healthcare. Martyred 1st century possibly in Armenia. Saint's day August 24th. (St Bartholomew's Fair held at Smithfield was where Kind-Hart practised)
§Twin physicians martyred in Syria c. 287 AD. Famous for reputedly transplanting a leg. Saints' Day September 26th
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Bishop, M. The ethics of dental practice in London in the sixteenth century. 2. Sir Thomas More's 'Ordinances' for the Barber-Surgeons, 1530. Br Dent J 213, 77–80 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2012.616
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