George Washington's Dentures: Disability, Deception, and the Republican Body

George Washington's dentures are well known but understudied. This article examines the first president's extant dentures along with medical texts, satirical prints, portraits, novels, and elocution manuals that circulated around the Atlantic to argue that, by concealing his tooth loss, Wa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Early American Studies. in. - University of Pennsylvania Press. - 14(2016), 1, Seite 2-47
1. Verfasser: VAN HORN, JENNIFER (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Early American Studies. in
Schlagworte:Health sciences Biological sciences Economics Behavioral sciences