Horace Fletcher (1849-1919): The Great Masticator

secondary literature · 1997

type:secondary literature

year:1997

citation:Christen AG, Christen JA. 'Horace Fletcher (1849-1919): The Great Masticator.' J Hist Dent. 1997;45(3):95-100. PMID 9693596.

LINK

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9693596/

SUMMARY

A 1997 medical-history review (Journal of the History of Dentistry, 45(3):95-100, PMID 9693596) by A.G. and J.A. Christen surveying Fletcher's life, the mastication doctrine, its prominent adherents, and its decline. The principal secondary-historical source for the case; it frames Fletcher as a self-taught food faddist whose extreme health claims lacked scientific support. Metadata copied from the PubMed record.

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A 1997 medical-history review in the Journal of the History of Dentistry by A.G. Christen and J.A. Christen, surveying Fletcher’s life, the mastication doctrine, its prominent adherents, and its standing as a food fad. The archive cites it as the principal secondary-historical source for the case: it frames Fletcher as a self-taught food faddist whose extreme health claims lacked scientific support, and it documents the doctrine’s rise and its decline after his death. Bibliographic metadata (journal Journal of the History of Dentistry, volume 45, issue 3, pages 95-100, 1997) was copied from the PubMed record, PMID 9693596.