OLOF  EDLUND Antiquarian Bookseller STOCKHOLM

---

Sognnæs, Reidar Fauske (1911 - 1984)
ORAL HEALTH SURVEY OF TRISTAN DA CUNHA.
Oslo, Jacob Dybwad, 1954.
25,5 cm. 146 pp. + 2 plates. 35 text illustrations.

Entirely uncut, original printed wrappers.

$ 100

First edition. Includes bibliography (p. 137-41). Results of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937-1938, 24. Reidar Sognnaes [1911–1984], Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, founding Dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry, and world-renowned scholar in the field of oral pathology. "Sognnaes will perhaps be best remembered for his work as a gifted forensic scientist. He is credited with identifying the remains of Adolf Hitler and Martin Bormann, the Nazi Party secretary, through examination of classified American and Soviet dental record. Sognnaes also disproved the theory that President George Washington had wooden teeth"(en.wikipedia.org).