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Painless Parker (born Edgar R.R. Parker; [1] [2] 22 March 1872 – 8 November 1952) was a Canadian-born street dentist [1] described as "a menace to the dignity of the profession" by the American Dental Association. [3] However, some of the causes he championed, such as accessible dental care and advertising, have since been accepted. [4]
Pierre Fauchard (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ foʃaʁ]; 2 January 1679 – 21 March 1761) [1] was a French physician, credited as being the "father of modern dentistry". [2] He is widely known for writing the first complete scientific description of dentistry, Le Chirurgien Dentiste ("The Surgeon Dentist"), published in 1728. [2]
Chrismon Chi-Rho symbol with Alpha and Omega on a 4th-century sarcophagus (Vatican Museums) A Christogram (Latin: Monogramma Christi) [a] is a monogram or combination of letters that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a religious symbol within the Christian Church. One of the oldest Christograms is the Chi ...
By RYAN GORMAN X-rays have revealed that a statue of Christ has human teeth. The Lord of Patience statue in the parish of San Bartolo Cuautlalpan is famous for being covered in blood and depicting ...
Ancient Greeks believed that the flesh of peafowl did not decay after death, and so it became a symbol of immortality. Early Christianity adopted this symbolism, and thus many early Christian paintings and mosaics show the peacock. The peacock is still used in the Easter season – especially in the east. [22]
The dagger symbol (†) placed after the name of a dead person (often with the date of death) is sometimes taken to be a Christian cross. [25] In many Christian traditions, such as the Methodist Churches, the altar cross sits atop or is suspended above the altar table and is a focal point of the chancel. [26]
The Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado mountain was meant to be an act of religious propaganda for Rio de Janeiro. But over the past century, it has become the symbol of the tolerant ...
In Buddhism, the symbol of a wheel represents the perpetual cycle of death and rebirth that happens in samsara. [6] The symbol of a grave or tomb, especially one in a picturesque or unusual location, can be used to represent death, as in Nicolas Poussin's famous painting Et in Arcadia ego. Images of life in the afterlife are also symbols of death.