title: A Victorian physician ahead of his time. The story of fluorine advocate Sir James Crichton-Browne.
abstract: Sir James Crichton-Browne, one of England's most renowned psychiatrists, whose career spanned two centuries, had very strong feelings about the need to secure proper dental care for all the children of his country. He translated these feelings into action when he advocated that fluorine be added to the diets of pregnant women and children. And this was almost a half-century before definitive research showed the value of fluorine as a preventive of caries.
authors.forename: Malvin E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ring
mesh_terms: D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000266:history*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011313:Preventive Dentistry / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D005459:Fluorides