- E. Lloyd Du Brul
E. Lloyd Du Brul (
April 5 ,1909 -July 24 ,1996 ) was a world-renownedanatomist , physicalanthropologist and educator, and the developer of the science ofbiomechanics of the head and neck.Du Brul, along with Harry Sicher, wrote the textbook "Sicher's and Du Brul's Oral Anatomy," considered to be the definitive oral anatomy text (Ishiyaku EuroAmerica Inc., publisher). The book has been published in English, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. Du Brul also authored or co-authored four other books and contributed to seven others, including writing the "Form and Function, Biological" section of the 15th edition of "
Encyclopaedia Britannica ," 1974. He contributed many articles, abstracts, and book reviews to scientific journals from the 1940s through the 1980s.An accomplished artist, Du Brul drew many of the illustrations that appeared in his books and with his articles.
His teaching career included appointments at
New York-Presbyterian Hospital , 1939-42, and Polyclinic Hospital, 1940-42, both in New York City; and theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry , 1946-77. At the College, he founded the Department of Oral Anatomy and served as its head from 1964-1977.Well-known for his imaginative teaching style, Du Brul pioneered the concept that, in biomechanics, function follows form. A student of
mechanics ,architecture , andengineering , he was the first dental instructor to apply these disciplines to the understanding of jaw and skull movement.For 50 years, Du Brul travelled the world collecting human, animal, and prehistoric skeletal artifacts, personally dissecting and preparing many of them for teaching. The collection is housed in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.
Du Brul earned his DDS degree from
New York University in 1937. He later earned an MS degree in 1949 and a PhD degree in 1955 at theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago .During
World War II , Du Brul distinguished himself while serving in Europe under GeneralGeorge S. Patton in theUnited States Army 4th Auxiliary Surgical Group. He led a team that handled over 500 face repairs under enemy fire.Du Brul's wife was concert pianist
Florence Kirsch Du Brul .External links
* [http://dentistry.uic.edu/ University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry]
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