The Library
_H. S. Ayoub

H. S. Ayoub is a dentist and historian of medicine. However, being a bibliophile bordering on bibliomania, his deepest love is that of the printed word. He finds meditative comfort in the company of books.

Dr. Ayoub strongly believes that a refocus on the humanities and the arts as part of the education of healthcare professionals can aid in the elevation of empathy and humanitarianism in the understanding of others and the treatment of patients.

It is the hope that the H. S. Ayoub Library of Dentistry & Medicine can help motivate the current and future generations of medical professionals to dive into the history of their profession, to learn not only of the technical innovations produced by our predecessors, but to also appreciate the social interaction that people and places have had with our profession throughout history.

H. S. Ayoub, DMD MA

Masters of Arts
Institute of the History of Medicine
JHU School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University

Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry
Nova Southeastern University

B.Sc. Human Biology and Chemistry
University of Toronto

Memberships:

Publications:

Ayoub, H. S. (2023). THE LIVING CORPSE: THE LIVING INTERIOR, ANESTHESIA, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SURGICAL PATIENT IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (Doctoral dissertation, Johns Hopkins University).

Ayoub, H. S. (2021). Le chirurgien rouergat Urbain Hémard et son exemplaire du Libellus de dentibus d’Eustache (1563), nouvellement découvert; Contribution à l’histoire du plagiat dans la médecine. Etudes Aveyronnaises 247-275.

Ayoub, H. S. (2021). Hemard’s Libellus: A Controversy of Translation and Plagiarism in Renaissance Dental Medicine, as Confirmed by a Newly Discovered Copy of Eustachio’s de Dentibus. Journal of the History of Dentistry, 69(1), 3-28.

Ayoub, H. S. (2019). Reflections and Transmutations: A Portrait of the Diabetic as a Young Man. .PLAID: People Living with And Inspired by Diabetes, 4-10.

In the Press:

  "How I Got Started" Feature
  Fine Books & Collections magazine
  issue 19.4/Autumn 2021

  COLLECTING RARE BOOKS with Dr. Ayoub
  Youtube Interview with host Adam Weinberger
  2021