Imaginea estompată în timp a primei femei tehnician dentar de la Abrud: Wilma Papp (1867-1955)
Faded Away image of the first woman dental technician from Abrud: Vilma Papp.

Summary/Abstract: Exact and accurate data about life and activity carried out in the last quarter of the XIXth century and first half of XXth century by the first woman dentist (dental technician) from the area of the Apuseni Mountains, Vilma Papp, we do not hold. Subsequent documentary researches will probably reveal new documentary information on the subject. However, her figure, activity and fate can be pieced together due to these documentary pieces that entered the collection of the museum from Alba Iulia, following an interesting donation made by Mrs. Valentina Achim, from Alba Iulia, who as wife of Vilma Papp's nephew, also accounted more facts from the biography of the one we evoke here.Vilma Papp was born in Abrud, in July 1867. She got married with Suciu, and they had three children (Valeria, Cornel and Iudita). We do not know where Vilma studied dental technique, only that she trained in the office of physician Dr. D. Neufeld from Budapest. She returns in Abrud to take up her job as a dentist opening her own office. Of the old dental office, we retrieved several patrimonial items: the lower part of the dental drill engine held by dentist Vilma Papp, several objects used by the dental technician, some books and specialised flyers, photos of the epoch, birth certificates, but also some personal items (holder for hair brushes, fox fur)

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