New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-25

I W HNHheiys Dcutrhf feQutfts knt use oil muc1
Of the general knowledge Of Medicine and sur
gerry asgven st their Colleges; ba. these do no, A.
tempt to qualify their graduates TO practice Dent
istry and hence this. with other knowledge. may
be obtained most sdvan.ageously AZ Dental
School. 1t may here be stated tina. s,me medi.
cal iDstitutions, in order 10 aid those who were
particularly devotedto Dental Surgery bave ssvs
rous times, established lestoreship for thas pur.
pose--as at Guys Hospital ia London, if,y wear,
ago, and in several others 10 Europe. But fsw Med,
zeal Colleges have given such lectures Toe New
York Medical College, at its session OF 1888 ha4
a courte delivered by DR.. C. c. Allen; but this
isnow Discontinued The best mears cf obtaining
full dental education is private instruction, and
combination of the advantages Of Medical sni
DeLtsl Coleees-as is proved by the sue ,em 81
tending those who have thus qualified the mselves.
The Dental Colleges do not seek to underyalus
the preparatory stuoy and training Of private pre-
ceptorsbp; for, they make it a condition of grad
ustion that the candidate shall have thus studied
for st least two years.
This country bas the honor of having been the
frst land ssyes the only one) 60 .ablish special
ibsti utions for instruction in dentistry. The
value aud feasibility Of such system of tuition
have been fully demonstrated b! the success of tho
pioneer college at Baltimore, which has led to the
establishment of three others in dieren, parts Of
the Union. They are conducted on 81 nilar
plan, having an annual session of four months,
commencing in November aud having faculty
Of five professors and lecttsfer on chemistry.
The total Of charges for the course of lectures Is
from $s5 to $40; matiiculation, So to So; and
diploma S25 to $50. The BItimge College
was founded in 1910, and has been very sue ,ess-
full owing to the superior ability Of its Precedent.
DR.. c, A Harris, and his colleagues, sever, of
whom bave been connected with Il from the ii ma Of
its foundation. The whole nu nber oft. gradua tss
to 1850, was "a; in 1851, 18; ia 1852, IA; in
1888, %; in 1854, Is; total to last year. 1856
The number Of students attending last winters
session Was about 46; and the same number attend
ed the previous session. The Cincinnati College
was founded in ls45 sDd is still in dourshing
condition, under the direction of DIR. james Tsy.
Tor and bis associates; but as to the number Of
its graduates or students. we hsve DO late nfor-
nation. The New. York College, st Syracuse,
went into operation 10 lS5l-Dr. Amos West
colt, Dean; aud at lis second commencement,
March !, 1853, bad six graduates. Iu lS5la
movement wss made for College at Lexington,
KY, but we believe it never WAS carried into
execution. The Philadelphia College was pro-
Jected in 1850, and fully organized in 1852.
at Its first session 1923, it had 33 stu
dents and graduates at the second session,
loo3-4, "a students and 10 graduates; and at the
third session, los4-5 30 students and I5gradaites.
With view of establishing its diploma as for
nal standard OF character among the profession,
this College, like that Of Baltimore, has literally
distributed its honorary degrees-granting 81 at
it's first and at its second commencement. At
all of these Colleges several hundred operations
most Of them in filling aud extracting teeth
are performed during each session before the
students. The degree conferred by each 10
Doctor of Dental Sarsery"-usaaIIy written
DDS.
The American Society of Dental Surgeons,
which was organized 10 $780, holds its annual
meeting in the first week Of August. The last
three meetings were held at the folio wing places:
Philadelphia, Aug. 5, 6. 7, 1851; Newport, Aug.
3, 4, 1852; and West Point, Aug. ?, 3, a, 1853.
Last year the meeting Was appointed at Cncin-
natl but it was not then held, (although few
members assembled, owing to the cholera; and
il ia now announced for the second Tuesday 10
NAV next, at that place. DR.. Elisha Townsend
ia the President for this year. Tue Society OF
Dental Surgeons Of the State Of NewYork was
formally organized by convention of dentists
from oil parts of this State who met for that pur-
pose at the Crosby-st. College in November,
I647. For several years il continued to flourish,
having regular meetings Of much interest to the
profession, at its rooms ia Bondst where it also
had library and good dental apparatus; but it
WAS lately broken up through internal dissensions
its effects being cold at auction and the pro-
ceeds distributed among the members. The
Pennsvlyapis Association of Dental Surgeons was
founded in November, 1915, by thirty of the one
hundred dentists then practcing in PniIadelphia
and the State. The number of its members has
steadily increased, and i.s meetings are we'll sus.
tanned. The DeDta Association Of Allegheny
County, Pa, pittsburgh and vicinity) was
formed Oct IS I952-Dr w. NJ. Wright Pres
idept The Mississippi Valley Association of
Dental Surgeons at Cincinnati, formed 10 1874,
is the chief organization in the Western States.
Each of these Societies occasionally Offers liberal
prizes TO its members, to secure their best exer.
tons in preparing essays on professional subjects.
Artificial teeth were first invented in Paris,
which continued to be the chief place for their
.x.,nraot,ro until Amoyicsn inoenuitv deviaed