Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-29


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oDsu1i.asAs Hpmsee Abroad,
= i. .ravsps .hsss nj failed b, remark
znany Of ~ pFinripal Enropsan capitals,
~ dpetista 1--we sseablished themselyes.--
- are eeysral n psris whose services are in
N request. In Vienaa and Berlin the sign
3" AMstieaA DeAtist'' may b. seen. Even in Con-
6annti6epaA Adsptist hrs established himself. aud
MS Ieffep1ptiee. who, though an osmanli,
49, III pfefsssian with DE-. d. X Hitchcock,
~ " U1sy. His naaae 10 Sarkis llachadoorian,
- N6fas h this city deep interes, was taken
n N sncoess by many fur citizens. The repa.
staaiou Of American dentists in Europe has been
eain>d by the superior excelleace Of their work,
which far surpasscs in nicety and finish ANYTHING
xhisA IL made abroad. A distinguished Ameri-
can literary lady who was recently in Paris; had
~ misfortune to break her SGT Of false teeth -
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sxanined them with almiration, and af.ef inqul-
ring whore they were made, candidly acknewledg-
. q that they exeellei anything manufactured IN
: France
II Il a little more than half century since den
tistry was ia its ininnay In this country Tho
story. has been often repeated thai Geaeral Wash
ingson. unable to procure complete sci OF teeth
hers, seat 70 France 4, supply the ravngcs whieh
ti1ke had made. We do not now upon what au-
thority this stry rests but ii Is certain that set
VI teeth was manufactured for him in this coun-
try though perhaps not until after the period re-
referred 10. About the year 1888. Mr.. John
Greenwood. who was the first American that made
dentistry exclusively profession, established
himself In New York, and In 1890 and again in
1895. he carved in ivory 1.-THE material then
useJ1 an entire 20. ofteeih Tor General Wash
ingtan. They wcrc secured by spiral springs,
and the aeatness and in senuity Of Tia work was
considered equal ~ Anything made abroad Mr..
Greenwood may may be considered the father Of
American dentistry, and he attained great cole
rity in his profession. Other dentists soon mp
peared in New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore
Thier work including the extracting u teeth. Al
ling aud cleaning them. and replacing the natural
teath when lost. with artificial ONES commonly
ma.le ofivory.
In la20, The number of practitioners in The
United States was probably little more than ono
hundred Ten years afterwards. N estimated by
Ut. u. n. HATTIE, IN Hfs Wtrk on inc TlFintlncS
and Practice of Dental Surgery" ihorc were about
three hundred, of whom probably not m,fe than
one-sixth were well instructed. Tho present. nun
Der Is believed to bs over four thousand. As IL
class they are mnsh better instructed than they
wore q qusrter Of a century ago, though there
still many charlatans and bangers. 1t is not I'M
usual for students to 20 through regular medl-
cal ssarse. and graduate at some medical school.
The dentists have many local soeoler aud M
tional association or convention for mutual i'm
.provemsnt, and the elevation Of nj the art, and
there arc colleges Cor Instruction in tho principles
and mechanical practice Of the mr., ia Baltimore,
Philadelphia and Cincinnati. There are quite I.
number ofdentsl periodicals, and numerous text
books upon the theory and practice the nri.
Dentistry Is no longer merely mechanical art.
but requires an intiaAate knowledge # the human
system. and particularly ofthe anatomy Of tho
head, and Of the diseases Which moro frequently
than carries prodsee aohiag tseth.- Bostoa Journal
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