The New York herald., 1866-08-02
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Gathering In Boston Of > -.Aeiations from 4
--..s Of the Country. !.
Bosros, August l, 1soo
Aao american Dental Association organization cou
posed Of nearly all the leading aud rising den,l.
throughout the country holding the sessions
'no sxih annual convention at tho State House in III
Guy. This Is their arst gathering ia Boston The
'ee'ing last year waz held In Chicago
r. 'haheat members present and delegates iron
| al dental societies number about two huu
A'.ous 'o>' nne, intelligent looking body o
4 1" sis representatives. OF tho donta
men. Among thorn sys Southern States. Tn,
profosson In nearly sIi @s .unsyIunIa Dcnia
Association, Mississippi Valley Don. state Den
Michigan Dental Association. lnfssna -ocsiiop,
Georgia State DENTAL Society, Mad River valey !. 70.
5ooicty Western Dental Society Cincinnati neAsa =
ciey Washington Dental Society Now York society =
DENIAL Surgeons, Brooklyn Dental Association Ohio
Dental College Association, Ohio state Dental Society
Northern Ohio Dental Association Pitsburg Dcntai Al
socaiioA Central Now York Dental Association. oonto.
graph Socscty OF Pcnnsyiyanfp, Phiiadeipha Dental
College, Western New York Deltai Assoc alton Ohio
Louis Dental Association Connccticus Valley Dents. As
soclaion, ssranord County Dcn'ai Associalost
81 Nc" p.n soe.y Chicago SsH'f sss %
Hudson ,valey Dental Association, Now Haven
Dental Society nosny Dental s, Association ,a, nSn
Dental Society Southwestern Pcnnivanis Dental Asso
ciaton Central sties Dental Association Louisville Den
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Meadow Valley Dental Association, Wabash Valley Den
tai Association.
Tho dentists from abrosd AFRO stopping soIns nj our
leading hotels, but moro within tho pleasant hcmc OF
our Boston dentists.
The delegates and permanons members werc first nllcd
to order yesterday forenoon by their president Dr w.
spading, Of st. Louis, No. who Is professor Of
tho Western dental colleges Afer IN address Of vel
come from Or Keep OF this CITY, IN behalf OF The MEsaa
chusetu Dental Association they proceeded To organize,
There was considerable debate at tho outset
as To whether n delegation. consisting OF DR..
Ehrck, Parmiy aud Walter II Roberts from the Asso.
citation Of Clinical Lectures Of tho New York College OF
Dentistry should be admitted Tho ctbae was choked
of by tho adoption OF resolution appointing com
m.ttoe 10 investigate tho matter This committee sub
soqueny reported fayorably and they were admitted to
After the transnc,ion OF some businos Of minor i'm
porancc tho ing committee were ayponted and |
when their report had been submitted tho pro-
ceeded 10 ballot for officers for tho mort year Tho
resui, WIS as folIows;m.Prcsdcn,, DR. q r; Fitch
Morgan of Nashville, Fem. Second Vice President, |
pr. /. D. Shepard. O salem, M.ss.; Corresponding
ing Secretary, DR. J. Taft, OF Cincinnati, Ohio, and |
Treasurer Dr. W ". shcnield, OF New London, Conn
Tho sessions OF the asocaton arc held IN the fore
and evening, and will close on Friday
Tho evening session Of last nigh, curious
coming President elected during tho forenoon Dr Fitch
On rerug from Office DR. Spaiiing made an address in
which he sct forth in well chosen words the duty which
the profession owed TO It's young tho establishing
Of more ond better dental colleges
DR.. Fhch, taking his seat, made very brief speech
Of thanks.
When these formalitics had becn brought an end
tho regular business wa. taken rp This was the hear
ing OF reports OF standing committees. Only one was
heard-that Of tho Publication COMMITTEES. This pro.
posed some slight changes In the constitution, and
gave the why the full report OF the pro. /
ceedn ngs of the Inst annual meeting not AZ
hsnd--thai tho monographs reporter had been paid
his fnli price before no had finished his work and |
thai tho work bad not been finished Then long |
discussion folo,scd A. 10 whether phonognphic re-
porter should engaged this year and whom this quas
ton was decided IN the affirmative another tedious aud
confusing debate had Ms TO whether tho report a |
tho Publication Comnilteo had been accepted
ado VIII M had been ~. Lad
something 20 say. Tho Chair, probably on account of
lack OF knowledge IN tho rues Tor parliamentary pro
with wonderful rapdity and his decisions were appealed
from and sometimes settled Va open convention and
sometimes left unsettled A. length order was brought
out Of chsos. The report was adopted and ~ recon-
mondaiions tabled and the mee,ing adjourned
Tho mos, importapt ma,lcr considered today upon
which essays have been read and disruss'on had, |
TO tho inergiobuar spaces In dentistry. Dr Alien Of
New York rad paper on shc general subject 2, dental
gss''es' ssss az oral m essay on % rss Ps,,ear FONT
Of tho Infergobuisr Spaces in Dentistry" Nus
mlcroscopic examinations, aud NJ Atkinson. Of New
York, and others Joined In tho general Discussion Dr.
sa ae os h eo,. on and spoke IN s
sleeves for hour or -, Ike . steam engins. He
seemed fa Of Information 90 20, aI Hoo' and rsaay
wor. considered valuable and Instructive.
Among the important basincss transacted This evening
the prescnation q code Of ethics for the govern
mcnt of dentists and the report OF special COMMITTEES
on the claims OF the Goodyear vuhsnic Rnbber Com.
pany This committee recommended tho appointment l
OF commission 10 protect dentists sssinst any and all
the claims Of this company ,nd to AID and ,usin
conessing thee claims In all the courts of
the United States Aftcr tedious daclSsoa, IN which
tho association nsnn got mia ed and there was moro
confusion. committee was appointed 20 nominate gen
tIcmen 10 OIL the commission. They rporf to-morrov.
The denssts here assembled do Dot spend their entire
Tina In convention They enjoy themselves IN booking
a tho views OF this pe Old CITY, under escort Of their
Boston brothera who oyer1oyed 10 have them bers
noon thu dentists from abroad treated 10 CON
cert ON ihe big organ. and during the afternoon
they visited tho prys's mansion ~ Dr y Nsson,
and the buildug Of The Society ~ Natural Hsiofy
To- morrow they 10 excursion down our hartor.
The convention photographed IN a body this sf
tsrnooB Just after their picture were taken ". NIL
Ier % Jersey city oii forward bis isco nI Hs
well cared Tor and 70 comfortable and lying
quet At tho Revere House Dr Micr fractured hts Jaw
aud othsrwi tTuisef hls face In The fall