Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-06
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
American Dental Association.

American Dental Association.
To the Editors of the Union and american: PEI
GRzENBRIKR WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
Va, August 1, 1S7l.-Your corTespon-
dent left Nashville onThursday night last,
in company with DR.. w. II. Morgan,
President of the American Dental Asso-
citation, to attend the meeting of that
body. at White Sulphur Springs, Va
ON THE WAY. .4e
AT Louisville the dental forces began
TO fall in. We took the short line road
10 Cincinnati, arriving there at 10t a. m.
We stopped st Cincinnsti's finest hotel,
the Burnett House, which, by The way,
is nothing to compare with the Maxwell
House, at Nashville. While DR.. Morgan
was gathering up dental recruits, the
writer took stroll through tho
city, to take a few notes. We
give you the result of our first
impressions. Cincinnati is a smoking,
busting, well-built city, full of ugly
women. p
We took the Marietta and Cincinnati
Railroad, which connects with the Balti-
more and OHIO at Parkersburg. The
officials oa this road are more than ordi-
narily polite and accommodating, and the
conductors are always ready and willing
to answer pleasantly all foolish questions
showered upon them by the many Mrs.
PartingtOns of both sexes that infest all
ilroad trains. This road passes through
the classic ground of the South. The
scenery all along presents a mingling of
the beautiful and sublime We arrived
at Baltimore at 10 P. M, and stopped at
Barnum's, which Dickens said was ''the
only hotel in America. We spent Sun
day at Baltimore, gathered up few more
dentists, and then
ION TO WASHINGTON,
where we got our first sight of that
great rock cauldron on the hill, steaming
with the concoctions of political wicked
ness, the fumes of which are not very
grateful TO Southern olfactories.
The New York and Pennsylvania den
lists met us at Washington, and the train
to White Sulphur was teeming with them.
We arrived here last night at 1880 P. M.
safe a1G sound.
White Sulphur Springs is the Saratoga
of the South. There are here now about
800 persons Gen. Besuregard was ex-
pected here, but we have not seen him
yet. The Hon. Jacob Thompson and
family are here.
THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
assembled this morning in beautiful lit
tie brick church adjacent TO the springs,
and was called 10 order by DR.. Morgan,
Of Nashville, who is President of the
body. a4..
The morning vas taken up in making
all necessary arrangements for the meet
ings of the Association, clinics, etc.
An elaborate report was read in the af-
tcrnoon by Prof. Judd, OF st. Louis, on
Dental Physiology, which was received
and generally discussed. DR.. Judd said
10 his report that Psychologists hsd been
iu the habit of discussing matters in three
forms. He proposed to regard it IS ex-
isting in four,-living, non-living, dead
and vit4be By vitsble he meant vital po-
tentiality. This was the burden Of the
report, and considerable discussion was
elected on this point.
APPEARANCE OF THE BODY.
There are about so or So members of
the Association in attendance. They are
a very OreseHta5le body of men. They are
filed with the dignity OF the profession
TO which they belong, and exhibit great
earnes ness in discussion. DR.. Morgan
presides with great ease and dignity. DR..
Dean, The Secretary, also fills his position
well, and the Association moves along
smoothly, accomplishing great deal of
work in q little time.