The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-15
The Teeth Carpenters.
They all Looked DOWN IN the MOUtH'
The Illinois State Dental society's llth Annual
Session.

the state Visitors were present from several
sister states as vel! as the professors from den
tai colleges.
The officers of the society were all present
and answered at roll call as follows: President,
q. 5. Niles, jacksonville; Vice President, T. 5
Swain, Chicago; Secretary, c. +. E. Koch, Chlca-
go; Treasurer, c. \. Kitchen, Galva; Librarian,
j. W. Dean, Prkin.
So soon as the organization Of the society was
perfected, j. W. Petit NJ. d., of this city, greet
ed the society with an able and eloquent address
of welcome. He extended cordial greeting to
the visitors and assured them that the hospital
tiles of both the citizens and physicians were at
their disposal. His remarks, necessarily, brief
were to the point and were received with storms
of applause. The address of Dr. Petit was
responded to by DR.. c. Stoddard Smith, Of
Springfield, in happy manner He assured our
citizens that their hospitality would be accepted
and the many places Of interest visited, and
warmly thankcd the members Of the medical
profession for their cordial greeting He spoke
| for some ten minutes upon the fraternal feeling
which was fast growing up between the mem
bers OF the two professions. His remarks were
timely and so delivered as to carry the convc-
| ton that they came from the heart. Mr.. Smith
on being seated was also loudly applauded.
Several new members were elected and bust
ness of no Importance to the public transacted,
when the society took its noon recess.
On re-assembliug in the afternoon, President
Niles delivered his annual address to the society
The document was full of encouragement to the
members of the profession present, demonstrate
ing that nOuSht but prosperity had attended
their labors during the past year. Dr. Niles
spoke at some length upon the necessity of 4
thorough education in the science OF dentistry
Of the members of the profession and predicted
that at no distant Gay the dental depots of the
| land would be justly recognized as the fine art
halls Of the continent. The ceathly quiet which
prevailed during the delivery Of the address, as
well as the hearty rounds Of applause which
greeted the Doctor on being seated. told OF the
appreciation and endorsement of his views by
| the society.
| Following the address came an essay from
Vice President Swain upon the subject Of AN
ticipated decay" The essay, well written and
ably read, was made the subject of discussion.
The views and experience Of many were given,
and the entire afternoon was consumed in an in
terchange OF ideas upon the questions embodied
| in the essay.
In the evening an essay from Dr. Matterson,
OF Kewaunee, upon the subject Of methods and
Materials for filing teeth" was read and dis
cusscd until the hour Of adjournment.
On Wednesday morning demonstrations in
practical dentistry were made by the most ex-
pert of the profession. Several very excellent
operations were performed, among the most
prominent of which were the building out OF
two teeth which had been broken off near the
gums. The work was done by Dr. Gushing and
in so perfect manner as TO restore the original
contour of the teeth without any joint which is
perceptible to the naked eye. Among the other
experts who exhibited proficiency in the dental
art were Drs Swain and Talbot, of Chicago, at
work and giving instructions in the use OF Gel
Iluloid, a new base FOR artificial teeth; also Drs.
Harlan, of Chicago, ". ID. Smith, of Peoria w.
y. Crow, of Quincy, and j. \. W. Davis, OF Chi
cago, demonstrated their proficiency in opera
tons upon natural teeth.
In the afternoon the time was spent In volun-
teer essays on subjects not included in the reg
ular programme. The essays were all Of great
interest to the profession and went TO show
that the Illinois dentists were fully up TO the
standard in theory as well as practice. The es-
say of Or. Ingersoll, o! Kcokuk, Iowa, upon the
subject OF "Alternation of vital forces" was so
signally complete as TO call forth round after
round OF applause from the society. An essay
from Dr. Gushing, Of Chicago, on dental Edu-
cation" was also received with marked approba-
ton.
At 1 O'clock =. NJ, the society accepted an in
yitation from Ii" ubiquitous" photographer
Bowman, 10 seat themselves and let him drd'r
them on paper The society repaired To the
! yeranda OF the Court House and were gently
d,d,rs in a half dozen different positions. At
the conclusion o! the photOgraphing scene the
society adjourned in order to visit the beautiful
park Of Judge Chon, north OF the city.
The genial Judge received the society in person
and escorted them through the park pointing
out the deer, elk Antelope, swan, geese, brant
and sand hill crane, and explained the peculiar
characteristics Of each.
In the evening the time was occupied in dis
cussnS the subject matter Of DR.. CushinG's cs-
say on Dental Eduea;ion.'
During the forenoon of Thursday the time was
exclusively employed in clinics. Among the most
perfect operations performed was that Of lar.
Morrison, of st. Louis, upon Master Ed. Della
hanty of this city, i2 years OF age. 1t consisted
Of the extraction of a dccayed tooth, the llling
of the same with gold from the labraioiy OF
johnson Il Lund) and after being out of the
mouth for two hours was placed back again in
its socket and warranted TO stick. This opera
ton is one which, f successful, will enable us 10
traHsmography our stomach into cremation
; bandboX and send It TO Burkc's restaurant in
Chicago, have It reflIed and returned at night
, (The above sil not interfere with our duties as
a local, however, The other practical eXcmp!i'
fcations of the manly art Of jaw breaking were
Of such character az 20 entitlc tine operators to
much credit as successful practitioners. The
following piuguglies took hand: Drs. Mat
thews, OF Pontiac, W T. emith, OF Peoria, J. y
Cronise, Of Chicago.
| In the afternoon the following r-.JNs were