, 1875-11-22
LOCAL LETTERS,
DENTAL DUAcHH.

! 10 ne Editar of TAt tAtaoo rr,bYna.
CHtcAao. Nov 20.-1n your pafor Of last Sum
| day, observed, among p" Letters from tho pso.
! ptc." lotter on dental quaoks Tbs writer
s:atcs how liurrlcdly tazlty, and nnscsuru1ously
! ttooo quacks perform their operations. fo aIeo
states that soma Of theae quacks ro.srsr dipIo-
mas. and profess to bc varsed in tho theory and
practice Of tho professloo, and concludes py
asking tho question, t''fhen will tho dental pro
faaa'on he ffce from quacks7" Will you
please allow me. through your paper, to
auswer the tlltestton so the beat OF nv
ahil.ty In regard to tho Diplomas, / viii
only say that airloma in any profession is
not always sultleisnt guarantee Of professional
ak,'l OF ability; but nouid not the ou,nont
dental practitioners of onr country, who haYe
ascended to tlleir preHont positions through
yaafB Of aAsaduouA atuds aud experiments
y private osiccs, .havo gained bcttor, uore
.hooaRh kno"leaeo Of tho profession in
shorter tno had they takoa tha required course
Of tnstruc'ton ID QUO Of tho best OF our dental
COLLEGIATE 'n.stnsons5 The question as 70 nhrn
densat a, qu.ckery shall eesee. resta "holly With
The aervices Of pb~slcian 10 Ills family, ho docs
not visit ail tho phseiclane he can find tn tho
CITY snd ascertain how cbcArlv thev will render
their services, and then eml.loy the chenpest
t. r115e any disease In \ few weeks. No. he
would o1pcct to DO swindled, aud the pAtiont
would roEl'aps DO injured for ltfo uner tho
neat'tleok VI sHcu EuYelclAQ. H6 CAj8 on
some fticnd. "hoto judgment ts good. aud ono
~ whom he Inns confidence, and inquirer Wheso
lo can tihd ekillful, honest physician to troat
Ills family Tho chief al4 OF great many who
NlRh tho services OF dentist Ia chaapncas, and
u UhlcaBo there arc many men wao profess to 10
dentists Whoso only inducemeut ID cbsapupss,
1ud soma wlloee pnpifago 10 tho oilee Of very
indifferent operator did mol exceed eight months.
Ineso ARC the mpn llle account OF whpBo tuucnsc
e,lccoes has been thrown before tho community
which pRtroniZes them. And ne hoar from all
directions. when will tho dental profession bs
FREQ from QuackA 7" Whom personH wiall 10 en- !,
pog dentrHt. II they would employ sktlful, !
honvst nno. thoy wonld get an honoat opinion IN [
would aiao haro thrn pormnnoutly p1ennryoI. |
or all occupations. the dentist las the bost op- I
portutlstv To tecelyo tt he las the inclination 10
do 30. In Chica9n tbete Is society OF dentists,
tha object Of which Is 10 promote The profession. I
This HocioLv tuoetB the lint MondaY tu each
month. There il nlso \ dental clinic the tfrst
Monday afternoon Ia zach month, under tLo
chag 20 OF pstout operator. and AIl opera-
tons on the toeth can bo witnessed and Ills
cussud there. Evorv drnt.st fs cordially Invited
to attend. The nun Ia 10 bo honosca who will
rendot his services 10 tho poor Tor Bmatt con.
ana there is no nun who
suffering, whether compensation ID
received or not. Although tho public teeta that
tho deptiss' bills arc large. they aro no larger,
nor even ~ large,as ph ysici&ne fills, II tho tlmc
jsyoted 10 the atleut Ia considered. When the |
community lefuho 10 pAtronze these unpF1,l. )
ssp'ed. 'Rnotant man. whose work Of destruction
n 50 forcibly roazsd, tlen. and not til thon, |
y wi! tho dcnIai profession bo FREQ from
1uacks." A. q.