St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-01
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, in saving, leaving behind us
Teeth more worthy Of our time.

When | accepted this Office. gentlemen.
the office Of custodian of all your interests
in the state Of Minnesota, | gave both my
heart and my head to the labor; my heart
for your sympathy, my head for the emolu-
ments Of the office. But. gentlemen. as ST.
Paul says TO Minneapolis, ''Ye men of
Athens, | perceive that in all things We are
too suspicious" In other words, where
are the emolumentS?
Dropping the humorous the president re-
femed 10 the grand possibilities before the
dentist, who so largely handles the precious
gold. 4 metal which lives unchanged through
the changes Of ages. He grew eloquent in
comparing the durability of gold with the
mutabiity of all earthly affairs. Surely ii
is a metal worthy of all admiration. What
a mighty history is possible to some small
atoms Of gold could they but reveal and re-
late them to us. In reviewing the history
of the past year he said the committee on
legislation had accomplished everything it
undertook and the laws OF the state were
entirely satisfactory. 1t was unnecessary
to refer to the board of examiners, as it was
composed of a shining array of martyrs,
mention of whom was unnecessary, their
qualities of head and heart speaking for
themselves. The year had produced the
new anBsthetic, cocOaine. highly useful in
dentistry. One Of the encouraging signs of
the times is found in the organizing and en-
cOuraging of such societies. creating better
feeling among dentists and charging and
enlghtenng their IDEAS In conclusion he
said: Our profession. like Caesars wife,
should be above suspicion. We cannot
guard it too closely. Elevate ourselves by
elevating our profession. Labor truthfully
In the great beyond, on the other side of
this vale of tears, from whence no traveller
soul of our ideal conferee. lie has fought
a good light, his conscientious career has
folded within the shadow, his last crown is
made, his last bridge is laid over JOrdan's
river; he has not regret, lie has filled his
small space i'll this mundane sphere and he
has done it well.
AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
DR.. J. S. Marshall of Chicago was absent
and his essay was necessarily omitted. Dr.
Ii. y. Knight d. D. S.. Minneapolis. read
a paper on PulplesS Teeth. 1t had already
been read at the local society and was re-
peated by request. 1t began with a very
brief reference to the recent studies made
by the medical profession. 1t has only been
few years since an aching tooth was an
aching tooth, and the dentist could only
treat it with the foTcepS, and in fact. it was
only months ago that a de list had asked
the essayist: what do you treat teeth
with?" while another one said: 81 use car
bolic acid for everything" An aching cav
ity was fatal to the tooth, unless it was of
pin-hcad size and favorably located. when
it was filled. Now dentist diagnosed.
prognosed and treated. From this point the
paper went off into technicalities, giving
the results of treatment of pulpleSS teeth
and the writer's own idea of the best
methods. The paper was pronounced an
admirable one and a vote of thanks was
rendered the writer.
One point made was that when the pulp
had been removed from root cavity, and
hemOuhage had taken place, it was best to
wait at least forty-eight hours before filling.
DR.. Clement of Faribault, while expressing
admiration of the paper, differed Oh this
point and said he had had the greatest sue
cess in filing teeth Immediately. This led
to a running discussion, in which Dr.. Bal
ley and DR.. A. L. Smith of Minneapolis took
the greatest part 1t was the sense of the
association. as largely expressed, that DR..
Knights idea was correct. From this the
discussion turned upon cutting and roaming
instruments and their use. DR.. Talbot of
Chicago was requested to give his ideas,
and having been mechanic as well as the
inventor OF one or two serviceable instru-
ments his remarks were as interesting as
valuable BY means of diagrams drawn on
the board he communicated very clearly his
views on the cleansing of root cavities.
Al the close of the discussion an effort
was made TO hear committee reports but
ended III an adjournment to a. IN. to-day.