Telegram-herald., 1889-05-07

I1agins Dentists gorceps IN Ea:
FAR Fingers
IhsEs Are Several Gests- rss&k Cas-
P~Sssx. ALREADY az asFk F.cis .@a
ki-aEss Ab24k wsssez D~atists
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tas snAll nzla5sE u ~sAseg sac saoFt
shs gEofsss.oa ef esatsssFy as compared
~zth tAoss s1g - iato USdl1iEs l. : ssas-
lSeS q freqsens remark. 1hefe are Dot
iess th4a t@e cgLsa successful ~ollssE1
gays.clals, regular grad 1aEes of nledieAl
colleges "a Ass York snd bEooziyD.
there are Got two Gozen DoEgel dentists
IA tas coaEtrT- Ns~ YORK. until MzEcA
Of the present year, bad bat one woman
aent4st "A iadepeade8t practice and gos-
sessed % . degree. tas graduating class
O. the PrERsy lyaaiA Dsstai College has
iast swollen the nuno Der 10 three. Brook.
lyB has eue woman dsntlst, Philadelphia
hss three, Chicago has two, Hartford aEd
New Haven each have oae, boatoD, the
beat city IL tue e0a1try for the practice OF
~oElsn pAysleIAAs, % for women 0sptlsIs
an ua0ccupled nsl4-
1hs nrst regularly graduated woman
dentist ~ open an one IA New York was
Do. Olga NSymann. tie slight. dafk-eysd
daag hLer OF Mue. Clara NeymAna. the
well snosa writer aud lecturer. Who has
been in practice on Madison avenue FOR
three years. Mise = ey mann was a Cornell
coed. graduting Ia 1851 For two years
sac knocked al the doors Of the New York
Dental College, but no hOspitable soul
came 10 ask her 10. Then she went 70
Philadelphia. sad the Philadelphia Dental
College bsde ner take of her bonnet aud
gave her a Quaker welcome.
DE-. Olga met a cordial greeting when
she came back 10 New York 10 make
place In profession moncpOlized by men.
All the chivalry OF dentistdOm was called
cut BY her sing gle-handed endeayOr more
probably. such u cental and other human
nature, by her piquant cOuntenance. She
was invited 10 the meetings OF ,he First
District Dentsl Society. and speedily
elected 10 membership, being the only
woman enjoying that distinction. She has
met with marked success in her practice.
the hOmeliks appointments OF her pretty
parlor aud the trim white apron OF the girl
dentist going far TO rob the dreaded chair
of its terror
Miss Neymann Is emphatic IN her COM
mendation Of dentistry u profession for
women. Like the woman physician, she
finds her practice largely among women
and children. The average woman. she
thinks. likes better TO have her mouth
operated on by dentist OF the sex mascu-
line. but many mothers who employ male
dentists In their own cases send their little
people 10 her. l. the woman dentist has
an especial advantage anywhere, she
thinks 10 may be in the confidence inspired
in children.
And is IL pleasant to be called on to
work for men'"
II do not take men "a patients except
such as belong 20 the families of my regu-
lar clientele or come to me with references
from people whom / know. l refuse
engagements 10 them /: they are
strangers"
''Do you expect any marked increase In
the number OF women destistsi'
Yes. but 10 will come slowly. Women
look TO medicine more naturally because
the woman physician has been longer es-
tablished and mas created a precedent easy
TO follow. Some women, too. have met
with marked success physicians and
made regulations which attract others.
Then many ambitious women have an idea
that dentistry Is not scientific enough FOR
them. Some think il is too difficult a
business for woman"
Dentists are not greatly beloved. Is
not the pain one inficts a drain on the
sympathies'"
81 DO not flnd IL so. lam perfectly happy
at the chair. or course, one il sorry to
cause pain, and causes as little as possible,
but each patient is case, aud personal
feeling is lost in the scientific interest OF
the operation"
as a woman strong enough to extract
teethf"
\ furtive glance at the white wrists re-
vealed very supple ones.
Certainly, a woman can extract, If she
doesn't object TO the disturbance and
screaming. Idon't do 10 except when alb
sOluteiy necessary. But dentristry is be
coming specialized. There are probably
twenty OF the best dentists in the city who
refuse all cases OF extraction, so thnt
branch OF the profession presents no OBJ
ssacles. The practice of dentistry is easier
and peasanter, think, than medicine. be-
cause one can enjoy ones home, there are
no outside cslk. no midnight summon
ses"
The New York Dental College does not
admit girl students though it has had in
the aggregate many applications. It's
charter does not forbid the matricuiation,
bat the Trustees refuse women 70 register.
Not long ago p convention OF dentists met
in the city. There were two women in at
tendance. who were professionally inter
es;ed. one OF them being a dentist in prac-
tce in Philadelphia, not graduate ofany
spicuous end whose card bore the inscrip-
tion n capitals, First woman dentist in
the world" "
That's the sort 81 woman who would
rush In on rs" said DR.. Abbott. the Dean
Of the faculty, and a man Of very conserv-
ative IDEAS. That kind OF woman doesn't
care in the least for diploma" answered
the more literally disposed.
The New York Dental College ha. had
one woman graduate. however the Count
ess Swiderska. OF It. Petersburg, who was
admitted quite a number Of years ago.
She retained 20 Russia 20 practice and IL
prospsriug in the profession.
There are three dental schools in Phila-
delphia: the Pennsy lvania Dental College.
the Philadelphia Dental College, and the
dental department. OF the Pennsy ylvania
University The FIRST two admit of women.
The Pennsylvania Dental College has
graduated probably sixty girls Curiously
enough the greater number Of these fair
.. budding dentists are German madschen,
who have come 20 America especially 20
learn the profession FOR practice at home.
or class containing ten young women
three or four years 40 only two were
Americans. Women dentists succeed bet
ter in Germany than women physicians.
reversing the American ruis. DR. TihsrtiGs,
of Berlin. aud DR. Henrietta Hirshdeld. =
The same city. wers bo+h graduated from
schools in the Jnited states. Dr. Hirsch-
field earring II honors ~ the Cincinnati
College u Dentistry. There srs women
dentists. largely educated In this country.
IN Dresden. in Cologne and Al through