Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-16
NAME DENTAL SOCIETY.
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greeted the dsntisss Of Maine On fhei
twenty fifth asasai meeting st Hotel Sor.h
in this city. The members Of the socies
commenced 70 arrive or the morning train,
and vhen the meeting war called 10 ofde
10 the hotel psrlor herr was large nun
Der pfesent. Of the officers, Dir. wnHar
McDsyH Of Augusta, President, Dr. Y. {
Bryant, Pisssasid, Secretary; Dr.. Z. j
Roberta, Augusta. Treasurer; Dr. ]. "
Carte. Brunswick, Librarian; and DE-. u
W. Fe.lovs, Portland, Ds. Y. J. Roberts
DIR. j. ". Carts. Brunswick, Of the Ex
ecutive Committee, vers present.
The following ssntIenen Of the profss
sion we're also In s:,sniance W. s. Mar
snail. oroooi H. A. Nsnsaeld. Jonespor,
3. T. Whitasy. Csisist g. W. Bats, VIA
thsop L. s. chi.cost. Bangor; r. Prescott
Morey, Bangor; y. r. Graves, ssee; W
eastman. Pfssqgs Isle, W. s. Bas~eii
Dover; J. L. Lombard, Belfast; Y. A
Kno~I,on, Fairfield q. W. Hstehlog. 500
Y. II. Paiss, ws,sYv!lis; II. A, Kelley
Thomas Yillibro.n ard T.. Bacon. Por,
land v. w. MsS.er, Lisbon Falls; w. v
Johnson. Old Town J. VI. Lombard
Brunswick. snd y. G, Briggs and chasIei
Bryant Of Augusta. The meeting cailet
10 order. the following business sas trans
acted At the afternoon session Reading
Of the records report Of the executiy.
committee, report Of the treasurer and til.
report of librarian. Dr. C. T.. Sawyer Of
Skovbessn, not being present, bis srticl,
on Treatment Of Dead Addressed Teeth
was not delivered. Dr. r.. II. Fales OIL
watsrville, delivered very interesting ar.
ticle on Conservative Treatment of ths
Pulp and long time was taken in Discus.
ing the subject
A. the afternoon session the following
gentlemen we're elected 10 membership Ia
the society DIS. W, 2. Evans. NJ. b
Brooks and II. A. Kelley of Portland. W
q. Bu.weli Of Dover, Y. A. knoxlton oil
Fairfield and q. W. Hatehins Of Water
vile.
The folio wing gentlemen were proposed
for membership in the society. W. g.
Marshall. Orono; r. g. McColIom. Deer
49, II. A. Msnsheld, Jonesport; s. r.
Whitu.Y. Cslsi.. Fred II. Moor. Calais
q. II. wslling IT., Msehias; G.. W. Bates
winthrop, l. 8. Chilcott. Bangor, T
Prescott Morey, Bangor +. o. Stoddard
South Berwick +. +. Graves. Saco.
The evening was devoted to discussion
Of general topics and to an able address b.
the president OF the society, Dr. William
McDsyid! H. said in substance:
In addressing my fellow co-laborers Of
the dental profession do no; expect 10
teach them anything new. but rather II any
thing. to hold up oil things in a new light
soiomon was pretty nearly right when hs
said There Is nothing new u0der the sun
You may some Of you take exceptions Il
Soiomons statement and say he dldnt hap
pen 10 live in the nineteenth century. IL he
had he wouldn't have made such \ foolish
statement, We brsg Of the great 'inven
tons Of the age, such as the telegraph, tel.
cpbone, etc, but I AN not so sure but shA
all Of these so called modern invention,
were used by the Chinese and Egyptian,
centuries before the dawn OF written his
tory. Dentistry Itself ia an old art. ane
almost a lost one until the brains and enter
prise and demands of modern age rouset
IL from it slumher of ages and restored II tt
"a. .
tian mummy dragged from its resting place
of ages, By sacrilegioas hands, reveals to N
the secrets of past age We learn from
these specimens Of preserved flesh and
bones that teeth we're filled with gold ant
other material. ssd that artificial substitute,
were inse rted away back in those old days
And suspect that even Adam had to 10 !
little dental work upon the teeth of hi
wife. Eve. II thew hvrd 20 the good old
age that Bible history tells US the,
did, their teeth must have It
the nature Of things become deosyed o.
loosened in their sockets and 80 extraction
In some ~ay must have been Necessity
And here let me offer plea in behalf o
the mechanical part of our business. Tier
Is tendc icy upon the part Of many in on
profession to draw nice distinction be
tween tho surgical and mechanical part o
II. rather beittlipg the latter and relegatiuj
the same To the hired man Or the Office stu
dent. Well, suppose the word mechani
does jar hsrshly upon the ears OF some
We know that during the late unpleasant
ness between the North ard Sonth tn
Southern ehiyslry, go called, contemptu
ously dubbed US greasy mechanics. Bu
after all, our business is largely meehsni
cal. The surgeon Is a mechanic. He ma,
he on higher plane IN the estimation o
the world than the carpenter who puts
ahirgie on barn. but If he saws off
shattered limb snd ties up the hleedin
arteries. what else ia bu, mechanic. II
be sure the body ia nicer piece o
mechanism than the barn and requires TIL
exercise Of more kill 20 handle but th'
difference il only in degree. The black
smith who put. a tire on wheel or bel
through shaft is not to b
compared with the mechsni
Who adjusts lens to a telescope. Tn
God Who fashioned the universe and eanse'
world upon world to revo!ye through inilnit
space IL a mechanic He constructed tha
most unique and complicated piece Of me
chsnisn, man. and set the machinery il
motion to run ill some unforeseen scciden
should break the shsfting. or I'll tim
.hoald sesr out the gearing Then let u
q. dentists not be ashamed of being Gale
mechanics We can give dignity to GU
calling IL we only will.
We are confronted sometimes with tn
assertion that dentists 10 not know how 4
properly administer enestheties, a, leas
ether and chieFofnrm. without the assist
snce Of phvsicisn. Some will say 80
course you give ass which Is perfect
harmless. but yru 10 no. give ether ~i'hou
the presence Of physicisn.
Well Why not7 The educated dentist an
mcan-hy that the operator whoi is educate
IN tina. best Of schools, the school Of expe
renee IL Just ne compstcnt, | claim,
administer the different snesthetlc' So 10 IN
phy sician, ard perhaps more 50. a
he must OF necessity give them often
CT. lie wieiis this wonderful Go
given honr with a skilled hand feclin
condolences in his own ability to carry III
patient through in spite of any emerueuc
waich may arise. Ard yet he prefers {
hsve a physician present Not because b
does 20, know how % u'e It property, br
because /. removes the responsibility froF
his own shoulders 70 those OF the physictss
aud, a. there is no seso.utr safety in IN
administration Of any ki-d of sncsthelt
he fcels that the rhy siesn's reausata
would suffer less in The puhlic's estimation
in csse of accident, tbsn you'd his ewn.
Aud in speaking of anesthetics, ~o'
bout local sneslhet;cs. The uos,rams sol
under the head Of 'ccsl aaes,hctscs are, I
far as the extraction Of tte,h is conosrne'
shunbug, Tie removal Of pain, eusirei.
by these spplicstioss is 10 my mind IN
possible, Perhaps the most successful va
Of extracting hy local saes.aesia is with ,
hypelcrmis Injection ot cocsiur. An
THIS hiring. ns TO the travelling street dent.
who prefends &c snsstheiiTe the gums. II
is the qpsck per crttiisRee of the DENT
profession. far ahead Of his hfothsr 9usci
ne .hs me l,..nt r,rnt.. sainn- III