The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-13

novel and interesting.
T. Ii; Townsend of Los Angeles, in the
ether clinic, gave the practical workings
OF an original inhaler very satisfactorily,
and =. j. K9iowlton of this city produced
In short order continuous gum denture.
r. a. Metcalf of Sacramento. IN his eX-
perlments, showed the beauties Of ambi-
dexterity In dentistry. c. L. Goddard OF
this city concluded the clinic with the
manufacture and explanation Of the uses
Of the;Jxckson crib.
At the regular session of the congress In
the afternoon Academy of Sciences Hall
was filled with delegates and visitors, aud
when We'd y ounger. the newly elected
president. stepped to the front of the plat
form he:WRs greeted with applause. lie
said that it was with peculiar pride and
.thAnkfQ ln-ess he stood before the meeting
as a president Of the first meeting of
dentists On the Pacific Coast. For the
last thirty years, he said. California has
contributed to the field of dental practice
more thap any other State in the Union,
and more than any other country.
.. Dentistry. he said, called for the eXeT-
else OF more talents than any other pro-
fesslQn-the skill of an artist, the knoWl-
edge Of a physician, the eye of painter
and the exactitUde of the mechanic. He
told a pretty little story of an animal in
Aust LA: which was neither bird, beast
nor fish, though partly each. Scientists
were puzzled to classify it, and dear pub
lie In. IT'S Righteousness was pleased to see
no. resenrbiance in this makeup TO the
dentist; except it might be to the bill.
Dsntstry is but the growth of fifty
years, but in that time has advanced to a
plane with:surgery. L was left to Amer
ica:to 'expandit into q science.
q. 'Ehe: imam who neglected attending the
q fcg q M n al al
and would soon wake up to find that he
had been passed In the race for superiority
by men " hOm he had looked upon with
:: disda{ni:: lie asked that the members of
:tGe. session IN meeting here. not for them
:gelKeS ALONE but for the cause of human
ity,tQ enter upon the deliberations with
out acrlTnOny and with the spirit of ad.
vancement. He went on 10 dilate upon
D. the advantages of association and the con-
sequ en- eXehange Of IDEAS, and said perhaps
sotilethi1Eg good would come out of the
pfesgnt meatings. "Who knows ?'' he con-
ctuded. God make it 500
Science in Dentistry" was the title of
paper read by Dr. Eugene r. Talbot of
.Chtc3gO. :DentIstTy in America has been
- 2 natuEal growth, keeping pace with the
demands Of the people. The art owes
more 0,AmericR than 10 any other country,
as 70 " it1essed by the success of American
d61Nsts. abroad. The time has come, the
EpeAeT: Thought, for dentists to take a
higher stand and elevate this specially
Americans are not behind their foreign
ErethIen:1n the ability TO do work-all the
other. facilities are as broad, but Americans
are: " aJating in the scientific spirit and
atn<o sphere, which is the encourager of
scientific research. The business spirit is
upperm dst and il is not kept sufficiently in
mind that wisdom is the particular thing
and That ''in all our gettings we should get
undeTS. audipg." The time will come be
hoped. when this spirit would come and
huTdTeus of students would cross the At
laniic to gather wisdom at the feet of the
mahatmas Of dentistry of this side. AS
step in this direction he advocated the
requirement of a medical education by the
d en- fist ds one of the desirable means.
"'rhe Relation of Dentistry TO Medi-
cine" by DR.. George IL. Chance of Portland,
Or. was very interesting paper. He
said that medical men had been won't to
look upon dentistry as a purely mechan-
ical art. NO matter upon what ground this
had been based, be said in the future it
would be a scientific art. He reviewed the
history Of dentistry from the time Of
,HeEodotus to the time Of Dr.. John Hunter,
whom. he said might be called the father of
English dentistry, and bringing it down in
America to the present day to show that
the progress Of the art owes nothing to
medical.men.
.':.AfteF: taking some humorous liberties
with the medical profession DR.. Chance
said that dentistry is science applied 10
dental and oral surgery. Dentistry is the
development of a high human civilization
and: is"Dot medical legacy. There were
still many. defects. but methods were i'm
proving by avoiding old errors.
He suggested a remedy for these asperi-
lies ana antagODisms betweeh the medical
practitioners and the dentists in a mutual
education OF the two branches of the heal
ing art. to such an extent as to overlap
each others knowledge and make COM
mon working mind, and hat the coming
medical man study uD teeth.
:. He asked that committee be appointed
by thfs congress to adopt and present res0-
buttons to the various medical colleges ask
ing that a class of dental histology and
dental pathology be endowed in each in
stitution, so that the graduates might be
better able to cooperate with the dentist
OF to-day.
=. DR.: S. E.. Knowles Of this city led the
discussion on these two papers. He could
see no reason for antagonism between
medicine and dentistry. lie did not blame
p. the physicians so much for the stand they
had taken, as he thought the dentists had
sought TO be recognized without comply
ing with the requirements they demand
ffem' other specialists; and he really
:: thought that dentists ought to give up the
. idea Of practicing their art as a branch of
= meaicine.
w. G. a. Bonnell of Philadelphia made
an address on "a New Era in Dental
. Progress" 10 which he began with the
statement that be came from a medical
family, and had graduated in medicine.
but that he had never followed the pro-
: fession, prefeTrlng dentistry as an exact
:: science. His subject was in general line
with the two preceding papers, and the
discussion following consumed the re-
: naming hours of the afternoon.
"Ihe Conservation OF Interdental Space"
was the title Of the first paper of the even
ing session. 1t was written by r.. A.
LHn dy OF Hong-KOng, China, and read nv
Secretary King. 1t was purely technical.
but seemed quite interesting 10 the CON.
: eress Discussion on the paper was
. Opened by T. w. Bliss of Santa Cruz. He
=. held that the best way to conserve inter
:. dental space was by contour filings, crowns
or bridges.
...Practical Suggestions" by DIR. Charles
E. Francis Of New York was read by r. w.
Meek of Oakland. w. +. Burkhart of
Tacoma read a paper. THE Extent OF
Remuneration in Dental Tissues" DR.. S.
J: Barber Of Portland, Or, followed in
:. discussion.
:. A paper on Soon posite and Com bination
Fillings" by j. Foster Flagg OF Philadel-
phia; a former well-knOwn Californian,
was.read by w. f. Lewis of Oakland aud
. was hailed as one of The cearest of the
session.. L. Van Orden of this city. George
H. Chance and S. j. Barber Of Portland.
Or. j. G. Mccoy Of Santa Ana, w. e.
BITkhart of Tacoma, A. G. Hart OF this