The San Francisco call., 1897-07-15
DOCTORS WORK
AS THEY TALK
Dental Congress at the
Clinics of Yesterdays
Session.
Eight Papers Read and Discussed
in the Afternoon and
Evening.
Three Sessions Will Be Held To-Day,
Concluding the Congress Pro-
gramme.

The morning session OF the Pacific
Coast Dental College began promptly at
o'clock yesterday, and it consisted en-
tireIy of clinics, both operative and me-
chanical.
The operative clinics were By F. c.
Prague on "a administration of Nitrous
Oxide; Clyde Payne. Local Anesthe-
sia"; F. L. Platt, "The Restoration Of
Contour With Amalgam"; Russell H.
Cool, 'Pyonhea Alveolaris'; w. a. Bry-
ant, New Method of Making Retaining
band"; A. Nj. Barker of San Jose, Bridge
Work That Will Not Result in Gingivitls
and Ultimate Los of Piers; S. +. Gill
bert of Philadelphia, "Cataphoresls" /;
Max Sichel, use OF Sichel's New Dental
Alloy; A. J. Litcbfield of Healdsburg,
CAL, Method of Fitting and Setting
Logan Crowns"
The prosthetic clinics were by l.. E.
Custer of Dayton, Ohio, (a) The Electric
Oven for Continuous Gum Work; (6l
"Fusing Platinum; l. w. Hays Jr. OF
Grass Valley, Cal, "Gold Crown; C. E.
Post, Restoration OF Cutting Edge of
Central Incisor with Porcelain; l. L..
White, Seamless Gold Crown"
These clinics are the practical work OF
the congress, and the dentists are taking
a great deal of in terest in them. The op-
eretions were watched with the closest at
tention to the end, those of Drs. Cool,
Payne and Platt being the most interest
ing of the operative clinics. Dr. l.. L..
White, in his mechanical clinic, pre-
sented some new methods, which called
forth favorable comment.
An hour of the afternoon session, which
convened at 1 o'clock, was taken up in
discussion OF the operations seen at the
morning session.
GrGt faH hu n v
c. Payne, VINO had been assigned the SUBJ
iect, "Incidents of Office Practice" Then
he changed to bad Habits" and enumer-
ated as some of the bad habits of a dentist
the use of Intoxicating liquors and cigar
cites, having untidy offices, not keeping
himself neat and careless work. Drs.
Corwin, Scott, Whitney. Love. league
and Reed joined IN the discussion.
DR.. L. Z. Leonard Of Waseca, Mimi,
read d technical paper on 1.-The Prepara-
ton, Measurement and Filling of Occlusa-
Approximal Cavities" 1t called forth
considerable discussion from D9s. Platt,
Goddard, Barber, Van Orden, Payne and
Holt.
The Application of Electric Railroad
Current to Dental Use" was described by
DR.. II. w. Moore of Santa Barbara. Drs
Custer and De Crow discussed the paper
and described their apparatus. The pa
per by DR.. q. P. Parker of Santa ca w, on
Bleaching Devitslized Teeth with Pyro-
zone" was a description of his manner OF
performing the operation. DR.. Payne
opened the discussion, and was followed
by Drs. Moore, Merriam, Post, Goddard,
Platt. Whitney, O. Connell and Waite.
The last paper OF the afternoon was DR..
Clyde Paynes on Evolution of the Gold
Tooth Crown" 1t was one full of data,
tracing the gold crown from Its first use
in 1873 by DR.. John Beers of this City up
to The present method oil DR.. L. L. White,
also of San Francisco.
Dental Juris isprudence' was the title of
the paper presented by DR.. f. H. MetcaIf
of Sacramento in the evening. Drs. God
dard, Moore, Scott and Chance discussed
the paper.
DR.. c. L. Goddard illustrated his paper
on THE Canine Tooth in Comparative
Anatomy" with an exhibition Of skulls
and lantern slides. In replying 10 a ques-
ton from Dr.. Chance as to what relation
his paper had to the theory OF evolution,
DR.. Goddard replied that evolution was,
in his opinion, no theory, but an estao-
lished fact.
state Dental Laws-Eficient and Def
cient," by DR.. Edgar Palmer OF Denver,
concluded the evenings programme.
After a discussion by Drs. Prague and
Barber the congress adjourned.
The members OF the congress took din
HtT together ldSI evening at the Day St8Ie
restaurant. 1t was an entirely informal
affair for the purpose OF the doctors be-
coming better acquainted socially, and
was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
The programme committee has so ar
ranged the list of papers and clinics that
they will all be completed in the three
sessions to-day. Clinics will be the pro-
gram me for this morning, at which time,
by special request, DR.. Russell Cool will
CiU Of 7 fy,ro
Papers this afternoon and evening will
conclude the congress.
At special m eetIng of the trustees OF
the State Dental Association, held just
before the congress met last evening, DR..
William J. Younger was elected delegate
to the International Medical convention
at Moscow. The congress has been in.
vited by the faculty of the University OF
California Dental College to attend the
commencement exercises of that college
which are to be held at Metropolitan Hall
tonight.