The San Francisco call., 1897-07-14
MANY DENTISTS
TN THE CITY
The Pacific Coast Dental
Congress Meeting in a
Four Days Session.
A Number Of Interesting Papers
Read at the Three Meetings
Yesterday.
The Congress Will Visit Mount Tam
alpais as Guests of the Recep-
tion Committee.

The Pacific Coast Dental Congress con-
vened yesterday in the lecture room OF the
University of California College of Den
t;stry, and will continue in session until
Friday.
There are in attendance at the meeting 6
about 200 dentists from the coast and a
number from the East.
The congress had its origin in 1894 at
the Midwinter Fair Dental Congress. At
that time a committee was appointed
to form an organization, choose officers
and arrange for convention. The meet
ings which began yesterday are the out
come of the arduous labors of he COM
mittee, and the mem bers are we'll satisfied
with the result.
The chairman of the com mittee, DR.. G.
L. Goddard, called the meeting to order
yesterday morning, and in a brief ad-
dress gave history of the organization
of the congress and named the officers.
President, Dr. S. j. Barber, Portland, Or.
vice president, ]. NJ. Whitney, Honolulu,
II. l.; secretary general, Il. w. Meek,
Oakland, Cal
DR.. S. j. Barber of Portland was then
introduced as president of the congress,
and read his address, which was received
with enthusiasm bv the me m bers. At the
conclusion of his address he named as
honorary presidents: Drs. II. L. Met
cali, Sacramento; R. H. Cool, San Fran
cisco; Cecil Corwin, Oakland; III. D..
Noble, San Francisco; G. HI. Chance,
Portland; H. G. Richards, J. A. w.
Lund borg, San Francisco, n. A. Cox,
Portland, and W. H. Cavell Carson, New.
An original poem, written for the occa-
hrrf fho oy1fh 1r
Fl. Chance of Portland. An invitation
from the reception committee to visit
Mount Tamalpais on Friday was accepted
by the convention.
After the election OF DR.. William J.
Younger of Chicago as delegate from the
congress to the dental section of the medi-
cal meeting at Moscow in August, the
congress adjourned till o'clock in the
afternoon.
up by the reading of papers and their dis
cussion. The papers were: "1mplanta-
tion," by Russell Il. Cool of San Francis
CO. Discussion opened by w. A. Bryant.
"Irrig alton and Drainage of the Au-
trune." by E. L. Townsend of Los An
geles was read by W. F. Lewis, who opened
the discuss on.
Causes and Symptoms of Autral Dis
ease, with History of Cases i'll Point" by
H. P. Carlton, San Francisco. Discussion
opened by N. R. Cox.
"Arrestins Decay in the Teeth" by W.
j. Prather. Fresno. d scussion opened by
w. A. Cumming, Portland.
President Barber called the congress to
order at 30 for the evening session and
introduced DR.. w. A. Bryant of San Fran
cisco, who presented the first paper. His
subject was "Cleft Psate."
pain ess Dentistry" was the paper read
by DR.. Clyde Payne.
DR.. Warren De Crow of San Jose read a
witty poem entitled Dental Damnables. {"
DR.. Chance denounced the advertising
quack in strong terms and announced his
intention OF Withdrawing from the con-
gress if two of these who were attending
the meetings were allowed to remain. Dr.
Chances remarks were quite forcibe and
were called forth by the fact that TWO ad-
vertisine dentists had made application for
mem bership in the congress and were re.
fused admittance, but were allowed to at
tend the sessions.
Clinical operations form the programme
for this morning and there will be mum
Der of interesting lectures. This after
noon and evening the sessions will con-
sist Of the reading of papers. OF which
there will be eight.
During the congress the Stomatological
Cub is keeping open house at their rooms,
As OFarreli street, and invite all visiting
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