The Portland daily press., 1898-07-20

1lng-Mayor Randall's WeIcome-Ex-
Relations.
Dentists from all over the State are
here, participating in the Maine Dental
Society's annual meeting, which began
yesterday afternoon and will continue
through today. The place of meeting is
the hall in the Maine Eye and Ear n
Urinary.
The meeting was called to order, shortly
after O'Clock. Rev. DR.. Blanchard
offered prayer. and an address of well
come was delivered by Mayor Randall.
who said:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen-A few
days ago I received very courteous let
ter from your secretary, inviting me to
be present at your meeting today and say
a few words of welcome, and I assure
you it affords me great pleasure to do SO.
In behalf of the city of Portland, which
at present have the honor to. represent,
cordially welcome you.
The city of Portland is the principal
city in Maine, not only in population
and wealth, but also the principal centre
of all those societies and institutions that
go to make up the social life of our
commonwealth. We take great pride in
our splendid hospitals and institutions
of learning, and our societies of religion,
charity and brotherly love. And we are
glad to welcome to our midst all those
that are interested in these most worthy
objects. Today it affords us grent pleas
ure to welcome the members of the Maine
Dental Society. While I am not fully
ACC TAINTED with the object OF your meet
ing presume it is to discuss matters per-
tanning to your profession, which in the
last few years has made such rapid
strides, that today it seems to have al
the medical profession, it seems to me,
has done more for the comfort and gen.
eral health of our people than dentistry.
l heartily congra tulate you on the sue
cess that has attended your efforts for the
relief of suffering humanity in this direc
ton. Today I see no need of the people
suffering from troubles of the teeth, and
the many ills that follow therefrom.
Portland being the terminus of all the
railroad and steamboat lines in the State,
is especially convenient for a convention
of this kind. We desire TO make the city
the centre of the commercial, professional
and social Lille of the State. We desire
this in no spirit of rivalry of our sister
cities of the State, for we rejoice at the
FfCE lACIShSluS WtdlUil tluu prosperity VI
Bangor, the queen city of the East. We
are interested in the steady growth of the
great manufacturing city of Lewiston
and we are proud of the splendid ships
turned out by the great ship building
city of Bath. For we know that what
assists one rebounds to the benefit of all.
trust your meeting today will be pro-
ductive of much good to your profession,
and hope you will have the opportunity
to enjoy our beautiful city and visit the
many splendid resorts which have
sprung up in the last few years, and
which make Portland unique and with
out a rival III the land. I hope you will
enjoy your stay in the city and return
home well pleased with the result of your
meeting.
DR.. Mitchell, the president, was absent,
having recently moved to St. Adams,
VT. His annual address had been for
warded and was read by DR.. H. A.
Kelley, the secretary. 1t was, in sub
stance, as follows:
Gentlemen of the Maine Dental society:
With never ceasipg regularity the years
roll on and the members of this society
have net from time to time for confef-
ence and discussion until now we come
together for the 33d meeting. Thus a
third of a century has passed since this
society was formed and what wonder.
full advances the dental science has made
in that time. AS we look back over the
years we see the 10Th meeting of ourNso-
ciety standing out in prominence as
marking the quarter century. Few
societies are able to celebrate their Goth
birthday as did the Maine Dental, meet
ing in the same room Of the some college
building at Brunswick, and being called
to order Ey the same president who pre-
sided at the same meeting And in DR..
Bacon, that president, as he presided
there at that time l think we had liv-
ing example of the value of association
and active interest in society work.
Our dental societies with their papers,
clinics and discussions, the records of
which from the substance of our dental
Journals, ara a kind of post graduate
school which ever keeps those who will
attend and be benefited thereby, in ad-
vance of the old plodder who says he has
no time or use for the society. Is there
fession would have made the rapid
strides which it has, and would stand
where it does today had it not been for
the societies? Would our colleges or
our dental laws have been what they are
today had it not been5 for the societies?
In the state of Vermont where L am
now located | shall still view with in
1 bCT6Su tu0 WUIhlijSS VI UuS 1ubluC 6OClcby.
And now, gentlemen, l wish to take
this opportunity to thank you for the
honor you have conferred upon me by
electing me president Of this society, the
society which l shall always remember
as my native society, in the state of my
nativity.
In the absence of the president, Dr. T.
e. Tibbetts of Rockland presided. The
transaction of routine business occupied
but a few minutes, and the remainder OF
| the afternoon was devoted to addresses
and papers. Especially interesting was
the address of Hon. j. w. Symonds of this
city. or the subject, illegal Professiona
| Relations
He set forth thu relations between his
profession and that of his audience. The
dentist, he said, enters into contract
with his patient when the latter take:
q seat in the dental chair; the dentist
must be just what ne claims to be, ant
must be proficient in his work. The
liability of q dentist was next touched
upon, and the subject of malpractice dis
cUssed.
| Sreakinp of iury trials .Tudue Symond.