The times., 1899-06-09
THE DENTISTS, CONVENTION.
Clinics, Essays. and Discussion DC
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The second day of the triunion meeting
of the District of Columbia Dental Socisty
and the Maryland and Virginia State Den
tai Associations was opened yesterday
morning at thea3ashington Dental Co lege.
The day was fed letter one for the dele
gates to the convention, and great inter-
est was exhibited in all of the features On
the programme The session opened with
long list of clinics. and the day closed to
find the dentists around a festive board
enjoying their annual banquet.
The interest of the morning session cen
tired in the Clinics and a long and varied
programme had been prepared. Each
clinician brought with him his instruments
and his patient, and many practical e.ron-
strations in modern surgical dentistry "e-e
given. Operating chairs were placsd at
many points on the second floor of the
building, and as the clinicians worked and
explained. the observers offering sugges-
tons The first operation was performed
by r. Ottolengui, OF New York, who in
serted two porcelain filings.
The teeth were cleaned and scraped and
the porcelain baked and inserted in prop
er style, while DIR. Ottolengui explained the
relative value of various methods.
S C. Pennington, of Baltimore extracted
teeth by new painless method. h Phil
lips, of Baltimore. gave a demonstration of
making Impressions for partial dentures
with a plaster and modelling compound.
William L. Fish, of Newark. N j., gave
an interesting clinic. showing the use of
serrated gold for masticating surfaces on
caps and bridges.
The local dentists who performed oper-
ations were H. B. Noble. who gave a DEM
onstration of the Jackson system of cor
recting Irregularities; W. N Cogan, who
performed general work. and w w Evans.
who gave an exhibition of prosthetic work
in celluloid
Ashwell C. Brewer, Joseph Roach, S. De
Leon Avery. .and James X. Burgess, all of
Baltimore, gave interesting exhibitions in
various branches of dentistry Nearly $50
dentists attended the clinics.
At the close of the morning session the
visitors went to the Medical Museum where
the nerves of the head and face were care
fully studied and discussed.
The afternoon session convened at 2
O'Clock and was devoted to the reading of
papers. C. W. Richardson NJ D., of
Washington, presented valuable paper
on the abscess of the antrum. which
caused much discussion. R. Ottolengui, of
New York. gave talk on porcelain work,
and e. c. Duck, of Baltimore read a pa
per on the use of nitrate of silver in oper-
ative dentistry. Other papers were dis
cussed at length. A large number of la
dies were present during the afternoon
session.
One OF the instructive features of the
meeting was the elaborate exhibit of the
various dental appliance firms of the coun-
try Some of these were the finest COL
iections ever shown in this city. The an
nuai banquet OF the association was held
at Cabin John Bridge last night The
members LETT the city on special cars at
$50 and an elaborate menu had been pre-
pared.
About 100 dentists were present Mt the
banquet which was held on the balcony
OF the hotel at Cabin John Bridge The
long space allotted to the association was
made beautiful with flowers and jncan-
descent lamps, and the tables were a
blaze of color. At $50 the guests formed
into line and sat down TO partake of the
enjoyable dinner which had been prepared
Williams Donnally acted as POSTMASTER
and explained the full meaning of the re-
union in a neat address of welcome He
was followed by DR.. R. Ottolengui, of New
York, who eomplimented the three asso-
Citations on the remarkable success of the
third annual triunion. DR.. Ottoiengui
stated that he had found Washington to
be the most hospitable city in the country
He had not been. allowed to spend one cent,
he stated, and everywhere he went he
found that his bills had already been pre-
paid. Even the price of a Turkish hath
had been denied him and he was confident
that the National Capital was the best city
in the country.
The speeches were all of an informal Ia
ture and were delivered by ]. D. Thomas
Philadelphia; William S. Fish, Newark
N. j.; E. X. Wedelstaedt st. Paul, Mimi;
Clarence Grieves, Baltimore. Md; Charles
Steele, Richmond, Va: d. II. Smith, Bal
timore; Richard Grady, Washington; H.
B. Noble. Washington; A. Douglass Nc
Conachee Baltimore: W. n. Cogan. Wash
ington; j. T. Allen, Washington. and NJ.
G. Sykes, Ellicott City, Md. d. Genese,
of Baltimore, rendered musical selection
in an enjoyable manner, and the crowd
INDUCED in several stirring choruses.
The banquet was great success in every
way and the visitors We're highly pleased
with Washington as a meeting place.
The final session will be held this morn
ing at 8 80, when the following programme
of papers will be read: E. C. Kirk, Phila-
delphia, Pa, subject to be announced;
E. K Wedelstaedt st. Paul, Mimi, "A
Few Words about ProXimal Cavities in BIZ
cuspids and Molars;" W. H. II. Thackston,
Farmyille, Va, The Code of Professional
Ethics" Clarence j. Grieves, Baltimore,
Md.,"A Case of Progressive Dental Resorp-
tion;" w H. Ewarld Portsmouth Va,
Logan Crown, W. w Evans Washing
ton, D. c., "Prosthetic Dentistry.