New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-28


To appreciate properly the well earned fame of
| American dentists live abroad for a time
at least. Their admitted superiority to their fellow
craftsmen of other nations is as marked as is the
more lately conceded pre-eminence of our daring
| and original masters of operative surgery.
A branch of the dental profession is the sup
| plementing of the ravages of old age or disease
| or accident by means of false teeth. These are
set in plates, carefully fitted the conforma
of the mouth, Of various substances more or less
adapted to the purpose. About half century ago
rubber-the process known vulcanizng was
into the dentists laboratory, and from itsplastic
PgopeGqes and from the ease With which it could
fayorite.
| Not long, however after the adoption of rubber
prevalence of indigestion, chronic sore throat, neu-
/ tract; accompanied by nfamed conditions of the
glands Of the mouth This dePlorable state Of
affairs, it was discovered, could be entirely eradi
Gated by the prompt removal of the vulcanite rub
plate PfF plate and the substitution therefor of gold
Reasoning emprically from effect to cause, the
disease" Dental associations took the matter
! up and discussed and redscIssed H. Said
Professor Homer Judd, of St Louis, at a congress
of the American Dental Association in 1S7O There
| is no one engaged in extensive practice who will
! not find cases of this rubber disease 1t is of
many cases in which half the arch is filled with a
but after few months H you 1a viii s the
mouth, you will find 1t soft and spongy.
uch train ' of Inc eas R
Ra1 of one Of the g9 ob6 d9 a t
and, as always happens when such cerebral excite
! pest results. He reasoned that there could be
nothing inherent in the composition or the rub
mouths of those using them. And yet they die
evidently disease The Truth therefore must
Now. between the date when rubber began
Dr. DAILY began his scientific investigation of the
troubles induced by it there had been launched into
ing bearings upon human life and human interests
Org, or bacterioiogy once the light Of this
lamp of knowledge was shed upon the mystery the
SO many wise heads for a generation was made so
clear that he who might read.
Rubber as 1t is cast in form to meet the shape
of the mouth, is, under the microscope seen
sort for millions upon millions of deleterous bac-
e9ns6 With its an Moisture 4d IT eana
the scientists best arrangements for mcrobe cult
families are raised and in their turn are gathered
not TO their fathers, but to the minute cells OF the
porous rubber which is soon charnel house OF cor
This State of affairs aside from its oathsomeness
means that at the very source through WhG en- an
the alimentary supplies of the body are drawn
faint Every particle Of food ' Every drop of drink
Of the m6nh hroa and stomach
Gold, silver and porcelain afford no hiding places
and porcelain are unsuitable for other reasons:
while gold is too costly for the vast majority OF
Here Dr. pals scientific training and inboTn t n
genuty worked hand in hand win. as result 'ile
practical overcoming of all difficulties. lie dIsGQE
! cred and patented a process OF coating the dental
plate with pure gold. affordnE no holding
ground for bacteria and absolutely lmperVlous 70 an
| moisture thus afordng all the advantages OF a
gold plate at one-sixth or oneseYenth or me cost
known tc call for any comm ent here. He has
| demonstrated MS process before many dental as
sociations and colleges So favoraby have his
! they been Endorsed by the leading lnStruct td
IN dentistry that they have oeen nncoiPp p n
| structed. and thus form part OF the curriculum
| in all the recognized schools - - -.,,ara, and
! so vital interest, the process OF the diHusl0h OF
knowledge through the schools alone Is al 49, tJo
Material Metal Covering Company, by well known
men of affairs whose names alone are SsstI illC7
of the solidity and business methods OF tne cor
poratoa, as we'll as an attestauoT Oh toIIiiee,ire
portance of DR.. Days process The t Ti,
gentlemen are directors: General samuel dnI P5
capitalist. so Broa 1way New-York CliS: y ~
master-General Thomas L; James president OF me q
! Lincoln National Bank, New York City; John b,
York Central and Hudson River Railroad Son-
pany; William H. Davol. Esq. president OF the
Brooklyn Brass and Copper COMPANY lQg Johs ~
| St. New York Sas B butcher, Esq, president or
/ the Hamilton Trust Company, or bTookIyh; , T-u-
ward Barr ESQ. ex-treasurer OF the broo S
! York; Thomas G. Condor ESQ. capitallst, 90
| Beaver St. New York; D. D. Whitney, ex-Mayor
| Insurance Company, of New York; ex-United
States Pension Commissioner Dion Murphy
Building, New York: Marx Z. Hardy. Esq, OF the
law firm OF Logan. Demond Hardy "a william
the BeSran pTE hrecory Company and executor
of estate OF Michael W. Divine: Park Row Build
Ing New-YoEk; A. d. HeaTn. New-1 ORR City DIT
Mr.. J. De Lyon Howth, president of the Biograph-
cal Directory Company. Park Row Building. New
Il is the plan OF this company 70 keep the control
OF their valuable patent entirely IN taeir own hands
open offices IN every city and considerable town in