The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-03-16
DENTAL CON VENTION
OPENED YESTERDAY FORENOON
AT HARMONIC HALL.

New Haven Dental Associations First
Annual Assembly-Many Essays Read
Large observation-disclosures Ex-
Manifestations continue To-day.
The first annual convention of the
New Haven Dental association was
opened yesterday at Harmonic hall
with invocation by Rev. w. L. Phillips,
DID. DR.. Frederick w. Brown Of this
city, president of the association, made
his annual address, and Mayor Studley
rendered the visitors the freedom Of
the city.
The essayists, yesterday were:
William H. Metcalf, D. D. S., New
Haven, Physiological Chemistry, asst
Applies to Dentistry"
H. 'Everton Hosley, d. D. S., Spring
field, Mass, Practical Porcelain"
G. Lenox Curtis, NJ. D., New York
Surgical Diagnosis of Diseases of the
Mouth"
R. A. Mcdonnell, NJ. D.. New Haven,
THE x-Ray." Discussed by DR.. Will
liam Sprenger, New Haven.
r. Ottolengui, M. D. S., New York,
"a Few Failures With Pressure An
aesthesia and the Lessons Thereof"
Discussed by DR.. Gaylord and DR.. Ros-
enbluth.
The officers Of the Dental association
are:
President, DR.. F. w. Brown; vice
president, DR.. e. S. Gaylord; secretary,
DR.. E. Frank Cory; treasurer, DR.. H. A.
4 Spang; executive committee, DIR. ].
Tenney Barker, Dr.. A. F. Slater, DR..
F. c. Parsons.
The programme for to-day will open
at 2. M and is as follows:
Herbert Locke Wheeler, D. d. S., New
York city, Porcelain Art in Dentistry"
Discussed by DR.. Il. A. Bogue. Or. Ca
pom, and DR.. Metcalf.
Henry c. Booming, NJ. D., professor
of anatomy and surgery; surgeon of
the oral clinic; Philadelphia dental coll
lege. Some Views on the Treatment
of Fractures of the Lower Jaw" Dis
cussed by Or. VIM Carmalt, professor
of Surgery, Yale Medical school, and
DR.. j. E. Powers.
There will be many interesting clinics
during the day.
To the casual visitor, as well as to
the dentist, the unique display made
by the S. S. White Dental Manufac-
turing company, Philadelphia, New
York. Boston, Chicago, Brooklyn, Allan
ia, Rochester, Berlin, Germany, Blu
enos Ayres Or. A., st. Petersburg,
(Russa), Toronto (Canada). is inter-
esting. They have on exhibition a case
of Japanese curiosities, as related to
dentistry which 60 from here to the
st. Louis fair, showing how the Japan
ese 500 years ago carved out Of wood
dental plates. some with human teeth.
some with teeth Of stone and others
Of solid ivory; some with darkened
teeth, black as ink, also the dye with
which this was done is exhibited and
the brushes used. Also is shown ex-
tracing instruments OF those ancient
days, contrasted with modern Japanese
instruments. There also is morticu-
lator, chisels for wood, files, saws, ETC.,
for laboratory use. This Japanese ex-
hibit fills four cases. Then there are
twelve other cases of fine dental in
struments. showing cases finished in
gold and white. also an electric shunt,
inew model Wilkinson dental chair al
cohol lamps filling materials and a
special exhibit Iof fine porcelain teeth.
The Hammond electric furnaces for
porcelain work are here also displayed.
while in the hall below there is a no.
ticeable display made by various firms
throughout the country, viz: J. c. Co
hen, dental supplies, New York; W. v.
b. Ames, special inlay cement a. c.
Clark, dental furnishings, Chicago: De
Trey and Sons, "Solila," Philadelphia;
Horlick Food Co, Racine, wis. Hall &
Ruchel, Sozodont; Hance Brothers &
White, Phenol Sodique; Keasbey &
Mattison company, alkalithia, Amber,
Pa; Klewe & Co., porcelain enamel,
Portland Me-; Kress & owen, glyco-
thymoline; G. Kunitsky, rubber goods,
1 Hartford, Conn: the New Haven Gas
company, all kinds of gas appliances,
the new Witzel bur- c. H. Pinchas,
New York: The nerve extractor, the
Rex, st. Louis Refining Co., New York;
perfection gold plate, Samuel G.. Sup
lplee, ST4 Broadway, N. r.; "platine"
teeth, Gideon Sibley, Chicago; Stowe
& Eddy. the Ammonal Chemical Co.,
Ritter Co., of Rochester; "dioxogen,"
e. L. Washburn & Co, New Haven;
Gerhart Dental Co., Indianapolis.
Mrs. M. Z. Stillman's beautiful ex-
lhibit of her wonderful tooth powder
iendorsed by all the leading dentists,
fills an important spot in the exhibit
ton. 1t win repay anyone to see this
wonderful display of modern dentistry
OF LOCAL INTEREST.