The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-13
HOW IT IS DONE.
Dental Clinics Will Be Held
Tomorrow.
Will Be Under Direction of the
State Board.

Today is the real busy time for the
members of the Kansas Dental assoc
citation and the lobby and parlors of
the Copeland hotel have been crowded
by the members of the profession and
their friends who are interested in the
work being DONE This is one asso-
citation which holds it's meetings an
nually for the purpose of hard work
and with a view of lettering the con-
dition of the members, and increasing
their general knowledge of dentistry.
Every available space about the
hotel is occupied with displays of some
kind or other from the dental supply
houses of the country, and the number
and magnificence of these displays in
dictates the importance of the affair to
the heads of the supply houses. Dur
ing the morning hours half dozen
demonstrations are in progress at the
same time, the interest at such times
being intense.
Some of the doctors have offered
themselves as subjects and the work
which is done on teeth at meeting of
this kind is something of which the
possessor may we'll feel proud. The
operator approaches his victim with
fear and trembling for he knows that
the eyes of dozen or more of his
fellow practitioners are upon MIN ana
the work he is doing.
There is nothing about the average
dentist indicating excessive modeSty
when it comes to criticls1ng the work
of a fellow doctor on an occasion of
this kind. DIR. Willis Coston insists
that a dentist is a human being and
entitled to be treated as such though
there is no record that a statement to
the contrary has been made at the
meeting.
However the treatment that some
of the dentists have received at the
hands of their fellow doctors would
seem to indicate that they are a rough
lot. DR.. Coston has been conspicuous
for his absence when clinics from
the doctors assembled have been call
ed for and the members of the assoc
citation insist that there is reason for
this. He was one of the promoters
of the badger" fight arranged last
night.
This affair is one of the stock enter
tainments of James Chappelle of the
Copeland hotel and never fails to rur-
nish an abundance of amusement for
the guests of the hotel and the mem
bers of the party selected to witness
the affair. Owing to the activity of
the members of the Humane society of
late, Mr.. Chappelle was careful in Sc
lecting his part for the affair which
was arranged for last night.
The man who was selected to un-
loose the dog was selected from the
on account of his "rube" appearance
though he was in reality the "wise
guy" who touched off the fireworks.
The dentists who had witnessed badger
fights are wondering this morning who
was the victim last night.
The state dental board will hold it's
annual clinic the remainder of the
week commencing tomorrow morning
at o'clock at the parlors of the Cope
land hotel. This is an annual event
which affords those living in the VI
cinity of Topeka an opportunity to
have hundreds Of dollars worth of
work done free of charge and that
under the supervision of the state
board of dental examiners.
Clinics are badly wanted though a
number have notified the boaAd that
they will be on hand for the opening
meeting Thursday morning. The work
done at these meetings must meet with
the approval of the members of the
some member Of the board and the OPP
orator denied the coveted parchment
which permits him to practice dentis-
try In the state.
The front parlor Of the Copeland
hotel bore strong resemblance to the
casting department of a foundry this
morning when half dozen small fur
naces were melting compounds which
were moulded into plates, teeth, fill
ings and kindred dental supplies.
One of the casting experiments
which has held the attention of the
dentists since they have been in To-
peka is in charge of DR.. D. D. Camp
bell, Instructor of technic in the Kan
sas City Dental college. His method
| of casting aluminium plates is as
| unique as it is simple though the cast
| ing of aluminium plates is ordinarily
regarded as difficult operation, with
| a special equipment which is expen-'
sive, to a prohibitive point.
| DR.. Campbell uses an ordinary num-
| Der three composition COW bell for his
casting operation. Into this his mould
| is placed and the aluminium poured or
| rather forced by air pressure. This
| air pressure operation is another
unique feature of the operation as the
cow bell is swung in a circle over the
| operators head much after the fash
| ion of small boy swinging a bucket
of water over his head and yet retain
| ing the contents. 1t is all so simple
| and seems so easy that it is more than
| likely that more cow bells will be- sold
| in Kansas within the next few weeks
| than have been sold during the past
year.
| The Kansas Dental association meet
| ing will close this evening, and will go
| on the records of the association as
/ another most successful in the his
tory of the association. A number of
papers will be read at the meeting in
representative hall late this afternoon
and evening and following the pro-
| gramme the officers for the ensuing
year will be selected and the place for
| next years meeting decided upon.
| The members of the association have
| a marked preference for Topeka as a
place for the annual meeting as the
fact that every meeting for years has
been held in this city. 1t is safe to
guess that next years session will
come to Topeka as has its predecessors.
I It guess it's the treatment that We
get when we come to Topeka that
makes us glad to come back here each
year." said one of the old members OF
the association. AT any rate l am il,
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