The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-15
.SHARP At TA.CK
ION 0.STE0PATH.S.
President Of Dental Association
Says Many People Regard
Them as Takers.
CONVENTION a; OPENS HERE {:
Dentists Want to Be Recognized
as Specialists Of Medicine
and Surgery.
CONVENTION s: n j: OPENS HERE I: s:
Dentists Want to Be Recognized

Along with important recommends.
tons. President Edward Eggleston,. OF
the Virginia State Dental Association
made a sharp attack on osteopaths in
\ his annual report submitted to the
lthirty-ninth annual convention yes
lterday. declaring that while they were
regarded by many people as takers
they were officially recognized and
permitted to practice by the Legisla-
| Interest, however, to his colleagues
was the plea for educated dentists and
the desire that they be recognized as
specialists in medicine and surgery.
Need Medical Education.
In discussing this phase Of the ques-
ton, DR.. Eggleston said:
Now Nov we come to consider the most Vita
mater which dentists or members Of any
confronted.
II refer to the fact that dentists to-day
arc neither educated or recosnlzed rs spe-
Cinlists In medicine md surgery, although
! 1t Is certain no ono can deny TINT they are
exactly that. We must stand out boldly for
Ne recGgniton OF dentists. or oral special,
surgery, first by an act OF the Legislature.
and, secondly, by q revision of our system OF
education.
"rl,e most remarkable fact recorded In the
history of any branch Of the healing art Is
that we. who have full charge Of the oral
md nstltalohal, WHICH, manifest Themselves ya
there, have for more tllnn half century
remnined content, or apparently content, to
doctors only in name, while cvery other
branch Of the profession has been recognized
MS legitimate specially Of medicine or
paths.
Some who have Interior motives for try
ing to prevent this recognition. by any pos
have tried to advance the argument that 1t
must be postponed. or that we must ask the
consent Of the National Association OF Fncul-
legislation.
ply asking the question. What did the os-
tion?,
although many Of us look upon the os-
the Virginia LEGISLATURE recognized every one
OF them who had license to practice,
,,,ne, . TREY had college degree OF any
or practitioners Of the healing nrt.
How can any mnn In the fnce of these
facts claim that we, who have charge Of
human organism, cannot ask and receive at
TIC hands OF our Legislature as much az
they tthe legislators) have conceded to the
The situation is not only embarrassing
to self-respecting man. but 1t initiates
In an untold measure against our service
men.
we cannot hope to secure the high es-
teen Of the public and the intimate co.
sion unless we are recognized as q speciality
of that profession"
y Retain ad,,i,,o neE g s,i Committee.
ton President Eggleston made the fol-
lowing recommendations:
That the Committee on Legislation
be continued until the next annual
increased, SO as to include the present
members from the Richmond city So
ciety in order to facilitate the wov1
OF r the Committee ION or. on legislation.
be revised SO as to increase the au-
thority Of the president SO that he could
control the affairs of the association
G fSflng his term Of oiSe With the
committee consisting OF Drs. I. B.
smith, w. II. Pearson and J. ". Man
ming was appointed to receive and act
upon the report.
There were one hundred members
In attendance when the convention was
called to order at Murphy's Hotel at
s:so o'clock by Or. Eggleston. The
which the Mayor made the address Of Of
welcome. nm s ~ II
The afternoon session, opening at 8
Ing clinics: Shallow Cavity and Watts
Crystal Gold" Dr. w. Eggleston,
Richmond; Low Fusing and Porcelain
Inlay" DR.. c. T. sWomack, Martins
VILE; Cast Gold Inlay" DR.. A. Hume
Sprinkle: Culpeper, and Cast Inlay
kluco Metal, Steam PRESSURE" DR.. r..
M. Barrett, Norfolk.
The, evening session was taken up
entirely with the reading and discuss
sion Of the following papers: "Physt-
cal Diagnosis of the Heart and Lungs
in It's Relation to the administration
Of Anesthetics for Dental Operations"
w. Fl. O. aMcGehee, Richmond, Va;
Cooperative Dentistry" l.. M. Cowardi in
Richmond, Va; Dental Ceramics" Will
liam M. Sturges, Norfolk.
Program for To-day.
To-day's program beginning at $3.50
o'clock. will be: Papers-"Do we
Need New Dental school?"
e. F. Beadles, Danville, Va;
"The Importance OF Educating
Dentists With the ND. Degree" w.
Fl Moseley, South Boston, Va; report
Edward Eggleston, chairman:
Afternoon, oclock-Clinics: "Neu-
irocaine Pressure Anesthesia and Imme-
sdiate Roof Fllling," B.. B. Detwiler,
Herndon, Va; Cast Gold Filling by
Steam Pressure" L. d. Pitcher. Peters,
burg, Va; "a New Method Of Forming
Hollow Patterns for Cast Inlays.
Crowns and Crown Bases, Showing the
Reproduction in the Cast w ork, w. X.
Reynolds. Salem, Val cher's Enamel
Filling and Gold Inlay,"J l. :, Walker'
Norfolk ;s"Orthodontia,," M. =. Cowardin,
Richmond, Va. IS, !,
be = rendered re eA BANQUET ,elu BY the Rich.
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