The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-10
AMERICAN Den fists
ARE DOING WAR WORK
Ten Thousand Of Them Already
In the Service Those at
Home Are Helping.

ChicagO--Slx thousand Of the $4,000
dentists In America are in active mili-
tary service and 10000 Of these re-
naming at home are members OF the
preparedness league and have per-
formed more than 100000 dental ops
erations free of charge to permit young
men to pass strict military c2amina-
; tions. Members of the National Dem
, tai association from ali parts OF the
country are &c tflering here for a big
Win the War convention August s
, to 10, at which results already obtained
!; will be reviewed and plans discussed
Tor extending further aid to the gov
eminent. Ten thousand delegates are
expected to attend
The Canadian Dental association has
decided to attend in body instead Of
meeting in Canada this year. and this
will. give the convention an interna-
istiOnal character. A series s.of dental
clinics will he held. experts will give
especial attention to pyorrhea and
focal infection. the TWO teeth diseases
mostly feared by the public. and steps
= Will be taken to impress upon young
men the ACCESSIBILITY of consulting
dentists before entering military serv-s
Ice and thus relieving the great strain
on the army and navy dental corps.
Then will be taken up the art of
plastic surgery, which was developed
by the dentists to meet conditions
brought on by trench warfare. Start
ling results achieved in restoring
health and making normal the appear
ance Of men suffering serious face
wounds by means of plastic surgery
have given the dentists new dis
tinction.
Recognition of the Importance OF the
dentists work has led the military au-
thofities to place members of the pro-
fession in the service on full equality
with other members of the medical
corps and for the first time the dentist,
as well as the medical man, is eligible
to commission rs high as colonel.
The splendid response of the American
dentist to the demands of war ante
dates Americas entrance into the con-
flict. The preparedness league, found
ed and headed by DR.. J. w. Beach,
New York, was the outgrowth of VOL
untary and extended by group of
New York state dentists to Canadian
dentists. These Americans crossed into
Canada and contributed their services,
when the Canadian dental corps was
. having difficulty meeting the great de-
mands upon 1t.
League Members Busy.
Thousands of members Of the pre-
paredness league now are devoting
part Of their time TO the work of pre-
pairing men for military service. They
estimate the number Of free dental
operations will reach the 1000, 900 mark
! before the first of the year. The Psi
oAASSc, iCodAis, 0SItdl lIdlSlAllS, has
pledged every ORG of it's 10000 members
to extend free services to aid prospec-
tive soldiers in getting into unifQTms.
DR.. d. U. Cameron, Chicago, has ar
! ranged for big loyalty banquet on the
opening day at which Psi Omega
service flag bearing 1,o07 stars will be
unfurled. The National Associations
service flag, bearing 5000 stars, will
be unfurled the opening day.
Dr.. Newell Dwight Hills and Lieut..
Vesile Stoica of the Riimanian army
| will be the chief speakers at a big
patriotic meeting August Z. over which.
Col. William IT. G. Logan, Chicago,
will preside.
Important Changes in the Medical.
Department of ME Army" will be the
subject of an address by Maj. Gen.
William c. Gorgas, surgeon general Of
the army, at another session Lieut..
Col. Horace D. Arnold will outline the
surgeon generals plans for maintains
Ing the health Of the soldier. Colonel
Logan and Maj. Robert n. Ivy and
Joseph D. Eby of the army will dis
cuss and illustrate the wonders OF
naodern-Dlastic surgery, and Col. Guy
Hume, returning from active service
with the Canadian army in France, will
tell OF his observations. A bronze
statue of the late DR.. Greene Vardinan
Black, OF Chicago, one Of the great
pioneers OF dental research which is
life size and stands in Lincoln park.
Will be unveiled on August 8. Thous-
ands of American dentists contributed
to the fund with which the monument
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