Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-07
DIR. Itudd Favor. r,icbn,ona

In support OF his contention that
mo logic of the controversy is Also.
!ute!y In favor of locating the univcr.
sltys MEDICAL department in Rich
inond. DR.. VI. y. nudd. president OF
The virginia Dental society, auotee
the authority upon whom the advo-
Gates % Charlottesville have princl-
pnlly relied. DIR. Rudd says:
Last year tho University OF Rocnca-
ter announced that. through the
benchcencc OF George Eastman and
joan ID. Rockefeller. Il woald estab-
llsh great school OF medicine and
dentistry. Abraham Flcxner. then and
now secretary of the General Educa
ton Board, made an address. in III.
course OF which he said: we have
come to see in the last few years tina,
dentistry Is branch OF medicine OF
the same dignity and Importance M
peu'a'rics' obstetrics, Synecology or
any other speciality
There is no wcll-infOrmcd pnvsl.
cian In the country who vii! today
deny that conclusion, yet there are
go many people. outside the profes
sions involved, who are arguing for
the location OF the States medical
school at Charlottesville, although
ljr. alderman virtually admits that IL
would lie Impossible at the present
time to nave real dental school
there That is certainly TO be taken
from his statement that in time a
dental school could be established at
the university
I'm no uncertain tone" said Dr.
Rudd. the physicians of Virginia
have declared themselves in favor OF
the school at Richmond. Their vote
OF l,2sG for Richmond against 2Sl for
charlottesville would seem to be Suf-
fcicntly indicative OF the prcpondcr-
ancc OF sentiment: but the votes OF
the dentists are even more significant.
Or 525 votes cast-and there are only
about Geo dentists in Virginia-50S
have voted for Richmond
III the schools are TO lie divided an
indefensiblc burden will be placed
upon the taxpayers Of Virginia. Den
tistry cannot be disassociated from
medicine. 1t is branch OF that
| science. Students OF dentistry are
taught anatomy, hacteriology. his
toiogy, cmEryology. PATHOLOGY. ply
! steal diagnosis. photography, physiol-
ogy and the principles or surgery IT
Is patiently unsound economically 70
have two schools for these subjects
when one may suffice. II is not only
| unsound and uneconomic. but II is un-
fair to The medical students to scpa
| tistry unless there is TO be incorpo-
| rated with the distinctively medical
school course Of training which VIII
enable the student to learn how u
| make diagnoses OF the large number
OF ailments that can he traced TO dis
caSed conditions of the mouth or
teeth.
personally / do not believe that
Virginia may hope at any time IN
the near future to have n real dental
school at Charlottesville. The sue.
cess OF the University of Michigan Is
quoted by the advocates Of Char.
iCttcsvillc ~ an answer to the col
tention that u first-class dental school
cannot be established in sna
town: but that argument has litti"
weight for Virginia. The dean OF tho
dental school at Ann Arbor estimates
that the teaching of dentistry at his
school costs about $4,000 annually
in excess OF receipts. If we exclude
special appropriations to cover In
;ercst on debt, to provide library
| laboratory and other equipment, IS
dcfray obstruction costs, IL In other
words we take all that Virginia an
| propriates annually for the admins
tration and teaching at the University
of Virginia, we find that the dcnta
| sChooi Oh the University OF M!chls"!
costs more than $4,000 more eac
year than Virginia gives for all sort
of instruction ut Charlottesville.
~ am not going to attempt q
analysis of the costs Of suoplyin
adequate medical clinical material NJ
Charlottesville: hut just ask an
reasonable Virginian to consider wh"
the average legislator would sny u
Il request for money to maintain
dental clinic In n sum exceeding thc
normal annual appropriation for a..
sorts OF teaching. Clinical matoria
la available In Richmond. Whole
limo vocational teachers nre az avail
able In Richmond as at Charlottesville