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80 HISTOEY OF DENTAL SUEGERY

practitioner. Baker and he are the only ones mentioned, but as this directory
states that cnly the names of permanent residents are given in it, it is pos-
sible that others may have practiced dentistry in an itinerant way prior to
that date. In fact Dr. Kirk called attention to one, Micliael Poree, who
advertised in the "Pennsylvania Gazette" of July 6, 1781, as a surgeon den-
tist "just arri\ed from New York."
This Poree in 1769 advertised in New York to
Fix natural and artificial teeth, from a single one to a whole set, to appear as
well and be as useful and eas}' as real teeth. He likewise cleanses the teeth and draws
stumps, and lodges at Mrs. Cornwall 's, two doors from the back of the Old City Hall.
In 1773 Poree was in New York opposite the "Bowling Green," and the
year following found him in Boston.
From the "New York Chronicle" of June, 1769. it appears that Mr.
Hamilton, surgeon dentist, from London was located at "Mrs. Buskirk's,
corner of Wall Street, near the coffee house," and on August 17, an ad-
vertisement in the same paper conveys the information that he is located at
"Captain Joseph Goldthwaite's in Back street," and recommends his "tinc-
ture" with which the most violent tooth-ache is cured in a few minutes with-
out drawing, Xo cure. No pay."
On December 20, 177.5, the Constitutional Gazette of New York an-
nounced the arrival of Dr. Dubuke, a Frenchman, from Boston, who was
staying "at Mrs. Livingston's, opposite the Queen Charlotte Tavern, in Dock
Street." This man, it appears, had traveled tlirough tlie New England
colonies. Having been convicted of stealing indigo, he departed from New
York for the southern colonies, and was then lost sight of.
The "Constitutional Gazette" of 1776 refers to Leonard Fisher, surgeon-
barber and dentist, who was located opposite St. Paul's Church in Charham
row. He appears to have been permanently settled, as we find him, in 1790,
at 111 Queen street and, in 1798, at 4-51 Pearl street.
"Gaine's Gazette" of June 9, 1877, contains an advertisement of Richard
Dufort Dustw-ige, in which he is announced under the singular combination
of midwife, oculist and dentist from Europe, who makes artificial teeth,
"which perfectly resemble the natural." In March of 1778 he announces
himself as located at 13 Duke street and informs the public that he would
"sail for Europe next month."
In 1780, "Rivington's Royal Gazette" advertises Dr. Dustwige, at 27fi
Broad street, as having studied in the schools of Paris and as an operator
on teeth and constmctor of artificial ones.