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niSTOKY OF DENTAL SURGEEY 81
This same gazette ou August 24 to 28 and on August 31, 1782, pub-
lished tliis advertisement
Teeth.—Any person who is willing to dispose of his front teeth, may hear of a
purchaser by applying to No. 28 Maiden Lane, for which generous price will be paid.
N. B. Four guineas will be given for every tooth.
These teeth were prol>ably wanted for replanting.
ISAAC GREENWOOD.
It has frequently l)een said that Josiali Flagg was the first native born
American dentist, but when the genealogy of the Greenwoods is examined,
we must conclude that the claim is not well founded, and that Isaac Green-
wood of Boston, may more justly be entitled to this distinction, but Flagg
proljably was the first native born dentist who especially and exclusively pre-
pared himself for the practice of this profession.
Isaac Greenwood was the first permanent dental practitioner in the city of
Boston. His grandfather, Nathaniel Greenwood from Norwich, England,
came to Boston about 1650. He Iiad two sons, Samuel and Isaac. Isaac be-
came the first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Har-
vard College, Cambridge, Mass., having been previously appointed chaplain
on board of Admiral Montague's flagship.
'"He was afterwards called to preside over the congregation of the Old
North Cluirch, Boston, where he appears to have been regarded as a preacher
of pure Christian doctrine, particularly urging upon his hearers the neces-
sity of leading a life in accordance therewith."
He was the father of Isaac, whose name was mentioned in a newspaper
in connection with the Boston massacre of March 5, 1770. In this he is
referred to as an ivory turner, a Inisiness ''naturally embracing that of
dentist."
In 1860, Isaac John Greenwood of 142 West 14th street, New York
City, then practicing denti.stry, gave these additional facts with reference
to the Greenwood family.
Isaac Greenwood II was born and lived at Boston, and was the first prac-
titioner of dentistry in the family. He studied mathematics under his fa-
ther, preparing himself to become a mathematical instrument maker, and
about 1750 he was engaged in Boston as a mathematical instrument maker,
wood and ivory turner, umbrella manufacturer and dentist. His grandson
says that he followed all these pursuits at the same time, and that he made
the first electrical machine for Benjamin Franklin. He based this assertion
niSTOKY OF DENTAL SURGEEY 81
This same gazette ou August 24 to 28 and on August 31, 1782, pub-
lished tliis advertisement
Teeth.—Any person who is willing to dispose of his front teeth, may hear of a
purchaser by applying to No. 28 Maiden Lane, for which generous price will be paid.
N. B. Four guineas will be given for every tooth.
These teeth were prol>ably wanted for replanting.
ISAAC GREENWOOD.
It has frequently l)een said that Josiali Flagg was the first native born
American dentist, but when the genealogy of the Greenwoods is examined,
we must conclude that the claim is not well founded, and that Isaac Green-
wood of Boston, may more justly be entitled to this distinction, but Flagg
proljably was the first native born dentist who especially and exclusively pre-
pared himself for the practice of this profession.
Isaac Greenwood was the first permanent dental practitioner in the city of
Boston. His grandfather, Nathaniel Greenwood from Norwich, England,
came to Boston about 1650. He Iiad two sons, Samuel and Isaac. Isaac be-
came the first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Har-
vard College, Cambridge, Mass., having been previously appointed chaplain
on board of Admiral Montague's flagship.
'"He was afterwards called to preside over the congregation of the Old
North Cluirch, Boston, where he appears to have been regarded as a preacher
of pure Christian doctrine, particularly urging upon his hearers the neces-
sity of leading a life in accordance therewith."
He was the father of Isaac, whose name was mentioned in a newspaper
in connection with the Boston massacre of March 5, 1770. In this he is
referred to as an ivory turner, a Inisiness ''naturally embracing that of
dentist."
In 1860, Isaac John Greenwood of 142 West 14th street, New York
City, then practicing denti.stry, gave these additional facts with reference
to the Greenwood family.
Isaac Greenwood II was born and lived at Boston, and was the first prac-
titioner of dentistry in the family. He studied mathematics under his fa-
ther, preparing himself to become a mathematical instrument maker, and
about 1750 he was engaged in Boston as a mathematical instrument maker,
wood and ivory turner, umbrella manufacturer and dentist. His grandson
says that he followed all these pursuits at the same time, and that he made
the first electrical machine for Benjamin Franklin. He based this assertion
