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96 HISTOEY OF DENTAL SUHGERY
'"'Not only did those connected with tlie army liave opportunity to observe
and receive the benefits of skilled dental services, but the presence of the
army in its then inactive condition attracted from all parts of the country
many of our best citizens. When the army disbanded, the merits and ad-
vantages of dental attention were made known far and wide, as they could
have been so quickly by no other means. This created a demand, the return
of peace and prosperity furnished the means, and we soon find dental prac-
Ft-oti -the
Boston C.a.zei-e ff, County journal,
Monday, Au^t. , 29, 1768.
Wur.RE.AS many I^evfons arc fo
unfortunate ss tololV iheir I''nrc-Tectli by AcriHent, nnd
othcrwiys, to thrir ^reat Dttnmcnt^ not ot\}y in Looks,
hut Tpeikinj^bnth in Public anil I'nvaic :—This i". tn in-
form ail IikIi, tint they ni.iv li^vc ihetn re-placed with
falfe Onc«, thnt look ins wdi as ihc Nnlural, and anlVris
iheEnJ of Spf ikinu t.j all Intent!, bv P-Vol. RtlERE,
GoIclCmitli, nrpi tlu-Hcadof Dr. CVanfcj Whcirf, f r/f„,
»,'. All Perrons wim have had fallcT^tlh Hit by Mr.
John EaUr, Surgcon-Dcntilt, and they have got loofe (ns
ihcy will in Tiini.) may have [hem faltcncd by ihi? above,
who learnt the Method r,f fixinT thcn^ frorti Mr. Bchr.
titioners in all parts of the land. Toward the close of the last ceuturj our
profession in the United States was well established and fully appreciated."
From the ''Constitutional Gazette'' of April 2i, 1776, of Boston, it is
learned that the body of General Joseph Warren had been reinterred at
Boston on the 8th, the freneral's remains having lieen found on the fourth
inst. about three feet underground on Bunker Hill. They were known by
the two artificial teeth, fastened l.)y a gold wire. It thus appears that the
work of the dentist became a recognized means of evidence for identification
of dead human bodies before the birth of our nation. AVhether these teeth
were the handiwork of Greenwood, the progenitor nf the several generations
of that name, of Paul Revere, or of Baker, frnui whom Revere learned the
art, remains unexplained.
During Baker's sojourn of about fifteen months in Boston, he instructed
96 HISTOEY OF DENTAL SUHGERY
'"'Not only did those connected with tlie army liave opportunity to observe
and receive the benefits of skilled dental services, but the presence of the
army in its then inactive condition attracted from all parts of the country
many of our best citizens. When the army disbanded, the merits and ad-
vantages of dental attention were made known far and wide, as they could
have been so quickly by no other means. This created a demand, the return
of peace and prosperity furnished the means, and we soon find dental prac-
Ft-oti -the
Boston C.a.zei-e ff, County journal,
Monday, Au^t. , 29, 1768.
Wur.RE.AS many I^evfons arc fo
unfortunate ss tololV iheir I''nrc-Tectli by AcriHent, nnd
othcrwiys, to thrir ^reat Dttnmcnt^ not ot\}y in Looks,
hut Tpeikinj^bnth in Public anil I'nvaic :—This i". tn in-
form ail IikIi, tint they ni.iv li^vc ihetn re-placed with
falfe Onc«, thnt look ins wdi as ihc Nnlural, and anlVris
iheEnJ of Spf ikinu t.j all Intent!, bv P-Vol. RtlERE,
GoIclCmitli, nrpi tlu-Hcadof Dr. CVanfcj Whcirf, f r/f„,
»,'. All Perrons wim have had fallcT^tlh Hit by Mr.
John EaUr, Surgcon-Dcntilt, and they have got loofe (ns
ihcy will in Tiini.) may have [hem faltcncd by ihi? above,
who learnt the Method r,f fixinT thcn^ frorti Mr. Bchr.
titioners in all parts of the land. Toward the close of the last ceuturj our
profession in the United States was well established and fully appreciated."
From the ''Constitutional Gazette'' of April 2i, 1776, of Boston, it is
learned that the body of General Joseph Warren had been reinterred at
Boston on the 8th, the freneral's remains having lieen found on the fourth
inst. about three feet underground on Bunker Hill. They were known by
the two artificial teeth, fastened l.)y a gold wire. It thus appears that the
work of the dentist became a recognized means of evidence for identification
of dead human bodies before the birth of our nation. AVhether these teeth
were the handiwork of Greenwood, the progenitor nf the several generations
of that name, of Paul Revere, or of Baker, frnui whom Revere learned the
art, remains unexplained.
During Baker's sojourn of about fifteen months in Boston, he instructed
