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HISTORY OF DENTAL SURGERY 101

to an arcliiteet, in wliieli jmrsuit he labored for ciglit or nine years. Being
in Xew York and needing tlie services of a dentist, he met John Greenwood.
While undergoing treatment he conceived the idea of becoming a dentist him-
golf. Guided, no doubt, by (4reenwood, he ]3rocured such text books as were
obtainable, and, possessed of mechanical skill, perfected himself in the dental
art, and, in 1801:, established himself in Baltimore. He studied hard and
gained all the information he could, and gradually began to build a repu-


H. HA YD EN,
DENTIST,
o FFKRS hi< liiicerc tlianlfito thofe lailif? and pen-
ilcincn who liavc h.morcd him with ihcir confi-
Jencc, and r;Tpet1fjl!y inlii! m-. tlieni anii llic piililic in
general, that he liss iclumcil from Aiinppolls, and will
be liJp]>y to mtrlt a continuance of iheir t'.ivor..
From the encouraijfroeiM hr has ncci\i.d in this
and the neighboring tosnis, ind th« opportunities lie
lias liad of proving bis abilities, he cVein» it unaeLefTa-
ry to enter int'i a detail of the dit.'^.T,.i:; operations
whicJi cdine within the line of liis proi'eTion ; In no in-
iiaacedoei he prefiinie to attennt. uniaThcrifed either
by liis own cxp'-rience or thofe w'io have rendereM.
tliemfLlvcs jufHy cek-brated in thtir p.'ofelTio.n—Fauch-
ard, and Bourdet of Paris, and o'/iers.
,
If delicacy and t^a.Lrnef, in tl:c dilTcrcnt o; er.T
tions reouircd on ti.e tocrh and j-^nn, l«-ani>- .t!,-*. tle-
o'aipe i;i uhe finiOiir. ' an J f;t;in^ A.-.i,- .\ :.ii't nrtif-jial
teeth in a varictv of n-. ;, Siie i..du-*mcnt8, thole who
f. -jr ).\:n -.vitii t'.eir -u' :n may b. allure.' of the fc:n<;
. their fatisfaftion, ^r t!ie o; er/'Jon wiil be acki\ow-
i.
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Icdjj'ed gratis.
. Th.ife ladies and pen iTnen w.liin;; to be wiitej
on at their piiccs of abo ^e n-ill pleaft to fend a line or
ferTant to No. 149 Jlarket Street,
March eoiw
•j.v
The elinrnetcr and niauuers i_'f llayilen may be gleaned fium an advertisement which is
here reproduced.
tation. It was he who first conceived the thought that the dental profession
was worthy of higher public esteem and a more exalted scientific position
than it occupied at that time, and he realized that such higlier position
could only be gained by a lietter scientific training. Hence he took up the
study of general medicine while he continued to practice as a dentist. His
efforts in this direction were later rewarded, both by the University of Mary-
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