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HISTOEY OF DENTAL SURGERY 127
synonyms, the committee adopted the word "prosthesis" as being more prop-
erly applicable.
Dr. A. H. Thompson, of Topeka, Kan., referred to the admirable study
and resume of this subject furnished by Dr. Black and pronounced it "a
landmark in the history of dental nomenclature, and as a proper starting-
point for a new departure." He argued that the progress in this direction
should be made through the instrumentality of the American Dental Asso-
ciation, as a decision emanating from this body would command the respect
of the profession, and would gradually become the standard.
In 1896 the committee on nomenclature of the American Dental Asso-
ciation, through its chairman. Dr. Guilford, presented a further report
which had reference to correct pronunciation and phonetic spelling, and was
also devoted to definition of many words used in special branches of dental
science and practice.
Dr. G. v. Black, before the Xational Sciinol of Dental Technics at its
meeting in 1897, read a paper devoted to nomenclature with reference to
instrumentation. In this he stated
"It cannot be expected that this proposed scheme for classification and
study of instruments will be of special benefit to dentists now in practice.
That is not its object. It is intended for school work only, but may in time
spread to the general profession through the students who go out from our
schools."
This nomenclature of instruments and instrumentation is now in use in
many of the dental schools.
Dr. Ruggles, of Portsmouth, Ohio, at the meeting of the Ohio State
Dental Society in December, 1898, in a paper on dental nomenclature, ob-
serves :
"The history of dental nomenclature is much the same as that of other
sciences. Simple in the beginning, it gradually became more complex as
advancement was made. * * * Nomenclature is the product of a few
individuals working along the lines in which they are most interested, and
as new writers enter the field, new words are coined."
He explained and elucidated the merits of the system reported at the
World's Columbian Dental Congress at Chicago by Dr. Black, and strongly
urged its adoption by the dentists of Ohio, and distributed a reprint of this
report, that the niembers might understand the entire matter fully. He ex-
pressed a belief that the advantages of the system were sufficiently demon-
strated, and tliat by its general adoption, dentists would be enabled to make
HISTOEY OF DENTAL SURGERY 127
synonyms, the committee adopted the word "prosthesis" as being more prop-
erly applicable.
Dr. A. H. Thompson, of Topeka, Kan., referred to the admirable study
and resume of this subject furnished by Dr. Black and pronounced it "a
landmark in the history of dental nomenclature, and as a proper starting-
point for a new departure." He argued that the progress in this direction
should be made through the instrumentality of the American Dental Asso-
ciation, as a decision emanating from this body would command the respect
of the profession, and would gradually become the standard.
In 1896 the committee on nomenclature of the American Dental Asso-
ciation, through its chairman. Dr. Guilford, presented a further report
which had reference to correct pronunciation and phonetic spelling, and was
also devoted to definition of many words used in special branches of dental
science and practice.
Dr. G. v. Black, before the Xational Sciinol of Dental Technics at its
meeting in 1897, read a paper devoted to nomenclature with reference to
instrumentation. In this he stated
"It cannot be expected that this proposed scheme for classification and
study of instruments will be of special benefit to dentists now in practice.
That is not its object. It is intended for school work only, but may in time
spread to the general profession through the students who go out from our
schools."
This nomenclature of instruments and instrumentation is now in use in
many of the dental schools.
Dr. Ruggles, of Portsmouth, Ohio, at the meeting of the Ohio State
Dental Society in December, 1898, in a paper on dental nomenclature, ob-
serves :
"The history of dental nomenclature is much the same as that of other
sciences. Simple in the beginning, it gradually became more complex as
advancement was made. * * * Nomenclature is the product of a few
individuals working along the lines in which they are most interested, and
as new writers enter the field, new words are coined."
He explained and elucidated the merits of the system reported at the
World's Columbian Dental Congress at Chicago by Dr. Black, and strongly
urged its adoption by the dentists of Ohio, and distributed a reprint of this
report, that the niembers might understand the entire matter fully. He ex-
pressed a belief that the advantages of the system were sufficiently demon-
strated, and tliat by its general adoption, dentists would be enabled to make
