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D. D. S., embellished with his portrait, were published as part of the library.
The third volume was edited by Drs. Chapin A. Harris, Solyman Brown,
and Leonard Mackall. It was embellished by portraits of Dr. Eleazar Family
and Mr. Alexander Nasrayth, a distinguished London dentist. Among the
notable contributions are five articles by Dr. Brown, completing his work
on "Mechanical Dentistry"; a list of officers and members of the American
Society of Dental Surgeons; and a "Dissertation on the Maxillary Sinus,"
by Dr. Chapin A. Harris. A treatise on "Diseases of the Mouth," by J. B.
Gariot, translated from the French by Dr. J. B. Savier, and "Researches on
the Development. Structure, and Diseases of tlic Teetli." by Alexander Nas-
myth, were added to tlie library.
On the editorial stall' wliicli prepared the fourth volume. Dr. Maynard re-
placed Dr. Mackall. In this volume will be found, on page 331, an extended
obituary of the profession's great leaders. Dr. H. H. Hayden, who died, Fri-
day, January 26, ISi-i, aged seventy-five years. The works of Thomas Berd-
more and David Wemyss Jobson were added to the library during the year.
With the fifth volume Dr. Amos Westcott replaced Dr. Brown on the
editorial staff. The proceedings of a convention of dentists held at Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, August 13 and li, 184:4, which organized the Mississippi
Valley Association of Dental Surgeons is reported on page 113. This was a
notable association. Among its members were many of marked ability, and
earnest, vigorous workers for professional advancement. Moreover, it was
the first dental association to celebrate a golden anniversary. After a little
more than fifty years of continuous existence, owing to changes within its
bailiwick making a different arrangement of society activity expedient, it
closed its career.
It will be news to some to know that a law to regulate the practice of
dental surgery in the state of Alabama was enacted and approved December
31, 1841; it is found on page 248 of this volume, and is well worth reading.
A translation of "Lefoulon's Theory and Practice of Dental Surgery,"
translated from the French by Dr. Thouuis E. Bond, was added to the
library. It is an excellent work.
The same editors supervised the publication of tlie sixth volume. This
volume announces the advent of another notable dental society whieli has
]ir()veil long lived. On page 208 is a full account of a convention lield at
riiiladelphia which organized the Pennsylvania Association of Dental Sur-
geons, Decem))er 1.5, 1845. It is still active and celebrated its golden anni-
versary by a largely attended bamjuet in December, 1895. At its next