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not all dead then, as we shall see. When this dentist was about to leave the
place, a man for whom he had inserted an artificial tooth, got out a warrant for
the arrest of the dentist, for obtaining money under false pretenses, claiming
tliat the substitute was less presentable than the natural tooth of which he had
been deprived. The young lawyer was still equal to the emergency and again
sent the dentist to his father's house, keeping him wholly ignorant of the exist-
ence of the warrant, reporting to the constable that he had gone, as he truly had,
but not far. Now if from any or all of these trying circumstances, this
young dentist had become discouraged, and had abandoned the practice of den-
tistry, the history of the Ohio College of Dental Surgery might not have been
written, for these incidents are from the life of one of its incorporators, its
principal stockliolder, the president of its board of trustees, its oldest teacher,
our professional father, James Taylor.'
"When humanity is ready for a new discovery, or a new era is in progress,
it makes its appearance, seeming not to emanate from the individual mind, as
from the combined thought of the race. Dental colleges follow no new rule in
regard to human progress ; but the thought was ripe in the minds of those
giving their entire professional attention to the moutli and its adjacent organs.
This thought assumed practical shape first in the state of Maryland, resulting
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in the establishment of the Baltimore College of Dentistry. But the dentists
of the West, though fewer in numlier, and more widely dispersed, were equally
ripe for action; and this nctiim promptly asserted itself in tlie organization of
the Ohio College of Dental Surgery on the 21st day of January, in the year
1845."
The charter granted by the legislature of Oliio is entitled "An Act to
authorize tlie establishment of a College of Dental Surgery."
Among the ]n'ovisions in this charter, which may be generally interest-
ing, I quote the following paragraphs:
And, provided, also, that no branches of medical science shall be taught except
those necessary to dental surgery.
That said Board of Trustees shall have power, and are hereby autliorized to confer
the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, and grant diplomas for the same, under the
seal of the corporation ; provided that no diploma thus granted shall confer any priv-
ilege further than the practice of dental surgery.

In the spring of 18-15, the trustees appointed by this act met and organized
by the appointment of B. 0. x^^ydelotte, M. D., D. S., president, and Israel M.
Dodge, M. D., secretary, and thus organized the Ohio College of Dental Surgery
by the creation of the following departments: Dental anatomy and phvsiol-