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students of dentistry go from Haiti to France for more advanced
studies.
Foreign dentists, on arriving in Haiti, with the intention to
practice dentistry, are required to show their diplomas and pass
an examination.
There are eight dentists practicing in Port-au-Prince, and two
to three in each of the other towns.
The first dentist in Haiti was William Grice.
For the above information we are indebted to Dr. L. A. Joseph
George, of Port-au-Prince.

JAMAICA.

(BRITISH COLONY.)

Area, 4,200 square miles. Population, 633,887.
Capital, Kingston; population, 40,000.

The history of dentistry in Jamaica, as below, is kindly for-
warded to us by Dr. Ernest Sturridge, of Kingston:
"The history of dentistry in Jamaica up to date covers a very
short period, there being several of the writer's acquaintances
who remember well when there was not a qualified dentist on the
island, and also the arrival of the first man to practice the profes-
sion in the then primitive style. About the year 1836 a man by
the name of Dias landed in Jamaica, and commenced the practice
of dentistry. He was probably the very first to practice the pro-
fession as a distinct business, and, from all I can gather, his
work consisted principally of filling, in a primitive style, with
amalgam, and, perhaps, tin foil, filing the teeth, and extracting
with the key.
"About seven years later, in 1843, Mr. Macquersin followed,
and during his practice, in about the year 1858, introduced the
first gold plate (a sample), made in England. He used to operate
in gold foil and amalgam, and was considered a good workman.
"Then, up to 1858, jewelers used to carve plates out of 'sea-
horses' tusks,' and very little of the work was done, being too ex-
pensive.
"A remarkable man in the field of dentistry made his appear-
ance about this time. He was a black man by the name of
Pompy. He came from Cuba (was a -slave there) in about 1843,