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For filling teeth, for false teeth, for obturators, and
Sec. 17.
appliances for regulating teeth, the use of oxidizing metals is
strictly prohibited.
Sec. 18. Cleaning teeth with mineral acids is forbidden.
Sec. 19. After a candidate has been permitted to practice,
he may settle in some community, from whence he may operate

in its immediate vicinity, within certain reasonable boundaries;
but the practice of promiscuously extracting teeth, "as the char-
latans (itinerants) do," is strictly prohibited.

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Article III. Penalties for Dentists.

Section 20. Dentists in possession of the prescribed diploma,
but who practice without permission of the Medical Council, are
fined from $2 to $6. In case the offense is repeated, the fine is
doubled, and imprisonment for from one to five days, in addition
thereto, is the penalty.
Sec. 21. Persons who practice dentistry without a diploma
are fined from $30 to $40. In case of repetition, imprisonment
for from one to two months is added to the above penalty.
Sec. 22. Cases of crimes committed in the practice of den-
tistry are tried in conformity with the common laws of the coun-
try; but the courts must admit the opinion of the Medical
Council in every such case.
(Signed)
Secretary of State.
Ratified by the Municipal Sanitary Council:
(Signed)
Secretary.
In Bulgaria there exists one medical society, in which also
enter dental practitioners. The society consists (May, 1893,) of
thirteen civil physicians, seven army physicians, three apotheca-
ries, one chemist, one veterinary surgeon and one dentist. The
President of the society is Dr. Piscullieff; Secretary, Dr. Popoff.
There exists no school in Bulgaria, either for students of
medicine or dentistry.
Five dentists practice in Bulgaria: In Sofia, I. A. Muszler,
Z. Hof, Schreibmann; in Filippopel, W. Argazoff; in Rust-
J.
schuk, Fr. Flammich.
For the above information we are indebted to Dr. I. A.
Muszler. of Sofia.