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REVIEW OF DENTISTRY. 3'^9

had become fully recognized by the Government, and the first
student passed the final dental examination at the Gothenburg-
Dental College. Before this time the student had to pass his
final examination at the capital, Stockholm.
The Faculty of the Gothenburg Dental College consists of a
Dean (inspector), five professors and one amanuensis.
The course of instruction embraces Prosthetic, Operative and
Clinical Dentistry, Chemistry, Physics, Anatomy, Physiology,
Histology, Oral Surgery, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, Toxi-
cology, Pathology, Therapeutics, Metallurgy, Writing of Prescrip-
tions, Irregularities of the Teeth, Bacteriology, Administration
of Anaesthetics, etc.
The number of dentists in Sweden was (June, 1894) 195. One
M. D. is practicing dentistry. A few lady dentists also practice
in Sweden. The capital, Stockholm, had about sixty and Goth-
enburg (90,000 inhabitants), seventeen dentists. Four were
practicing in foreign countries.
As a comparison it might be interesting to learn that in 1850
Sweden had 15 dentists; in 1870, 29 dentists; in 1880, 35 dentists;
in 1890, 102 dentists; in 1893, 166 dentists.
Svenska Tandlakare Sallskapet (Swedish Dental Society) was
founded in Stockholm in i860.
Skandinaviska Tandlakare Foreningen (Scandinavian Dental
Society) was founded in 1865, and consists of members from
Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The membership was,
March 1, 1893, 136, viz.: From Sweden, 43; Norway, 41; Den-
mark, 35; Finland, 17.
Westra Sveriges Tandlakare Sallskap (Dental Society of West-
ern Sweden), founded in Gothenburg in 1893.
Syd-Svenska Tandlakare Foreningen (South-Swedish Dental
Society).
Odontologiska Foreningen (Odontological Society) was
founded in 1888 by students (candidates) of The Policlinic for
Diseases of the Teeth, at Stockholm. The society consists of
students of the Policlinic and dentists who formerly studied
there.
When the Scandinavian Dental Society was founded, in 1865,
there arose a question about the possibility or advisability of
publishing a dental journal. At that time the project fell through,
there being only eighty dentists practicing in Sweden, Norway,
Denmark and Finland.