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from the gums. 3. He has a beautiful tincture which stops tooth-
ache. 4. He fills hollow teeth and puts teeth in the mouth in an
artificial manner. Moreover, he has a costly balsam for children
to rub on their gums, so that the teeth may easily break through
and not cause so much pain. He has also a fine corn-plaster,
makes all kinds of trusses for old and young; and concerning
young persons, he cures them entirely with comfortable bands,
and thereto belonging medicines, in a short time, and he also has
an external cure for all kinds of worms, with young as well as old
persons."
One Francois Beany obtained, April 19, 1768, from Collegium
Medicum (Board of Medicine) a license to practice dentistrv in
Sweden. According to his pass, he had left Livorno, Italy, in

1764, for Rome, Naples, Palermo, and other Italian cities. He
also possessed a license from Florence, Toscana and from Wiirz-
burg, in Germany. Furthermore, he had been practicing in
Netherlands, England and Russia before arriving in Stockholm.
He is supposed to have been dentist to King Gustavus III. ( 1771-
1792), as he drew a pension, and had to ask for leave of absence
when he, in 1786, made a visit to France.
One Simon tooth doctor, had, in the beginning of 1790, some
controversies with justice. He left the country and did not re-
turn, to the deep regret of many, according to publications in the
journals of that time.
A Frenchman, De la Barre, has the following advertisement
in the official paper of August 8 and September 21, 1809: "The
undersigned, French tooth doctor, summoned to Stockholm upon
the command of Her Majesty, the Dowager Queen, having not
been happy enough to correspond to this high place of confi-
dence, and finding myself compelled to return to Paris, my for-
mer place of residence, has herewith the honor to announce that
fact . . . ." Further there are summons to his debtors to
pay their debts. The Queen was Sofia Magdalena, Gustavus III.'s
widow.
Jean Baptiste Dubost, born at Lyons, France, 1772, was, in
181 1, appointed dentist to King Charles XIV., at that time Crown
Prince. Dubost held that position for twenty-two years.
The first dental examination in Sweden was held in 1838, E. A.
Lindberg being the successful candidate.
The first dentist who made gold fillings in Sweden is reported
to have been Carl Emanuel Tellander. He received his license,
or diploma, in Sweden in 1844. He died at Stockholm in 1877.