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of considerable experience, having practiced here for at least thirty years; and
I see no way to give you any other useful information. I am, dear sir,
" Yours faithfully,
"W. SUERMONDT,'
"Consul of Sweden and Norway at Batavia."
In Sumatra there are some Chinese dentists and probably
some European.

KOREA.
(kingdom.)
Area, 82,000 square miles. Population, 10,528,937.
Capital, Seoul; population, 250,000.
The following letter from the United States Minister at Seoul
was received in due time:
" Legation of the United States,
\
Seoul, Korea, December 13, 1892.
\
" Herman Lennmalm, Esq., D. D. S., Rockford, 111.
"Dear Sir : I hasten to reply to your letter of November 3, received yes-
terday afternoon, and I regret to say that there are no dentists' schools or dent-
ists in Korea, and consequently no examinations and no laws regulating the
practice of dentistry.
" I am sorry that I can contribute nothing to the history you contemplate.
I am, " Very faithfully,
"Augustine Heard."

PERSIA.
(kingdom.)

Area, 628,000 square miles. Population, 7,653,600.
Capital, Teheran; population, 210,000.
There are no laws in Persia regulating the practice of dent-
istry and no examinations are required.
There have been and still are only two dentists in Persia.
They are both Swedes.
In 1872, when the Shah, Nasr-ed-din, was travelling in Europe,
Dr. Bertrand Hybennet, then practicing in Paris, France, became
engaged as dentist to His Majesty. In 1889 Dr. Max Hybennet, who
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