Burton Lee Thorpe
Published: 2015-06-16
Total Pages: 157
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Excerpt from Biographies of the Founders, Prominent Early Members and Ex-Presidents The collection and compilation of data and photographs of the Organizers and Ex-Presidents of the Missouri State Dental Association was begun by the writer in 1899, and continued, at odd moments, until 1907, when the Association made an appropriation for the publication of the same. The object of this volume is to permanently and as nearly authentically as possible, put on record the work accomplished by the men who were our pioneers in the organization and those who have been elevated to the presidency, the highest honor in the gift of the Association, that "When other men our lands will till - When other men our streets will fill, And other birds will sing as gay - As bright the sunshine as to-day, A hundred years from now," future generations may know what these men have achieved. The first record of a regular dental practitioner in Missouri appears in The Missouri Gazette (published at St. Louis) December, 1809, which states: "A well-bred surgeon-dentist, Dr. Paul, has the honor of informing his friends in particular and the public in general, that he is prepared to practice in all the branches belonging to his profesion, viz., extracting, cleaning, plugging and strengthening the teeth, also making artificial ones." In 1830, Dr. D. T. Evans informed the citizens of St. Louis and its vicinity that he had established himself in this place for the purpose of devoting himself to the practice of dental surgery. Following these came the men who are the subjects of these biographies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.