Dental Commencement. [Volume: 2, Issue: 8, March, 1861, pp. 441-446]

PROCEEDINGS OF DENTAL SOCIETIES.

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several interesting cases in practice were referred to by different gentlemen.
The subject of
"THE NEW PLASTIC MATERIALS FOR FILLING TEETH"
was chosen for next discussion.
DENTAL COMMENCEMENT.
BY GEO. T. BARKER, D.D.S.
THE Annual Commencement of the Pennsylvania College of Dental
Surgery was held on the evening of February 28th, 1861, at Musical
Fund Hall, in the presence of a large and enthusiastic audience.
The exercises consisted of music by the Germania Orchestra, prayer,
conferring of degrees, and the valedictory.
The degree of "Doctor of Dental Surgery" was conferred upon the
following named gentlemen by Henry C. Carey, Esq., President of the
Board of Trustees:

Names. Residence.
Hy. Breslauer, M.D............Germany.
Carter Day.................N. C.
A. J. Douds......................Ohio.
G. H. DuBois.................N. Y.
Jas. Goodwillie..................Ohio.
Frederick Garke................Geo.
Francis Hickman..............Pa.
J. E. Hernandez, Jr............Cuba.
Jno. Hallowell............. N. J.
S. H. Harvey....................Ark.
Wm. O. Jones.............. N. C.
Edgar T. Longstreth..........Pa.
Wilbur F. Litch................Pa.
J. S. Latimer...................N. Y.
C. E. Latimer.............. Geo.
G. W. Lawrence..............Mass.
J. E. McCarty.................Pa.
J. A. Martin.....................Pa.
W. G. Morrison................Pa.
T. Marshall, Jr..............Va.
E. A. Mayor................Switzerland.
P. D Olivier............. La.
Ricardo Morary............ Cuba.
C. J. Peacock............England.
H. Y. Pickering...............Pa.
S. N. Porter....................N. IT.
H. H. Read.....................Vermont.

Subject of Thesis.
Causes of Periosteal Inflammation.
Operative Dentistry.
Salivary Fluids.
Diseases of the Antrum.
Manufacture of Porcelain Teeth.
Causes of Irregularity of the Teeth.
Filling Teeth.
Mechanical Dentistry.
Methods of Applying Artificial Teeth.
Anatomy and Physiology of the Fifth Pair
of Nerves.
Caries.
Irregularity of the Teeth.
Scurvy.
Preservation of the Natural Teeth.
Impressions of the Mouth.
Mechanical Dentistry.
Human Teeth.
Extracting Teeth.
Anaesthesia.
Dental Mechanism.
Effects of Diseased Teeth.
Caries of the Teeth.
Continuous Gum Work.
Pathology and Therapeutics in their Relations to the Teeth.
Treatment of Caries.
Porcelain Block Teeth.
Causes of Decay.