Alumni of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. [Volume: 2, Issue: 9, April, 1861, pp. 497]

PROCEEDINGS OF DENTAL SOCIETIES.

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long introduced. He had used it in his own practice in but one case,
where it was intended to be allowed to remain; in that case, it still
appeared to be doing very well. He had used it for a temporary filling in several teeth, where the dentine was so sensitive it was impossible
to excavate them; in these, he let it remain from three or four days to as
many weeks, when the sensibility would be so much diminished as to
allow them to be excavated without much pain; but he did not use it
where the nerves were exposed. In such cases, he always destroyed the
pulp, and then filled up the pulp cavity with gold.
Dr. Vanderslice referred to his experiments, some six years since, with
the material that is now sold under the name of Hill's stopping. He
made it, by dissolving gutta-percha in chloroform, mixing it with silex,
and then boiling it until the mass would sink. Condemned it, however,
because it would shrink, and could not be made to adhere to the walls of
the cavity. For temporary purposes, now uses a filling of cotton, dipped
in gum mastic that has been dissolved in alcohol.
Drs. Peirce and Fitch referred to several interesting cases.
The subject of
A MALGAM
was chosen for next discussion.
ALUMNI OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF DENTAL
SURGERY.
BY D. H. GOODWILLIE, D.D.S.
THE annual meeting of the Alumni of the Pennsylvania College of
Dental Surgery was held at the college building, on commencement day,
February twenty-eighth. After the roll was called, and the reading of the
minutes of the last meeting, the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:President.-DR. GEO. T. BARKER.
Vice-President.-DR. THos. C. STELLWAGEN.
Secretary.-DR. D. H. GOODWILLIE.
Treasurer.-DR. H. Y. PICKERING.
Librarian.-DR. WM. G. WILLISTON.
The following gentlemen were elected essayists for the next annual
meeting of the Alumni: Drs. C. E. Latimer, James Goodwillie, and Chas.
Peacock.
When these preliminaries were gone through with, an interesting discussion was had upon the liability to decay of the teeth of different nations,
and the probable cause.
At this meeting there was a large number added to the Alumni, which,
it may be stated, is in a very encouraging condition, and our hopes for the
future prosperity of our Alma Mater are very high; let us prove ourselves
worthy of her.