Dental Science. [Volume: 2, Issue: 12, July, 1861, pp. 664-666]

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THE DENTAL COSMOS.

EDITORIAL.
DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.
THE Copartnership heretofore existing between the subscribers, and
carried on in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Chicago, under the
name and firm of
JONES & WHITE,
is dissolved by mutual consent, as of the first of May last. The entire
business has devolved upon, and will be continued by SAMUEL S. WHITE,
one of the firm, at all their former establishments. The debts due to the
firm at Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago belong to, and will be settled
with Mr. White; those at New York belong to, and will be settled with
Mr. Jones, at the New York office.
Dated NEW YORK, June 26th, 1861.
ASAHEL JONES,
SAMUEL S. WHITE.
PUBLISHER'S NOTICE.
THE present number closes the second volume of the DENTAL COSMOS,
and with it our engagement to those who have subscribed for it. The
first number of the third volume will be issued early in the ensuing month
of August, and the succeeding numbers will appear as usual, monthly.
We shall, as heretofore, endeavor to make it a reliable and practical
exponent of the science and art of dentistry, and, so far as possible, indispensable to every practitioner of this specialty. We shall, as hitherto,
adhere to the system of cash payments in advance, and therefore every
one who wishes it will please to so signify by remitting the price of subscription, viz. $2 50.. — -..
DENTAL SCIENCE.
FEW branches of science and art, perhaps, have made such rapid progress as that of dentistry. It is within the reach of the writer's recollection that the majority of persons calling themselves dentists communicated
what little they knew to the student in the most solemn manner, and with
the promises of perpetual secrecy; and some required of the student a
bond, binding himself in a large sum, not to practice within a given distance of his instructor's residence; while others required the pupil to
take an oath not to practice in his city, town, or State. The first gentleman, practicing our art, whom we called on to make inquiry regarding
the study of the profession, as it was called, only wished to put us on
our honor not to practice in Philadelphia. This we thought exceedingly