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History of dental equipment
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■ Excellent; please send me several reprints. Glad you have the patience and interest to record our progress. W O O D R O W S. M O N IC A , D M D O RAN G E, NJ
THE JOURNAL devotes this section to com m ent by readers on topics of current interest to den
■ I want you to know that I certainly enjoyed your article entitled “ Devel opment of the dental drill.” . . . This article was very interesting to me be cause in our town of Iron Mountain, Mich, we are just starting a museum and historical society with one booth depicting the ancient dental office.
tistry. The ed itor reserves the righ t to edit all com m unications to fit available space and requires
T H E O . B. F O R N E T T I, D D S
that all letters be signed. Printed com m unications do not necessarily reflect the opinion o r o f
IR O N M O U N T A IN , M IC H
ficial policy of the Association. Your pa rticipatio n in this section is invited.
History o f dental equipment Richard A. Glenner has prepared four articles on the history of dental equip ment for publication in t h e j o u r n a l : on the dental chair (88:38 Jan 1973), the dental cabinet (87:39 July 1973), the dental light (88:49 Jan 1974), and the dental drill and handpiece (88:712 April 1974). Interest in the articles has been wide ranging. Dr. Glenner has received re quests for reprints from Brazil, Can ada, England, Hungary, the Nether lands, Norway, Republic of South Africa, Sweden, and Turkey. In the United States, letters and requests for reprints have come from private prac titioners, universities, the Depart ment of the Army, and the Smith sonian Institution. We asked Dr. Glenner to share some of his letters with us. Excerpts from them follow. ■ Your article, “ Development of the dental drill,” was of particular enjoy ment for me. Antiquing has been a sidelight of my dental vocation. I have a reception office similar to Frederick Amundson’s for receiving new pa tients and several artifacts’ displays throughout the office. Two of the dis plays relate to the development of the handpiece. We have enjoyed showing these ar
tifacts and have made arrangements with the State of California Parks Di vision to create a dental parlor in the Old Town Park Area of San Diego. According to the papers of the 1850 vintage, there was a Dr. Winters who practiced here when he could remove himself from his regular practice of hair dressing. L L O Y D L. C O T T IN G H A M , D D S
■ I should be very grateful if you could send me two reprints of each of your articles . . . one copy of each for my own historical reference collection and one for Frank T. Horrocks, a col league who helps me look after the British Dental Association Museum. We have both read your well-illus trated articles on historical topics with the greatest interest and congratulate you for them. J. A . D O N A L D S O N , LD S E D IT O R BRITISH DENTAL JO U R N AL LONDON
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M IL T O N B. A SB E L L
■ I enjoyed your article on the dental chair very much, especially since it brought back memories. It was in February or March of 1944 when, as a newly commissioned 2nd Lt, D C, I extracted a lower left third molar for a young soldier boy in the corner of a moving (approximately 15 mph) “ 40 & 8” French box car. I stood with my back in a corner and he sat between my legs. One of the eas iest I have ever done and, believe it or not, I still do most of my lower extrac tions from behind the chair.
SE C R E T A R Y -T R E A S U R E R
A. LA V E R N E C R O W D E R , D D S
A M E R IC A N A C A D E M Y O F T H E
P IT T S B U R G , K A N
■ I enjoyed your article, “ Dental cab inet nostalgia.” Could you give me any information about the individual Archer of the Archer Cabinet No. 7? The reason for my interest is obvious. W . HARRY A R CH ER S C H O O L O F D E N T A L M E D IC IN E U N IV E R S IT Y O F P IT T S B U R G H
■ Just tore out your article on dental lights in the current issue . . . and am going to make it part of my library.
H IST O R Y O F D E N T IS T R Y C H ER R Y H IL L , NJ
■ Saw your article in the January is sue and thought you might be able to help me identify the approximate age and manufacturer of a dental chair I recently acquired. . . . G E O R G E A. D IC K IE , D D S V A C H E R 1E , LA
■ I have just completed reading your article on the dental chair. I find some of the pictures almost unbelievable as far as people actually using these things are concerned. However, I know well and good that your research has been very carefully done and I think that this is a real service to the history of dentistry. JADA, Vol. 89, July 1974 ■ 25
■ Excellent; please send me several reprints. Glad you have the patience and interest to record our progress. W O O D R O W S. M O N IC A , D M D O RAN G E, NJ
THE JOURNAL devotes this section to com m ent by readers on topics of current interest to den
■ I want you to know that I certainly enjoyed your article entitled “ Devel opment of the dental drill.” . . . This article was very interesting to me be cause in our town of Iron Mountain, Mich, we are just starting a museum and historical society with one booth depicting the ancient dental office.
tistry. The ed itor reserves the righ t to edit all com m unications to fit available space and requires
T H E O . B. F O R N E T T I, D D S
that all letters be signed. Printed com m unications do not necessarily reflect the opinion o r o f
IR O N M O U N T A IN , M IC H
ficial policy of the Association. Your pa rticipatio n in this section is invited.
History o f dental equipment Richard A. Glenner has prepared four articles on the history of dental equip ment for publication in t h e j o u r n a l : on the dental chair (88:38 Jan 1973), the dental cabinet (87:39 July 1973), the dental light (88:49 Jan 1974), and the dental drill and handpiece (88:712 April 1974). Interest in the articles has been wide ranging. Dr. Glenner has received re quests for reprints from Brazil, Can ada, England, Hungary, the Nether lands, Norway, Republic of South Africa, Sweden, and Turkey. In the United States, letters and requests for reprints have come from private prac titioners, universities, the Depart ment of the Army, and the Smith sonian Institution. We asked Dr. Glenner to share some of his letters with us. Excerpts from them follow. ■ Your article, “ Development of the dental drill,” was of particular enjoy ment for me. Antiquing has been a sidelight of my dental vocation. I have a reception office similar to Frederick Amundson’s for receiving new pa tients and several artifacts’ displays throughout the office. Two of the dis plays relate to the development of the handpiece. We have enjoyed showing these ar
tifacts and have made arrangements with the State of California Parks Di vision to create a dental parlor in the Old Town Park Area of San Diego. According to the papers of the 1850 vintage, there was a Dr. Winters who practiced here when he could remove himself from his regular practice of hair dressing. L L O Y D L. C O T T IN G H A M , D D S
■ I should be very grateful if you could send me two reprints of each of your articles . . . one copy of each for my own historical reference collection and one for Frank T. Horrocks, a col league who helps me look after the British Dental Association Museum. We have both read your well-illus trated articles on historical topics with the greatest interest and congratulate you for them. J. A . D O N A L D S O N , LD S E D IT O R BRITISH DENTAL JO U R N AL LONDON
SAN D IE G O
M IL T O N B. A SB E L L
■ I enjoyed your article on the dental chair very much, especially since it brought back memories. It was in February or March of 1944 when, as a newly commissioned 2nd Lt, D C, I extracted a lower left third molar for a young soldier boy in the corner of a moving (approximately 15 mph) “ 40 & 8” French box car. I stood with my back in a corner and he sat between my legs. One of the eas iest I have ever done and, believe it or not, I still do most of my lower extrac tions from behind the chair.
SE C R E T A R Y -T R E A S U R E R
A. LA V E R N E C R O W D E R , D D S
A M E R IC A N A C A D E M Y O F T H E
P IT T S B U R G , K A N
■ I enjoyed your article, “ Dental cab inet nostalgia.” Could you give me any information about the individual Archer of the Archer Cabinet No. 7? The reason for my interest is obvious. W . HARRY A R CH ER S C H O O L O F D E N T A L M E D IC IN E U N IV E R S IT Y O F P IT T S B U R G H
■ Just tore out your article on dental lights in the current issue . . . and am going to make it part of my library.
H IST O R Y O F D E N T IS T R Y C H ER R Y H IL L , NJ
■ Saw your article in the January is sue and thought you might be able to help me identify the approximate age and manufacturer of a dental chair I recently acquired. . . . G E O R G E A. D IC K IE , D D S V A C H E R 1E , LA
■ I have just completed reading your article on the dental chair. I find some of the pictures almost unbelievable as far as people actually using these things are concerned. However, I know well and good that your research has been very carefully done and I think that this is a real service to the history of dentistry. JADA, Vol. 89, July 1974 ■ 25