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BULLETIN NATIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATION
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ers of the land, the boards of health, the civic organizations, the churches, the w om e n ’s clubs, the m en ’s clubs, the boy scouts, and the camp-fire girls. In fact, she m u st call to her a ssistan ce every individual th at is interested in the health, stren gth, and w orking efficiency of the hum an race, if she is to do her duty in stem m in g the tide of preven table disease and u n n ecessary death. D entistry has neither the m en, the tim e, nor the m o n ey to m e et the obliga tions th at are being placed upon her. R ealizin g that hu m anity m u st be aw akened to the n e ce ssity of se lf protec tion, a few of the m em bers of the dental p rofession banded th em selves together to form the nucleus of w h at is now know n as the N ational M outh H ygiene A ssocia tio n . T h e purpose of this organization is to have the people know the frequency w ith w hich dental caries o c cu r s;
to have them understand the ravages this
d isease is m a kin g upon m a n k in d ;
to teach the m ethods and m ean s w hereby
people can escape from this d ev astatin g d isease, and to place at the com m and of th ose w ho are able to care for th e m se lve s a m ethod and m eans w hereby they m ay look out fo r th ose unable to care for th em selves, w ithout p lacing an addi tional tax upon the individual, th e com m u nity, the state or the nation. T h e N ational M outh H y g ie n e A sso cia tio n is an auxiliary of the N ational Dental A ssocia tio n .
It is th e organization w hich will control the future M outh
H y gie n e m ovem en t of this country. A t this w riting about tw o per cent, of the dental p rofession are charter m em bers.
W h a t of the oth er 98 per ce n t?
p eacefu lly sleeping, as China slep t for ages.
T od ay they are sleeping, brother, T om orrow we go to the public;
and the d en tists, like the form er rulers of China, w ill be rudely aw akened. Brother dentists, D O Y O U R
D U T Y in the in terest of the dental p rofession,
and in the in terest o f h um an ity as a w hole.
Join hands with the M outh H y
giene w ork s of the country in spreading the gosp el of prevention.
iHoîient ílpíljnáñ tn tip Hultetin (Mm'. T h is issue of the N a tio n al B ulletin has a circulation of 20,000, w hile the next issu e w ill probably reach 24,000.
T h e add ressing of w rappers for such a
large list has been a H ercu lean ta sk .
T h e Ad-Interum Com m ittee, in order to
sav e tim e, labor and m on ey, and elim in ate m istak es, has purchased a Graphotype and an A dd ressograp h . T h e Graphotype is an electric m otor driven m achine w hich e m b osse s an address on a m etal plate alm o st as quickly as it can be w ritten on a typew riter. T h is m achine w ill n early pay for itse lf in the preparing of our initial list.
It
w ill alw ays be on hand to m ake ch an ges and additions to the list, im m ed iately as th ey m a y occur.
T h e se plates serve as a card index, each S tate is arranged
alp habetically by com p onent societies, and filed in steel draw ers. T h e address plates are then operated through the electric m otor-driven addressograph at an av erag e speed of 3,000 add resses per hour w ithout an error or om ission, w hile it ta k e s a skilled typist, w ork ing hard and continuously a w hole day to turn out 800 ad d resses. T h e A ddressopraph m ach in ery w ill be of great assistan ce to th e secretary in
m an y
w a y s:
in
the
p reparing
of receipt blanks for S tate S ocieties, etc.
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ers of the land, the boards of health, the civic organizations, the churches, the w om e n ’s clubs, the m en ’s clubs, the boy scouts, and the camp-fire girls. In fact, she m u st call to her a ssistan ce every individual th at is interested in the health, stren gth, and w orking efficiency of the hum an race, if she is to do her duty in stem m in g the tide of preven table disease and u n n ecessary death. D entistry has neither the m en, the tim e, nor the m o n ey to m e et the obliga tions th at are being placed upon her. R ealizin g that hu m anity m u st be aw akened to the n e ce ssity of se lf protec tion, a few of the m em bers of the dental p rofession banded th em selves together to form the nucleus of w h at is now know n as the N ational M outh H ygiene A ssocia tio n . T h e purpose of this organization is to have the people know the frequency w ith w hich dental caries o c cu r s;
to have them understand the ravages this
d isease is m a kin g upon m a n k in d ;
to teach the m ethods and m ean s w hereby
people can escape from this d ev astatin g d isease, and to place at the com m and of th ose w ho are able to care for th e m se lve s a m ethod and m eans w hereby they m ay look out fo r th ose unable to care for th em selves, w ithout p lacing an addi tional tax upon the individual, th e com m u nity, the state or the nation. T h e N ational M outh H y g ie n e A sso cia tio n is an auxiliary of the N ational Dental A ssocia tio n .
It is th e organization w hich will control the future M outh
H y gie n e m ovem en t of this country. A t this w riting about tw o per cent, of the dental p rofession are charter m em bers.
W h a t of the oth er 98 per ce n t?
p eacefu lly sleeping, as China slep t for ages.
T od ay they are sleeping, brother, T om orrow we go to the public;
and the d en tists, like the form er rulers of China, w ill be rudely aw akened. Brother dentists, D O Y O U R
D U T Y in the in terest of the dental p rofession,
and in the in terest o f h um an ity as a w hole.
Join hands with the M outh H y
giene w ork s of the country in spreading the gosp el of prevention.
iHoîient ílpíljnáñ tn tip Hultetin (Mm'. T h is issue of the N a tio n al B ulletin has a circulation of 20,000, w hile the next issu e w ill probably reach 24,000.
T h e add ressing of w rappers for such a
large list has been a H ercu lean ta sk .
T h e Ad-Interum Com m ittee, in order to
sav e tim e, labor and m on ey, and elim in ate m istak es, has purchased a Graphotype and an A dd ressograp h . T h e Graphotype is an electric m otor driven m achine w hich e m b osse s an address on a m etal plate alm o st as quickly as it can be w ritten on a typew riter. T h is m achine w ill n early pay for itse lf in the preparing of our initial list.
It
w ill alw ays be on hand to m ake ch an ges and additions to the list, im m ed iately as th ey m a y occur.
T h e se plates serve as a card index, each S tate is arranged
alp habetically by com p onent societies, and filed in steel draw ers. T h e address plates are then operated through the electric m otor-driven addressograph at an av erag e speed of 3,000 add resses per hour w ithout an error or om ission, w hile it ta k e s a skilled typist, w ork ing hard and continuously a w hole day to turn out 800 ad d resses. T h e A ddressopraph m ach in ery w ill be of great assistan ce to th e secretary in
m an y
w a y s:
in
the
p reparing
of receipt blanks for S tate S ocieties, etc.