London School of Dental Surgery : address / delivered by W. Scovell Savory ... on the occasion of the first public distribution of prizes, October 5th, 1874.

  • Savory, William Scovell, 1826-1895.
Date:
1874
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Credit: London School of Dental Surgery : address / delivered by W. Scovell Savory ... on the occasion of the first public distribution of prizes, October 5th, 1874. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ticular study, enlarge well and securely the field of your observation and reflection here. And indeed, I do not think I can overrate the value of the advantages which you students of Dental Surgery at the present time enjoy. I do not know of any step which has of late been taken by our common profession so full of promise to those directly concerned in it as the establish- ment of a Dental Hospital and a School of Dental Surgery; so full of promise for the future, and even now yielding fruit. If you will only accept these advantages in a spirit worthy of those by whom this great work has been carried out, your profession in its resources will be developed so rapidly and largely that to those looking on it will appear to enter a new phase of existence. Yes, while the full ad- vantage of your most useful art is now no longer limited to those with comparatively ample means, but is given freely —as all such blessings should be—to the poor; you have as you should have, scope of investigation, opportunity of acquiring knowledge, such as the most illustrious of your predecessors have never enjoyed. And not only are these incalculable advantages secured to you, but you are now able to obtain the guarantee that you have used them in the Diploma of Dental Surgery, at the College of Surgeons. Here you become educated Dentists, and there you have
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