The inaugural address to the College of Dentists of England / delivered by the President, James Robinson.

  • James Robinson
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1857
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Credit: The inaugural address to the College of Dentists of England / delivered by the President, James Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Inaugural address TO THE COLLEGE OF DENTISTS OE ENGLAND, DELIVERED BT THE PRESIDENT, JAMES ROBINSON. February 14, 1857. [From The Quarterly Journal of Denial Science, April, 1867.] Gentlemen : In electing me the first President of the College of Dentists of Englnnd, you have conferred upon me the highest and most distinguished honour it was in your power to bestow. The responsibility attached to the office is indeed great; but I cheerfully accept it, because, limited though my individual abilities are, I have the fullest confidence that, acting with your talented vice-presidents, council, and secretaries, I shall be able to do good service in the promotion of the all-important object which our profession has determined to achieve. Gentlemen, at this, the Inaugural Meeting of the members of the College of Dentists, permit me to congratulate you on the fact that all our proceedings have been public; that the movement in which we are engaged has at no period been sectional; that the entire profession was invited to join in it before your council was even formed, much less invested with power; and that, therefore, the gentlemen whom you have chosen to conduct the aflfairs of your college during the first year of its existence are, in their official capacity, the elected representatives of the dentists of England. From the moment of our starling up to the present we have had the advantage of free and open discussion. In open assembly, the general laws for the regulation of your body were passed, and your council, secretaries, and other officers