The dental proceedings of the General Medical Council, July 1882 : an address ... at the Annual General Meeting of the British Dental Association ... August, 1882 on the proceedings of the past years (1878-82) in regard to the registration of dentists ... / by J. Tomes.

  • John Tomes
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[1882]
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Credit: The dental proceedings of the General Medical Council, July 1882 : an address ... at the Annual General Meeting of the British Dental Association ... August, 1882 on the proceedings of the past years (1878-82) in regard to the registration of dentists ... / by J. Tomes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^^e Report AND MINUTES OF EVIDENCE (ON DENTAL QUESTIONS,) Of the Royal Commission on Medical Acts. C0MM/SSI0JV£:2?S. The Earl of Camperdown ; the Bishop of PETERBOROUGH ; the Right Honourable W. H. Cogan ; Sir George Jessel ; the Right Hon. G. Sclater-Booth ; Sir William. Jenner ; John Simon, G.B., F.R.S.; Professor Huxley, F.R.S. ; Robert McDonnel, M.D., F.R.S.; Professor Turner, F.R.S.; James Bryce, Esq., M.P.; John White, Secreiary* Dr. John S. Billings called in and examined (nf August, 1881). 4825. {Professor Turner.) Will you state to the Commission what positions you hold in the United States ?—I am a doctor of medicine, a surgeon in the United States Army, and Vice-Pre- sident of the National Board of Health of the United States. 4854. I had heard it stated that there was a university in Phila- delphia which was a very eminent school of dental surgery ?—That is the University of Pennsylvania, 4855. Is the University of Pennsylvania famous for its dental surgery ?—It has a very good dental school connected with it that has grown up within the last four or five years. 4856. I have heard it stated that there were as many as 70 operating chairs in that University; would that be true, do you think ?—You mean of dentists ? 4857. Yes. — There is a very large number; it is one large room very brilliantly lighted, and there are a large number of chairs there. * Medical Acts Commission Report and Evidence, 1882. [C—3259.] Price 5s.