4. A profession that is ignorant of its past experiences has lost a valuable asset because “it has missed its best guide to the future.” B.W. Weinberger Dentistry: An Illustrated History (Mosby, 1995)
14. Fig. 1-3 John Greenwood, dentist to George Washington (From Kock CRD: History of dental surgery, vol III, Fort Wayne, Ind, 1910, National Art Publishing.)
20. Fig. 1-4 G. V. Black, the “Grand Old Man of Dentistry” (From Kock CRD: History of dental surgery, vol I, Chicago, 1909, National Art Publishing.)
21. Fig. 1-5 Black’s dental treatment room, as reconstructed in Smithsonian exhibit
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29. Fig. 1-8 Lucy B. Hobbs-Taylor, the first woman graduate of dental school (Courtesy Kansas State Historical Society.)
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31. Fig. 1-9 C. Edmund Kells and his “working unit,” about 1900. Assistant on the left is keeping cold air on the cavity while assistant on the right mixes materials and “secretary” records details. (From Kells CE: The dentist’s own book, St. Louis, 1925, Mosby.)
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35. Fig. 1-11 Dental students at University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry treat patients in the dental clinic in the early 1900s. (Courtesy UCSF School of Dentistry.)
