New York University College of Dentistry - Dental Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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I 7 ff flllfi ' ' 1 HESCHI- w', ' it Xl 1? if y fs Q :L A large operating room with a smaller waiting room attached was set aside 1- for the use of the Exodontia Clinic and was made a separate department of the .. -- - Clinic. Two real though old dental chairs were bought. A dozen new forceps - were obtained and a fish boiler with a removable tray for sterilization But a clean towel was still a ram avis in the clinics The real step forward though was the 2 installation of a machine for the administration of nitrous oxide for patients will- Q Q ing to pay for it and the devising of a technic for teaching and practicing , 5 Exodontia ' 2 E 4 With the improved conditions the attendance at the Clinic increased very E .. rapidly and to such an extent that it became necessary to split it in two by creating - an Oral Surgery Clinic with Dr. Harry Dunning in charge of it At about the same time cocaine' was tried out for local anesthesia but soon 1 discarded as unsuitable Then came the X-ray machine about l906 in charge of Drs Hawling and IeRoy Satterlee who paid with their health for the improvement they brought E about in the practice of dentistry generally and our surgery and hxodontia par- - - - ticularly 1 - 1' E Then in 1914 Prof. Fischer came over from Germany and demonstrated A 3, S and taught us the use of Novocaine Local anesthesia became a reality. Students, , 1' E 1 X g instead of, in most cases, merely watching the operations, were allowed to do them g l' 1 if 5 themselves. The patients not being in pain it became possible to explain to and E X E E 'guide a student while at work, with benefit to both student and patient. General 'i K E E i anesthesia has its place in the work of the Clinic and in the Dental Surgery , H .5 5 5 Oflice, and students have to be instructed in its use, but Novocaine is the anesthetic 5 E gli - :AE ala - EE s - 1 5 E F ' 5 . . ll 5 ? L' 2 l- 112 gi--. Q11 llllli lllllilllllll llllm lllllllllllll l'W W .llll llllll lllli Illlllll lllllhll lllllllll wg., , - Q ,ff H f -4 iw 11 mum tinimimumuummuinuilmiu um nmnu 1 numimnu Mill hi ' 1 . I 5. R . 23. 1 ' Eff at E: 'I Mjwlfrwfvw 'Lvl sb nmnnmmnmmn in mnninnmmmiilnnunrwqmgnrrq, 3 T21 NX ir? - ' 1' I lmimimnu1nnmw...m..mmnnnnnmmufmlrmimmnlmlnmm MUHIIIID - Yi? 60 VM! 22 ,SF -J' ' H 7 592 bfi 1615 51 ,LE l he Si: 1 5 Q -1 K I l l l' 1 I l l 5 Ex'rRAc'1'xoN CLINIC ' '1 e EWS llllllllllll .T as 'lllll I l 'aww' 1- I Illllllllll 1 - me ..... .........., ..a... ,,,,, ,, lf112?l!!F!f!F !i5aa 15fEirfrf1fs:1:!E'l..!ll1ff.'11,'I1l., 111'.1-11'P1-J?F!.1 1'i11iE1i1i11W!! ? .! !l1Ci11a,f l47l

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VIII! H 'III' ' Q ugyji 'H una, nl.. I lllmlllllllllllllllllllllllll um ull ll 255' I li' .. I ' li, amp' . .. Wwrwmwf i llllllllllllllh ' , W 0 0 , E - Q, I , Es i X s A 1 2 In Hi .A ' WQWIIIWII I 'W HKGH WH IHIUIQW - f 1 ll 1 f I E HARRY M SELDIN ' MICHAEL Moss Instructor 'A Cliniral Professor ,- F-' - BERNARD .I CIP:-:s , - - I nstructor E 5 5 2 JAMES HASBROUCK Q F 5 if Clinical Professor EDWARD B GRETSCH T i E I 5 Instructor E : if 5 : .v.. X .. : E X :I - sg -.- 1 ' ' '-' MICHAEL Moss i ' 2 5 EL? A SHORT HISTORY OF THE EXODONTIA CLINIC OF THE . , E:-f OLD NEW YORK COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY ?r E By MICHAEI.'IJ. Moss, D.D.S. F 'T Q i i 3 A room 6x8. An old barber chair with cuspidor attached. A few pair of old forceps. A cold water tap. A long towel on a roller. Such was the equipment W il ,. . A i of the Exodontia Clinic in 1888. 3 i Z I The blood from forceps and hands was washed off with cold water. Both 5 V , g I5 forceps and hands were dried on the same towel. Summer and winter the towel 2 E Z , , ,- E 5-:gi was changed once a day. The cuspidor was emptied at the end of the day, unless 335 E Q full to overflowing before that time. Such was the conception of surgical clean- ' : .. 1-J E E T E liness. , P -1 a . 5 E E 5 1 E : : 2 No anesthesia, whether local or general, was thought necessary or used. Once --: , , , ,.... a month from October to February nitrous oxide was demonstrated in the lecture I Ill Im ll' ww mwllmlliwllnumimu ww-uw-inuuiuu uummrui mul umu n I . .,-,W w . f ul 'Pf4 yu- .i u mmuunmmnmiunimim. unmuum in ummm mlm inunul..r..1llI I 13.4595 ' s yt N t X. NP V 5-O? .XNRSA 1 A 'T --' -l .Lf -A--gg f Z - Lii: 5 pi L - ' -it ' ' .-5 Al Q A .A jail. Q - .. 124 Q X x E -..-sm...-.f.E.i--rg X 5 X E ' : 5 . 1 2 5 .5- X 2-T X ,. W A S X if s I i T' ' S , I R 2 If :-fr-. S . u . xi xg x E 5,-E x 5 - S 5 RZ to A QNX xx xx A. ? Ei 5 .I H1 'fl H' W W1 'iwwnvlfgmmlmsmmimmmunummnmmnmnuumm in5, s1 ' fi Xxx- grcqa g ' nm u I n mm lm mlm ' ,Qi f00 U1 - 13:3 .Mhz When it became necessary to extract a tooth any student not otherwise 3.3 Egg engaged would volunteer to do it. He would call on a demonstrator to help him Q32 0 or not as the spirit moved him. V - This was the extent of the instruction in Exodontia that prevailed in most :- ' dental colleges at the time with slight variations In 1890 the Dean of the New York College of Dentistry heard of the work 1 , I was doing in the Dental Clinic of the Good Samaritan Dispensary and invited : me to try and improve conditions in college 'lIl 'l I Kfzp. I Ill I III h -awl HUIIIHIII l46l . sea I 5 '-vu ll lg-lr 1r:gi?' I IW ' 4 'll' I ' -1 -g 11 H' 5. L J

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l .r- . .... E57 xii ' . . . . . -7?- 'if is par excellence for most dental work in a clinic. It makes It possible for a student a Q B -5 i: g e to operate without hurry and without fear of hurting the patient while the demon- ,V ,i ag 555' ,,,- Q strator is watching and guiding him in his work. .- , s To the patient Novocaine has brought peace of mind, doing away with the 2 ,Jr f traditional horror of the dental chair by assuring him a safe and painless method I 1 ' 3 of relief. - ,A Y- E In the future, as it was in the past, the aim of the Clinic will be to give the E 1 - 5 student the opportunity to acquire all the knowledge and experience he is willing ei ' ,W to absorb. 'Al Now, when cost is not the major consideration, and with a wealth of material J that no other Dental College has ever even approached, there is every reason to V ' , - feel that the students of the New York University College of Dentistry will get 4.2 i 1 lit ' the best training possible not only in Exodontia but in every branch of Dentistry. 1 :- it fm. is :ii C f The patient on the other hand will get such care, attention, and work of a quality gfjrlx , iff X f N f obtainable only in the best private practice and at a cost that is only nominal for w Q iii Z, Qi! Q Q ,r the service rendered. -fi l e 2 -'Alix 1 i 1 il i l A N.. ly . ., 3 E. . ., V 1 '5 f tj til if X . i 1: -4+ ,W i if W nt l I 1 , 5 V J I ', ll lil, Q Xi IQ PLE 1 ,L v EXAMINING ROOM L V A ,, .-..- ...... ..... , ., .------- --::p- lunar 1 1 '--mm., ..... .. , ,... ......... . ,, n ll f r:1 i ni mini ' 6 l ' '- liiii-:rw tv -es' in-::: -w ' aa.:-f:::!:i PQ..!lfl,Jr.i.., H926 .,...t'f1:-fl!..! ii t.!! P!!!!!!mJ l43l