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

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. i 1,1llilllllllllIlllIIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllll lW'i',V lllu llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll .Q i ., I., 511: The sophomore year was the busiestone of the entire course The time was extended to 5 .30 instead of 3 .30 as it was heretofore and the carrying of conditions was forbidden although it cannot be said that they were eliminated All this was to assure smooth sailing in the junior and senior years Our predecessors must have been some navigators' we were not so bad ourselves This year was distin- guished by the altered appearance of the student body White coats made their first and last appearance then they have not been quite the same color ever since Also moustaches began sprouting up here and there and kept on sprouting for some time to come These disguises together with the appearance of the mannikin face- masks thrust upon our unsuspecting persons, were most confusing at first but they were soon relegated to their proper places in outraged nature The practical chemistry course was not dry especially since acid was con- tinually getting on our hands and fingers and even clothes In general it was very interesting to indulge in a sleight-of-hand with the mysterious forces of nature such as breaking up molecules and test-tubes Upon entering the Operative and Prosthetic Technique classes we found out to our dismay that practically everyone 25 A jig .av F! lllllllmll IIIVII Illllll llllm millllllll -1 5 had to refit himself with instruments since most of the borrowers of the same had - : IIIIII 5 5 graduated and were fitting out their oHices with them or probably exchanging them : 5 fx 5 for Ritter units or were even, I dare say, going into the dental supply business. : ' x , - I. 1 llml E E However, the elimination of the stairs from the Prosthetic clinic to the Prosthetic E 5 E . E Ill III Ill Ill lll lillll technique class will go far toward lessening this objectional form of social inter- E flex- : E course in our college life. The set-ups in anatomical articulation were good on the 5 t E lm uidni N 4 rn 'I sl UQ fb 0 0 5 52. D- Q 'L' . 5 UQ F? 5' fb -vs sl C ff FY 23 as F9 2 rn an .- .- C ID FD Q- Q o C 5 l'f ru 'I 'H 0 . Fe Q K4 E3 . U3 x'-I ff N C3 'C 'I rs FY rm ff 5' rn mn .Ax llmuu articulations were, at least, as good as the articulators. The plate-work made us gli 5'-T5 very much interested and enthusiastic about tackling bridge-workg conversely the E'-T5 - ss SIE E E bridge-work we did made us enthusiastic about plate-work. The mannikin class 5+ E V i completed the course in painless dentistry, at least as far as the patient was con- cerned. Tin plugging heightened our interest in the gold-foil filling which in turn y made us great advocates of the amalgam filling. Not an exposure was recorded ll means were sometimes necessary to make them sog the director as a further check 3 5 :: .- B 1 E performed an apicoectomy on every individual root filled. The inlay class was an 5 : Z 2, introductory and practical course for all and even an extra-curricular course for I 5 . in this classg all the root-therapy cases were highly successful even though drastic i 3 5 E many, this last elective costing an additional 55.00. The inlays were on the whole E H E 5 5 : 1-J : ' treacherous, there usually being some catch to them somewhere, sometimes every- :, .: E-'15 whereg it is still argued by some that the margins should have been thoroughly L '! excavated and filled. Bacteriology impressed upon all of us the paramount value - Ill llll llll I Il hllullllll ll' Wgyud e':2bzM l fl i L uni iunumnu n 1 11 nu Mill. .frigg- . A . ii sv Q .mm mm nn ummm: mmm mmnnnummnn mumum mmnmmu 'lulmnnt -P X x u -Q1 kif3?E?:lr 'I 7 4 nun I nm -1. n nn uu nmnlllllll : E 3, E E , - - of sterility in almost everything. But of all the practical courses of this semester, Ph siolo was without doubt the most interestin , thanks to the unlimited zeal E ,., Y SY S : 5 and thorough earnestness of our director in planning out, equipping and conduct- fs in that class. The s eciall intensive discourse on the brain in the lecture course 5 5 gm g P Y 3 LE of that department was astonishing, its physiology a revelation. The Operative Li lecture course contained an interesting inclusion namely, Comparative Dental ' i . . . . , , 2 R, Anatomy which took into consideration all the classes of plants and animals and ff, W. J. Br an, s ecial em :hasis bein laid on the dentate varieties. : 5 , 5 Y P I S , 3 , 1 S Q f . 545 M M . g I E315 qu lllllll ' ask 'H ' 'X Il I f ,A ug luuu Ill ' . ., , ,,,, ,.,.. , . ,,. in P..!!!lfT.ff.':iHJ. . lf,ii1'.1.fP?!!.r' .l.!!!lE:frf,P Iwi if