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Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.
Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.
Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.
Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.
Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.
Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.
Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.
Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.
Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.
Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.
Welch, T. B.

Items of Interest. The Dental Independent. Vol. VII., No. 1. January, 1885.


Philadelphia: T. B. Welch & Son, 1885.

Wraps, 8vo, 80pp. Shallow loss at spine ends and short closed tear at the bottom edge throughout the textblock, else VG+. Pencil note to cover and corresponding item on p. 46, "Case hardening small tools." With "items" from Scientific American, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, British Journal of Dental Science. Pages 49-80 all ads, many illustrated, representing T. B. Welch's products (mostly filling materials) and other suppliers/manufacturers including Fleer & Co., Lukens & Whittington, Wilmington Dental Manufacturing Co. and L. D. Caulk (among others). Not in OCLC.

The varied content is reflective of its editor Thomas Bramwell Welch, a dentist and Methodist minister best known as the founder of "Welch's Grape Juice," the result of discovering how to keep grape juice from fermenting in pursuit of making a temperance-friendly communion. This issue especially shows religious influence, with a creationist perspective in "Scientific Record of the Origin of Man" by James Nichols, which begins, "Science must be regarded as a dumb oracle when consulted with regard to the genesis of man" (43). Another "Miscellaneous" item is titled, "Interfering with Morals," which discouraging use of tobacco and alcohol in the profession; it's on the page after "An Anaesthetic Costlier than Gold! Cocaine..." (35)

One of several dental trade journals being published in Philadelphia, a a major hub for dentistry in the late nineteenth century. By 1885, it was home to 3 dental schools: Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery (est 1856), Philadelphia Dental College (est. 1863), and the University of Pennsylvania Department of Dentistry (1878). Gopsill's Philadelphia City Directory lists 17 “Dental Materials and Instruments" businesses,including Welch and Sibley, and over 350 dentists in the 1887 issue, the closest year available for reference.

Ref.: Penn School of Dental Medicine. 'Dental School Library Historical Collection' finding aid; Gopsill's Philadelphia City Directory, 1887, 178-180.


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