Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: E. I. Verplanck, D.D.S., Albany, will fill teeth, using the Verplanck Matrix and Matrix Pluggers. Dr. E. S. Gaylord, New Haven, Conn., will demonstrate the use of his Ivory- pointed Pluggers. Also, a new Rubber-dam Holder. A. H. Gilroy, D.D.S., Boston, Mass., will demonstrate his Pneumatic Mallet Hand-piece and Chip-blower Attachment. C. Edmund Kells, D.D.S., New Orleans, La. Dental Electrics. J. A. Swasey, D.D.S., Chicago, 111. Dental Clamps. For further particulars, apply to Dr. W. W. Walker, president, No. 67 West Ninth street, or to Dr. A. L. Northrop, chairman Executive Committee, No. 57 West Forty-ninth street, New York. EDITORIAL. THE UNION MEETING THIS TEAE. The board of officers of the American Dental Association has by an almost unanimous vote ratified the action of the committee appointed to confer with a similar committee of the Southern Dental Association relative to the holding of a union meeting this year, changing the place of meeting from Old Point Comfort to Louisville, Ky., and the time from the first to the fourth Tuesday (28th) of August, 1888. THE FIEST DISTEIOT DENTAL SOOIETY. The programme for the nineteenth anniversary meeting of the First District Dental Society of the State of New York will be found on another page. We are requested to say that any dentist who has not received a direct invitation is solicited to consider himself as personally addressed by this general notice, and is assured of a cordial welcome. "THE OLDEST GEADUATE" AGAIN. We have received the following communication from Dr. Thack- ston, who, as will be seen, gracefully accepts the situation and takes position as second oldest graduate. We hope that Drs. Mackall and Thackston may enjoy their relative positions for many years to come: To The Editor Of...