The World's Congress Auxiliary of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
Description:
A brochure that provides general information about the World Congresses held in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition, including location of the meetings, registration, publications, dates and hotels.
G.V. Black to E.C. Kirk (and other Committee members) (Apr. 10, 1893)
Keyword:
Black, G. V. (Greene Vardiman), 1836-1915., Kirk, Edward C. (Edward Cameron), 1856-1933, World's Columbian Dental Congress (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). Committee on Nomenclature.
Subject: Name:
Black, G. V. (Greene Vardiman), 1836-1915., Kirk, Edward C. (Edward Cameron), 1856-1933
Correspondence related to the planning of the World's Columbian Dental Congress, 1892-1893
Abstract:
This collection consists of correspondence between G.V. Black, Chair of the World's Columbian Dental Congress Committee on Nomenclature, members of the Committee, and A.O. Hunt, Secretary of the World's Columbian Dental Congress.
Keyword:
Dentistry, Dental Nomenclature, Dental Terminology, World's Columbian Dental Congress (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). Committee on Nomenclature.
Subject: MESH:
Dentistry, Terminology as Topic
Digital Origin:
Reformatted Digital
Creator:
Black, G. V. (Greene Vardiman), 1836-1915.
Contributor:
World's Columbian Dental Congress (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). Committee on Nomenclature.
Given as a toast at a joint meeting of the four Jacksonville, Ill. clubs (Literary Union, Sorosis, Club, and Round Table) on February 13, 1885. Includes membership rosters
Keyword:
Literary Union (Jacksonville, Ill.), Problem Solving, Thinking, Round Table (Jacksonville, Ill.), Sorosis (Jacksonville, Ill.), Club (Jacksonville, Ill.)
Series II. Correspondence between G.V. Black and F.S. McKay on mottled enamel of teeth
Abstract:
Between 1907 and 1915 Dr. Black and Dr. McKay, a practicing dentist in Colorado, had a running discussion concerning mottled teeth, or Colorado Brown Stain. Dr. Black spent the summer of 1909 in Colorado Springs to gather information and make observations. Their work culminated in the publication of Mottled teeth: an endemic developmental imperfection of the enamel of the teeth heretofore unknown in the literature of dentistry. (See: Dental cosmos, 1916; vol. 58, pp. 129-153, 477-484, 627-644, 781-792, 894-904)After Dr. Black's death, McKay continued their studies and discovered that fluoride in drinking water was the causal agent of the imperfection, noting the effect on enamel, but the lack of dental caries in those who had the condition. This was a critical breakthrough in understanding the etiology and prevention of dental caries. This discovery is the foundation for water fluoridation, which is the single most effective public health measure to inhibit tooth decay.