Reports of Researches in Progress Under the Auspices and Support of the Scientific Foundation and Research Commission of the National Dental Association

Executive Board–Weston A. Price, Chairman, 10406 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio; Thomas P. Hinman, Vice Chairman, Fourth National Bank Building, Atlanta, Georgia; Clarence J. Grieves, Secretary-Treasurer, 201 W. Madison Street, Baltimore, Maryland; John V. Conzett, 256 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa; Eugene R. Warner, 401 California Building, Denver, Colorado.

Members–George T. Williams, Seattle, Washington; George E. Hunt (deceased), Indianapolis, Indiana; W. T. Farrar, Louisville, Kentucky; Percy M. Williams, Rutland, Vermont; Samuel H. McAfee, New Orleans, Louisiana; Edward C. Kirk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; William Carr, New York City, New York; Truman W. Brophy, Chicago, Illinois; Greene V. Black, Chicago, Illinois; Homer C. Brown, Columbus, Ohio; Thomas B. Hartzell, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Arthur R. Melendy, Knoxville, Tennessee; Edward S. Gaylord, New Haven, Connecticut; Henry C. Ferris, New York City, New York; Charies Channing Allen, Kansas City, Missouri; Frank O. Hetrick, Ottawa, Kansas; Marcus L. Ward, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Frank L. Platt, San Francisco, California; Chris. S. Van Horn, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania; Roscoe H. Volland, Iowa City, Iowa.

Ex-Officio Members–Donald M. Gallie, President National Dental Association, Chicago, Illinois; Otto U. King, Secretary National Dental Association, Huntington. Indiana.

In addition to the researches herewith reported, the Commission has assisted, during the past year, the researches being conducted by Dr. G. V. Black, of Chicago, Illinois, on “Studies of the Peridental Membrane and of Salivary Calculus,” and Dr. Frederick B. Noyes, of Chicago, Illinois, on “The Dental Pulp and Peri-Dental Tissue.” Their results will be reported in due time.

The Commission hereby disclaims any and all responsibility for the statements made in this issue or that shall, at any time, be made or published by the research workers, whether technicians or directors, whom the Commission is endeavoring to assist. The authors themselves are individually responsible for their statements.

No money has been paid by the Commission to any of the Directors of these researches for their time or efforts; the assistance given them has been in the form of supplies and a fund for providing technicians to assist in the detail work. The entire cost of the researches of the past year do not reach $4500.00, which is approximately equivalent to an expense of twelve cents for each member of the dental profession practicing in the United States. It is confidently expected that with the increasing support of the profession the work can be very largely increased this next year, both by continuing and enlarging the present researches and by supporting and establishing some new ones. The budget as planned by the Commission for this year amounts to nearly $8,000.00.

In addition to continuing and enlarging the researches of the past year, the Commission is arranging to assist some additional studies, including Dr. Marcus L. Ward, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on “Cements,” and Dr. Wm. J. Gies, New York City, on “The Relation of the Ductless Glands to Definite Dental Problems.”

The receipts and disbursements to date are briefly itemized as follows:

Amount of subscriptions, due annually for five years, July 8, 1913…….$2500.00 Or for five years…….12500.00 Amount of subscriptions, due annually for five years, on July 6, 1914, including the former, are …….8179.50 Or for five years…….40897.50 Total cash collected to July 6, 1914…….7067.50 Total disbursements to the close of the National meeting, July, 1914…….4378.06 Balance in the Treasury…….2689.44 Itemized Disbursements. To Technicians to July 1, 1914: Mr. Fahrenwald, assisting Dr. Price……$1100.00 Mr. Rickert, assisting Dr. Bunting………500.00 Dr. Leonard, assisting Dr. Hartzell………343.75 Mr. Gaskill, assisting Dr. Hartzell……….376.32 Dr. Henrici, assisting Dr. Hartzell………300.00 Dr. Potts, assisting Dr. Black………200.00 Dr. Larsen, assisting Dr. Hartzell………100.00 $ 3020.07 For laboratory equipment for Dr. Hartzell………$368.50 For laboratory expenses for Dr. Noyes………100.00 For Metallurgical Laboratory expenses………186.25 Traveling expenses to December, 1913, meeting of the Board at Toledo, Drs. Warner and Hinman ………129.25 Bond for Dr. Grieves………7.50 Postage, Printing, Stationery, Stenographer (incl. all office expenses) from Jan. 1 – Jul. 1, 1914 ………565.89

The expenses, including printing, postage, stationery, clerical work, etc., incidental to the organization and development of this department from September, 1912, to January 1, 1914, amounting to $1073.39, were contributed by the Chairman. The Executive Board and Commission refused to permit this and ordered that it be carried as an expense bill with interest at six per cent. The Chairman thereupon contributed this amount to the Endowment Fund, which fund, it is expected, will, ultimately, become large enough to enlarge and carry on the work perpetually.

 

The Executive Board