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ii is universally acknowledged by not only dental surgeons, but 

 medical men generally, thai the teeth of the human family in Cali- 

 fornia are in a much worse condition than in any other State. And 

 from parent- to children this lamentable condition of thote impor- 

 tant organs increases as it is entailed, until it has become with many 

 scientific gentlemen a serions ijiiestion : " Shall an approaching .gen- 

 eration in California be toothless?" Caries alone does not destroy 

 the teeth, bul thousands of sound teeth have to be extracted annually 

 because of peculiar dis< ases of the gums. I low to prevent or remedy 

 these diseases has been and i- my constant study, as will he referred 

 to below. My claims are : 



First — Many of the instruments used by me in the treatment of 

 diseases of the mouth, gums, and teeth are of my own design, and 

 consequently a California improvement. These instruments, skill- 

 fully and patiently applied, being an important aid to nature, have 

 led to most happ\ results in removing the causes of disease in the 

 month, minis, and teeth. The materials used by me are principally 

 California productions, and are manufactured in my office. 



Second — I was put to great labor and expense in preparing my 

 articles and many of my instruments for exhibition, and, in addi- 

 tion, my office at Suisun was closed for two weeks. Since the State 

 Fair of eighteen hundred and seventy-four I have employed all my 

 leisure time in working on them, and producing twenty sets of teeth 

 of different kinds, and other improvements exhibited. 



Third — I am the only dentist in the State of California manufact- 

 uring sets of artificial teeth in one solid piece — plate, gums, and teeth 

 being of the same material, and cut from one solid piec< — the mate- 

 rial itself being also my own production, manufactured in my office. 

 These teeth are indestructible, being impervious to any chemical 

 agent, and the smoothest parts readily cutting glass. 



Fourth — As far as the public verdict has reached my ears, I have 

 made the largest and finest display of dental instruments and goods 

 ever exhibited at a California State Fair. ' 



In presenting my claim J have two important objects in view: to 

 gain for the science of dental surgery encouragements that shall lead 

 it to full development, instead of failing to insure a proper repre- 

 sentation; to know if 1 shall beencouraged in my endeavors to teach 

 a complete treatment for those terrible diseases of the mouth, so 

 prevalent in ( 'alilbrnia. 



1 have now in progress work and improvements which, I hope, I 

 shall be able to exhibit at your State Fair in eighteen hundred and 

 seventy-six. Respectfully yours, etc., 



Dr. W. C. lIAkDIXd. 



Sacramento, September 25th, 1875. 



To the Honorable Committee of the Fourth Department in the State Fair 

 of eighteen hundred and seventy-fi/V( : 



I rENTLEMEN : 1 would respectfully present, in behalf of the Detroit, 

 Safe Company, of which 1 am agent, my claims for the gold medal to 

 be awarded to the mosl iii'-nt orious exhibition in the fourth depart- 

 ment, on the grounds that the display of safes, vaults, and bank locks 

 made by me in said department is the handsomest one; is very 

 expensive, on account of the heavy articles exhibited; and because 



