GENERAL PAPERS 101 
sired, for research, for disease and cure, and last but greatest 
of all for the welfare of the Country, the People and the 
Academy. 
The Normal schools are amongst some of the largest factors 
in the educational scheme of this country and they must re- 
member to include teachers who are trained in health work 
and a broad knowledge of dental study and the far reaching 
dangers of dirty mouths, which are so potent a factor in chil- 
dren. The time for dental examinations and treatment are 
unfortunately made too late; they need to begin at home and 
the kindergarten, when the teeth should be filled, the gums 
treated as well as the nose and throat; but today, I regard as 
one of the most vital helps for the race of mankind, the very 
early expansion of the jaws to make room for the development 
of the bones of the face and head, for about 60 percent. need it 
badly. It is easy to propound questions. It is often very hard 
to answer them. But when the answer involves the discovery 
of a principle, especially of a principle that can be ‘utilized for 
the preservation of health, that answer is worth striving for. 
Tropical Medicine has surely taught us to value all the 
group of sciences mentioned for the value of discovery has re- 
claimed barren tropical areas, drained Mangrove swamps, culti- 
vated soils and marshes, saved thousands of lives from death by 
cholera, malaria, plague, leprosy, dengue, prevented smallpox, 
and for physicians no higher praise and tribute can be given 
than that paid Edward Jenner by Thomas Jefferson: 
“You have erased from the calendar of afflictions, one of its 
greatest. Future nations will know by history alone that the 
loathsome smallpox has existed and by you has been ex- 
tirpated.” The discovery of wonderful seeds, plants and 
animals, and as for Economy and Colonization, the worth can 
never be estimated. 
See. Importance of Biology as applied to Dentistry. Ch. F. L. Nord. Dental 
Cosmos. 1916. 
