. Dental on, took their thoughts off themonotony and humdrum of shop. They would have been great in any other walk of life;they would have illumined any other calling. Besides being great dentists, some have been famous asartists, musicians, sculptors, orators, naturalists, poets, actors,soldiers, philanthropists and humanitarians. Had they devot-ed equal time to any calling that they did to dentistry, who canquestion that they would have been equally accomplished inother arts as they were in dentistry? Nearly all the men who stand out pre-eminent had someother line of work as a fad
. Dental on, took their thoughts off themonotony and humdrum of shop. They would have been great in any other walk of life;they would have illumined any other calling. Besides being great dentists, some have been famous asartists, musicians, sculptors, orators, naturalists, poets, actors,soldiers, philanthropists and humanitarians. Had they devot-ed equal time to any calling that they did to dentistry, who canquestion that they would have been equally accomplished inother arts as they were in dentistry? Nearly all the men who stand out pre-eminent had someother line of work as a fad or hobby, in which they excelled,that made them better citizens and greater ornaments to theprofession. To view the other side of their lives is of morethan passing interest. To know what we are, we must realizefrom whence we, as a profession, came. Let us view some of these men from the other side/ viz.,the artistic side, that has illumined their careers, both person-ally and professionally. THE DENTAL SUMMARY 185. J. J. F. Le Maire Joseph Jean Francois LeMaire, credited with being thefirst regular practitioner of dentistry in America came to thiscountry with Count Rochambeau, in 1770. He was an inti-mate friend of the Marquis de Lafayette, who spoke highly ofhis ability. In time of battle he did his part nobly fighting for Ameri-can independence. During the winters of 1781-2, while inwinter quarters, he tutored Josiah Flagg and James Gardettin the art of dentistry. He was the first and original Ameri-can dental preceptor, and his coming marked the beginning ofdentistry as a profession in America. At the close of the revo-lutionary war, he instructed others and located in New Yorkcity. Later, 1784, he removed to Philadelphia, where he madea practice of transplanting teeth and carving artificial teethfrom blocks of ivory. LeMaire was a talented writer and con-tributed a number of valuable works to our literature;amongst them, The Ladies Dentist; A Manual on the An-atomy and Phy
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