. Dental R. W. Varney Royal William Varney, native of Brecksville, Ohio, a den-tal student of Drs. Atkinson and Chas. R. Butler, and aptand earnest scholar, graduated in medicine in 1863. Later astudent of Dr. Corydon Palmer, at Warren, Ohio. He wasan especial favorite and pet student of Atkinson. He practicedin New York city, and developed a marvelous skill as anoperator. His especial forte was the manipulation of heavygold foil, with which he wrought wonders. As an operator,he was in the same class as Webb, Allport, Atkinson, McKcl- 536 THE DENTAL SUMMARY lops and Corydon Palmer. H


. Dental R. W. Varney Royal William Varney, native of Brecksville, Ohio, a den-tal student of Drs. Atkinson and Chas. R. Butler, and aptand earnest scholar, graduated in medicine in 1863. Later astudent of Dr. Corydon Palmer, at Warren, Ohio. He wasan especial favorite and pet student of Atkinson. He practicedin New York city, and developed a marvelous skill as anoperator. His especial forte was the manipulation of heavygold foil, with which he wrought wonders. As an operator,he was in the same class as Webb, Allport, Atkinson, McKcl- 536 THE DENTAL SUMMARY lops and Corydon Palmer. He was an enthusiastic, microscop-ical investigator, a student of nature, an idealist, and had apronounced musical taste, and was a skilled preformer on Corydon Palmer Corydon Palmer, born in 1820, at Warren, O., where he haspracticed his profession continuously to the present time. Hepicked up dentistry and by perseverance and natural in-genuity, developed a most superior skill. In early life he wasin apprentice to a jeweler, whose trade lie mastered. It isclaimed he invented the first complete set of cohesive goldinstruments. Many forms patterned after his designs are inuse today. For a number of years he was an advisory expertto examine and perfect the new instruments placed on the mar-ket by The S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company. His work in steel is as fine a silk. There is a fine col-lection of his work in oil, illustrating prosthetics, at the Balti-more College of Dental Surgery. He has been a wonderfulmechanician and one of the great genuises of American den-tistry. THE DENTAL SUMMARY 537


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