Excerpt from The Dental Record, 1898, Vol. 18: Monthly Journal of Dental Science, Art, and Literature Gentlemen, - I thank you for the honour you have conferred upon me in electing me your President, and trust that you will have no occasion to regret. Your choice. I hope the session we have entered upon may be no less useful and interesting than many of the former ones have been. In order that this may be so, I rely upon you to give me the help which, like that of previous times, has done so much to raise the Manchester Odontological Society to the position it now holds. My earnest wish is that the future members may emulate the past, and still strive after better things, and go on increasing in number and unity that isolation in the profession may become a shadow of bygone days, and that our work shall unquestionably prove that Unity is strength, to the advantage of the dentist individually, and the amelioration of human suffering. In accordance with custom you are looking forward to an inaugural address on some subject of interest to the Society. As some of you are aware, it is no easy matter to decide upon a topic suitable for an occasion like this. There have been so many interesting and varied papers read before you that it is with trepidation I attempt to read anything likely to be acceptable and profitable to you. Taking into consideration, however, that we are to-night to have an exhibition of tools, appliances, and methods which have been designed or adapted by members for use in the laboratory, I have thought it advisable to confine myself to that part of our profession, and considered it would not be uninteresting if I were to introduce an important branch of our mechanical department, and venture a few remarks on Vulcanite and Vulcanizing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.