Sanitary means are being employed in all our cities at the present time, in view of the cholera scourge that it is feared will sweep over our land the coming summer. Our physicians wisely talk and write about the baneful influences of impure water, about miasma arising from the decomposition of vegetable matter, and about unwholesome food, and it would be well if the public would heed their timely warnings. And as dental practitioners, I feel that we, also have an important duty to perform, in enlightening our patients, and the public so far as we are able to do so, in the direction I have above indicated. The subject is of paramount importance, and as the opportunities come to us in every day practice, let us not fail to impress upon the minds of our patient (when we find it necessary to do so), the fact that a clean mouth is essential to health. The agitation of this subject, by the medical profession, is a step forward. Hitherto medical men have not given the matter the attention its importance demanded. And now that this new light has dawned upon Dr. Sexton, it is not strange that, in hastily drawing his conclusions, he should have mingled much of error with the truths he has discovered. Possibly some of the cases that have come under his notice may have been the result of bad practice on the part of incompetent dental practitioners, but to charge the dental profession with their short-comings would be a matter of great injustice. Dr. Sexton is too hasty in his conclusions. First, he discovered that certain pulpless teeth had caused certain ailments, hence he condemns all pulpless teeth. He has discovered that certain dentists have failed to treat such teeth successfully, hence he condemns the dental profession for attempting to save teeth, it would be equally fair to condemn the whole medical profession, because of the incompetency of some of its members. But before dismissing the subject of pulpless teeth, it may be well for us to examine the subject a little more carefully from the standpoint of the medical writers above referred to. We cannot afford to make a mistake with regard to so important a matter. The higher a man stands in his profession, the more serious the mistakes he makes, and the more important it is that his practice be sound. An enthusiast or an extremist may injure a good cause. There are such men in our ranks. A few years ago a prominent dentist said, "The tooth's pulp is its soul, and it is criminal to destroy it." I heard another prominent dentist say, "If I find a part of the pulp dead, I amputate the dead tissues, and save the balance of the pulp alive."