Then, again, the smile; the smile of a Desdemona and the smile of an Iago! yet how much in a smile! Harmonise your mechanism so that the smile of the patient shall be rendered as natural and full of meaning as art can make it. The movements of the lips and tongue in speech must be as carefully studied; the eloquence of the orator and the no less eloquent prattle of a pretty woman. During the visit of your patient strike out a conversation that shall put him at his ease, and show him at his best; this will aid you in observing what is required to render conversation easy to himself and acceptable to his hearers. Notice that the head is never carried in a perpendicular line with the body; at times it leans to the right or the left, the effect of this inclination is to lengthen in appearance the teeth of the incline. Notice also, many patients have the ungainly habit of twisting the lips out of the natural line of the head and face. It is by attention to all these details that the results of your work will be noble, your claims to reward great, your satisfaction not less in its kind than that of the sculptor or the painter; whilst they can only charm the happy, it is yours to relieve the suffering, to alleviate pain, and even to prolong life and restore lost beauty. Special General Meeting of the Midland Counties Branch of the British Dental Association. A Special General Meeting of the Midland Counties Branch of the British Dental Association, was held on Wednesday, 6th October, in the Memorial Hall, Albert Square, Manchester. The President of the branch, H. Campion, Esq. (Manchester), presided, and there were also present, Messrs. S. Wormald (Treasurer), Stockport; Dr. W. H. Waite (Secretary), Liverpool; W. H. Nicol (Leeds); R. E. Stewart (Liverpool); Dr. D. A. Wormald (Bury); T. Murphy (Bolton); Q. Renshaw (Rochdale); W. H. Ridge (Stafford); T. Mahonie (Sheffield); B. Harding (Manchester); T. C. Parson (Clifton); H. Marsh (Manchester); T. Dilcock (Liverpool); D. Dopson (Liverpool); L. Matheson (Manchester); W. Dykes (Manchester); W. Headridge (Manchester); J. G. Roberts (Liverpool); W. Taylor (Batley); W. Shillinglaw (Birkenhead); J. S. Crapper (Hanley); and R. Rogers (Cheltenham). THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. The first business before the meeting was the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. They were taken as read. The following letter was read by the Secretary (Dr. W. H. Waite):— “_To the Hon. Sec. of the Midland Branch of the British Dental Association._ “DEAR SIR,—I have much pleasure in informing you, that at a meeting of the business Committee of the representative Board of the British Dental Association, held on the 1st instant, Edward Saunders, Esq., in the chair, the proposed bye-laws having been approved of, the Midland Counties Branch of the British Dental Association was formally affiliated with the Central Body.