Document Type
Article
Publication Title
ADA Presidents Album
Abstract
Doctor Buckingham, of Philadelphia, was elected thirteenth president of the Association at the 1873 meeting at Put-In-Bay, Ohio. A gold medal was presented at that meeting to Doctor Sanford C. Barnum, who originated the rubber dam for use in dental operations. Doctor Buckingham, a dental educator, was a delegate from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, of which he was one of the founders. He was born in Delaware in 1816 and died in 1883.
Publication Date
1977
Recommended Citation
American Dental Association, "ADA President 1873-1874: Thomas Lea Buckingham" (1977). ADA Presidents. 17.
https://commons.ada.org/presidents/17
Included in
Dentistry Commons, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons, Nonprofit Administration and Management Commons
Comments
Content comprises text (a brief biography and historical highlights), facsimile of autograph and a photographic portrait for each ADA President from 1860 to 1977.