Dr. Howe and the Forsyth Infirmary

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The well-told story of the dynamic man and the pioneer institution that made dentistry a part of modern medicine. As chief of research and then director of Boston’s new (1914) Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children, Percy Howe (1864–1950) established the biological basis of dentistry and drew interns from all over the globe; the theory and practice of dentistry everywhere owes much to Howe and the Forsyth.