PATRON SAINT OF DENTISTS
ST. APOLLONIA ACCLAIMED. The installation, by the Ivory Cross National Dental Aid Fund, of St. Apollonia as the patron saint of dentistry took place recently at the Royal Medical Society's rooms, Chandos Street, London. Saint Apollonia was born in Alexandria, A.D. 250, of heathen parents, but she became a Christian. Her father gave her to the Governor, who, on her refusing to worship an idol, bound her to. a column and had all her beautiful teeth pulled, out with a pair of pincers. As she persisted in her faith she was consigned to the flames. St. Apollonia is now recognised as tho patron saint of dentistry, but it has remained for Britain to acclaim' her as such. The Ivory Cross was organised in September, 1914, and in the first year of its existence the fund made 10,787 soldiers, sailors, and recruits dentally fit to serve their country, and its record now stands at 84,000 cases treated, including men and women in every part of the kingdom. The ceremony took the form of unveiling a mezzo-gravure of the picture of the saint by Carlo Dolci, which is on exhibition in Rome.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18297, 13 January 1923, Page 11
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