Byron
Haines, D. D. S., whose office is at No. 14, Grant avenue, San Francisco, has
been a resident of California since 1882, and has been engaged in the practice
of dentistry since 1877. He was born in
Columbus, New Jersey, in 1855, and is of English descent. His family have been residents of the United
States since before the Revolutionary war, and were early settlers of
Virginia. Our subject received his
early education in the Hightson Institute of New Jersey and later attended the
Woodworth College of Cincinnati for several years. In 1873 he commenced the study of dentistry under the
preceptorship of Dr. Hilliard, a dentist of Bordentown, New Jersey, with whom
he remained until his graduation. In
1875 he entered the Dental College of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1877,
receiving his degree as Doctor of Dental Surgery, receiving the election from
his class as its President, the election being dependent on the proficiency of
the student, and requiring the sanction of the faculty. Dr. Haines was one of the originators of the
Odontological Society, which was for the purpose of inducing legislation to
protect the practice of dentistry against incompetent practitioners. He is the inventor of a very useful device—a
right-angled dental plugger,—an instrument which he and other dentists have
used with great satisfaction and advantage.
For two years Dr. Haines held the position of Clinical Instructor in
constructive and operative dentistry at the College of Dentistry of the University
of California.
Transcribed by
Donna L. Becker
Source: "The
Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 1, pages 629-630, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2004 Donna L. Becker.