Upcoming Medical History Interest Group Lecture on Monday October 24

As part of the Medical History Interest Group Lecture Series, Dr. V. Wallace McCarlie of the ECU School of Dental Medicine will discuss an important part of dental history.

The Expansion Arch, which Dr. Edward H. Angle created, was the first standardized, mass-produced orthodontic appliance ever marketed to the dental community. This lecture will provide a context in which this orthodontic appliance was created, marketed and utilized. It will also track the orthodontic appliance’s sales and use within the professional community over a decade (1899-1910). The lecture also follows the complex interplay of for-profit manufacturing companies, practitioners and patient care.

Dr. McCarlie’s talk will be given on Monday October 24 at 4:30PM in the Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery on the 4th Floor of Laupus Library.

This event is sponsored by the Laupus Library History Collections and the Department of Bioethics & Interdisciplinary Studies.