A DENTIST BECOMES A DOCTOR By 1906 Chicago had grown from its origins as a tiny, frontier trading post to a metropolis of nearly two million people. After the city was rebuilt following the Great Fire of 1871 there was a wave of immigration. People arrived from
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In 1903 the Queensland government followed the example of New South Wales by introducing compulsory registration of dental practitioners Dr Victor Ratten applied to the Dental Board on July 16 that year. Ten days later he was informed that they had considered his application but were unable
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On April 2 1905, the Brisbane Courier published an article on two young women. The girls were close friends, with a lot in common. They were both daughters of Brisbane publicans, both from Irish Catholic families, and both convent educated. They also shared a love of
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