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on Dr. Siiii])Sii by that institution. Ik- has (ievoted much time and study tu experi- mental tests t)f the physical properties of dental metals, and the ])hysical laws which i^overn dental structures, l)(>th artificial and natural. In the line of invention Dr. Sini])- son has also done notable work, anioni^^ the most import.uit of his in\entions l)eini^ the following: .\ comi)C)site crown pin; a sys- tem of chisels and pluggers ; a gold casting device; a system of crowning teeth, known as Sim])Sn"s hood abutment ; a method for making anatomically l)ande(l crowns (the hat brim method) ; a method for overcoming the spheroiding of mo'.ten gold ; a method for making anatomically perfect shell crowns ; and a method for making accurate saddle-bridges. His lectures and clinics have been given in Connecticut, Alassachu- setts. Pennsvlvania, Maryland. District of Columbia. \'irginia. Xorth Carolina. South Carolina. Alabama, (Jhio. Missouri. Canada.

Dr. Sim])son was ordained a deacon in the Presbyterian church in Fincastle in 1897, serving in this ofBce until 1905, when he removed to Richmond, and is now an elder in the Second Presbyterian Church in that city, and a member of the state committee ot the Layman's Missionary Movement. In })olitical matters he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity ; the Xi Psi Phi fraternity ; Richmond City Dental Society ; Virginia State Dental Association, of which he was president, having been ac- tive in the interests of this organization from the time he commenced the practice «,)f dentistry ; National Dental Association ; X'irginia Chemists" Club; an honorary member of the North Carolina Dental So- ciety ; was one of the organizers of the Southwest X'irginia Dental Society, and its first secretary and treasurer ; member of the American Institute of Dental Teachers, and National Association of Dental Faculties, lie is a staunch advocate of high standards of education and practice in his profession.

Dr. Simpson married. February 2^. 1901. (iulielma Walker, daughter of Dr. William T. and Fannie (Holladayi Walker, of Lynchburg.

Ramon David Garcia, M. D. The Garcins came from Normandy in France about 1794. settling in the West Indies. They were distinguished in the professions of the law and medicine and were ])rosperous and well-

to-do as a family. The first of the name to c(jme to the United States was Ramon Car- cin, father of Dr. Ramon D. (jarcin, of Rich- mond, who came from Cuba in 1858, settling ii'. Powhatan count}-, N'irginia. He was a manufacturer, a man of quick decision and firmness of character. He was born in Bar- celona, Spain. November 22, 1830, died April 30. 1909. son of Debarreras (jarcin, who died in 1845. '1'^^^ ^i^s wife. Josephine Ponce de Leon, born in Madrid, Spain. Ramon Gar- cin married Margaret Thomas, daughter of David and Mary (Lewis) Thomas, a de- scendent of the Thomas family of Pennsyl- \'ania. whose founder came from Wales to that state a century and a half ago.

Ramon David Garcin. son of Ramon and Margaret (Thomas) Garcin. was born at I^owhatan Court House. \'irginia, Septem- ber 19. 1867. He secured a good j^repara- iory education and although he had diffi- culties to surmoirnt, overcame them all and after graduation from Richmond high school, entered South Carolina College, whence he w^as graduated A. P.. the }*Iedical College of Mrginia. M. D. class of 1886, the medical department of the Lmiversity of New York City, AI. D., 1887. His progress thrt)Ugh these institutions and his progress thrcnigh life has been aided by a well selected course of reading, professional and historical and by the best authors in general literature. The profession of medicine was his own choice but when thoroughly pre- pared he listened to his parents' advice and decided upon Richmond as a location. He l)egan j)ractice in that city in 1889 and has just rounded out a quarter of a century of successful professional life and efficient pub- lic service. For twenty of those years he has been a member of the city board of health and is a member of Richmond Acad- emy of Medicine and Surgery, a society of which he is an honored ex-president. He has a large practice in both the medical and surgical branches of his profession and is surgeon to the \'irginia Masonic Home and the Richmond. Rappahannock River Rail- road Company. He is highly regarded by his professional brethren in his own city, and through membership in the New York Academy of ^Medicine is well known to the profession in that cit}'. He has contributed numerous articles on various subjects to the medical journals that have been well re- ceived, is an interested eager searcher for