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Weekly Meeting - Club Speaker Margaret Arthurs - How I became a Dentist.

Mon, Aug 7th 2017 at 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm

Club Speaker Margaret Arthurs - How I became a Dentist.


Rotary Club of Birstall Luddites
Club Speaker Rotarian Margaret Arthurs. - How I became a Dentist.
Club speaker for the meeting was our own Rotarian Margaret who gave a talk on
"How she became a Dentist"
Margaret is Batley born and passed for Batley Girls Grammar School.
On taking A levels Margaret was unsure of her future career but a visit to Peter Hamlins dental practise was the beginning of her thoughts to be a Dentist. With advice going against her being a dentist made Margaret more determined and on achieving 4 A levels in August 68 Margaret enrolled for 4 years at  Manchester University studying dentistry together with 22 men and 8 ladies.
Margaret told of her first year and having to buy a skull which she named Fred. The first year included Anatomy with funny stories of her experiences.
She talked about Physiology and worked with dead animals and a frog that wasn't dead.
In her 2nd term she worked doing PMs which led to her stopping smoking on seeing the results of smoking.
Margarets parents had to buy her a dental tool chest which Margaret brought along to show us. 
Margaret talked about her first experiences giving anaesthetics and work with dentures the patient not paying but giving presents.
In Dec 1972 after 4 and half years Margaret qualified. She moved around the country but with a child and being divorced returned to Batley and bought Peter Hamlins practise in 96.
Margaret retired 18 months ago after 43 years in the job.
Margaret talked about her dental tools and how now they would have to be cleaned by Autoclave sterilisation. Margaret took questions on a range of dental issues.
President Helen thanked Margaret for a very interesting talk.
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 Margaret showing her dental tool chest
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