Dentists who have excelled in other areas

The history of dentistry is full of stories of great men who have made important contributions to the field. But this does not mean that dentists are limited to dentistry.
On the other side of the spectrum are those who have excelled in other efforts. These are people who have exceeded their job to give us things that many of us probably can not live without.
To show what I mean, here is a brief list of dentists who have excelled in other areas:
Cotton Candy - also known as the beard of fairies and candy - has always been an important part of a circus or carnival. Indeed, because of the popularity, even the United States celebrate National Day Cotton Candy Day on December 7. But did you know that this sweet treat was invented by a dentist?
The man behind the sweet treat was Dr. William Morrison, a dentist who has lived in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1897, he and John C. Wharton candy and invented the device he did - turning a bowl with small holes in it.
The two called their invention "candy" and introduced in 1904 at the Universal Exposition in St Louis. They managed to sell over 68,000 cans and started a tradition that to this day.
Who has not heard of Welch Grape Juice! This mark is just one of more than 400 products sold by the Massachusetts Society for Welch United States and in over 35 countries worldwide.
Welch began in 1869 when Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch, a physician and dentist by profession, and his son Charles dentist successfully pasteurized Concord grape juice fermented sacramental wine to produce a parish church in Vineland, New Jersey. The resulting product was well accepted and marked the beginning of the fruit industry in juice.
In 1893, Welch grape juice has been a success at the World Exposition in Chicago, Charles asking for his practice and left to concentrate in building the brand of Welch. Today, this brand include chilled juices, cocktails of sparkling juice, jams and jellies.
Chewing gum has long been used for its antiseptic and medicinal properties. A 5000-year-old chewing gum made of tar from the bark of birch has recently been found in Finland and was also used by the Mayan women and a mouth freshener.
"Later forms of chewing gum have been used in ancient Greece. The Greeks chewed mastic gum made from the resin of the mastic. Many other cultures have chewed gum-like substances based plants, herbs and resins. The American Indians chewed resin made from the sap of spruce. The settlers of New England and resumed the practice in the 1880s, initial attempts were made on the commercially market spruce gum, "said the editors of Wikipedia.
Mexican dictator Santa Anna spent the first shipments of chicle to the United States. While living in exile in New York, he hoped to benefit from the use of chicle for transport links, but the idea never caught on.
Thomas Addams, the American who helped Santa Anna, in his experiments subsequently decided that chicle would make a big eraser. This idea was developed by Dr. William Semple, a dentist from Mount Vernon, Ohio, who received the patent for this gum bubble improved "in 1869.
Semple believes would exercise the gums and jaw teeth clean. However, he never made his gums and it was not until 1893 that chewing gum has been popularized by the efforts of the William Wrigley Jr. Company, with its Juicy Fruit brand.
Early chicle or chewing gum is made of synthetic rubber. Due to limitations on the availability and price, although manufacturers of rubber using chicle now smoother texture and sweeter and taste better. (Next: No first anesthetic drug, laughing.)