The many friends and admirers of Dr. Bronson will be pained to learn of his demise. He passed away on August 20, 1890, of uremia in New York. He was one of the few men who represent the embodiment of the professional ideal. In his attainments, skill and life conduct, he was a type of that standard which we are endeavoring to impress upon our younger men.
Dr. Bronson was born in Connecticut on June 4th, 1817. In 1840 he took his degree of M.A. at Yale, and in 1843 the degree of M.D. at the same University. The following year he moved to Newburgh, where he studied dentistry with Dr. Grant. In 1844 he married Miss S.D. Raymond of New Haven, Connecticut, who died 18 years ago. He also had two children, both of whom are dead.
It is sad when a man outlives his family, and is forced to pass down to the grave in comparative domestic loneliness, but it is sadder still when a man outlives his usefulness. This latter cannot be said of Dr. Bronson. To the profession of dentistry he gave his whole life's energy, and much of the good which he did lives after him to do him honor.
With a university and medical education he entered active practice fully equipped, yet his ambition was such that he never relinquished his studies, but so labored that he kept abreast of the rapid progress which when on around him. He acquainted himself with new theories, and adopted new methods as soon as they were proved to be of advantage. He was an earnest society worker, being one of the charter members of the Odontological Society of New York, and a life member of the New England Society. He contributed many valuable suggestions and new instruments to dental practice.
In his office, his mild manners and modest demeanor, coupled with exceptional operative skill and a gently and sympathetic touch, attracted to him a large and lucrative practice among the leading people of this section. He was a true Christian gentleman and professional brother.
= = = published in the Dental Mirror, September 1890. Transcriber is not a relative and has no further information about the doctor or his family.
