'Progress in Dentistry- Contrasting ultra- speed bur, or drill, used regularly in dental clinics at WVU Medical Center with manual type used by dentists in the 1800s are Dr. Clarence R. McCurdy Jr. (left) instructor in operative dentistry, and Anthony Alleruzzo of Erie, Pa., third- year dental student. The old instrument, with its special cupped ring that slipped over the middle finger and protected the palm of the hand, is part of a collection given to the WVU School of Dentistry by descendants of Dr. John Matthew Gay Fairfax, once a dentist in Reedsville, Preston County, W. Va.'
