University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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The Harris-Hayden Plaque from the Stairway W In REiMEMBRANCE of Chapin A. Harris and Horace H. Hayden, the above plaque was placed on the wall facing the door of the main entrance to the Dental School. To these two men the dental profession owes an everlasting debt of gratitude, since they realized the importance of dentistry as a definite branch of medical science and founded the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the first organized dental school in the world. Both Horace Hayden and Chapin Harris practiced dentistry in Baltimore; and, at one time. Dr. Hayden delivered a scheduled series of lectures on dentistry to the student body of the University of Maryland Medical School. In 1840 Harris and Hayden, in conjunction with several other outstanding dentists of the time, obtained a charter from the State of Maryland and founded the first dental school. This plaque was executed by Ernest W. Keyser, who modeled in life-size relief, after two fam ily portraits, likenesses of the heads of these two men. Two tablets were cast in bronze and dedicated in the winter of 1901-1902, one being placed in the old B. C. D. S. and the other in the Dental Department of the University of Maryland. Pasc Six c,

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iSS 0?n Iff j m ' ' f. .t » ' ' J ' ■ ' if- 1 n III mm - mm H ■nr ■ Hospital Before New Alterations Began 1 HE University Hospital, which is the property of the University of Mary- land, is the oldest institution for the care of the sick in the state of Maryland. It was established by the School of Medicine in September 1823 to provide adequate clinical instruction for the students. Located on the southwest corner of Lombard and Greene Streets, it was originally known as the Baltimore Infirmary. In 1897 this structure was replaced by an up-to-date building, much larger, and thoroughly equipped. At this time the name of the institution was changed to University Hospital. In time the various clinical departments became overcrowded and the larger num- bers of patients could not be accommodated. A new edifice was planned, and in 1934 the new University Hospital was completed. The old building is still in use, however, by the out-patient department. The new structure is situated on the southwest corner of Redwood and Greene Streets and adjoins the pharmacy and dental schools. The architectural style is that of ultra-modern simplicity. Rising fifteen stories above the ground, the center tower is a landmark on the Baltimore skyline. At this time a two-story addition is being built above the tenth floor. The eleventh floor when completed will be composed of private rooms. The twelfth floor will furnish quarters for the internes. The hospital is ideally arranged and equipped for patient care and instruction to the schools of medicine, dentistry, and nursing. Regular assignments to the department of oral surgery and to the hospital dental clinic are interesting and instructive features of the senior curriculum in the school of dentistry. Regarded as one of the finest in the country, the University Hospital has contrib- uted much to the world-wide recognition which Baltimore has won as a medical center. Pugi- fifhrll

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Our Professional Library i HE early libraries of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and the Dental Department of the University of Maryland consisted of but a few donated volumes. However, when Dr. J. Ben Robinson became Dean of the combined Dental Schools, in 1924, he Immediately united the libraries of both schools and arranged means for ex- pansion. Meanwhile, the Clarence J. Grieves Library Foundation was established on May 4, 1926, by the Maryland State Dental Association. The books from this founda- tion were housed with those of the Dental School Library, and the resulting collection was called the Clarence J. Grieves Library Foundation. During the past year, the re- sources of the original Foundation were placed entirely under the control of the Univer- sity of Maryland. Throughout its relatively short history, the library has expanded so rapidlv that it now ranks among the best of its kind. Its 7100 bound volumes and many unbound publications are housed in the stack-room adjoining the spacious reading-room. The library is managed by a staff of skilled librarians. The reading-room is an ideal locale for the enjoyment of recreative reading as well as for the pursuance of intensive study and research. Page Seventeen