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

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Old Church Memories i HE memories that once existed in connection with the Old Church Build- ing are now but individual treasures of those who boast the unique pleasure of once having worked in its dusty old rooms. The Church building is gone but to countless, not forgotten. In its place will arise a modern building equipped for histologic, phar- maceutical and anatomical dissection studies. At present the freshmen are working in the old dispensary hospital on Lombard Street. They occupy the third-floor wing and although the room is temporary, it boasts of twelve dissecting tables and countless anatomical drawings and models. For tem- porary quarters the room has been made exceptionally adequate for work. Lights have been placed over the bodies to enable better vision and through the efforts of Eddie the room is kept n hne condition. We cannot forget the hours we toiled in a formalin-laden atmosphere as our in- structors cracked a metamaphorical whip over our weary brains, yet withal tried to be as fair as the schedule allowed. ? ; ' c Twftily thi

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The Museum of the School i HE Museum of the Dental School contains a valuable collection relating to all branches of dental science. One may trace, by means of the various collected items, the evolution of dentistry from early times to the present date. The collection contains a number of early dentures, some of which were carved entirely from bone, others in metal. Perhaps most conspicuous in the entire set are the dentures worn by George Washington. Among the curios is a small plush-lined box which contains the extraction instru- ments used by Chapin Harris. Except for the key, the forceps embody the same prin- ciples in use today. A large section of the museum is devoted to prize contributions of work done by students, some dating as far back as 1876. The section devoted to Comparative Dental Anatomy includes shells of the large and the small animals which are supposed to be phases in the history of human denture evolution. Several human skulls are among those displayed, one of them being entirely disarticulated. The section devoted to abnormal teeth is rather extensive. Here one may view a tooth that was extracted from the alveolar process of George IV of England, and an- other from Amedo I of Spain. Piigc Tncniy-hl ' O

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Where We Compounded Mixtures V, ' 1 HE chemistry laboratory is already familiar to all dental students when they begin their course in physiological chemistry. For this same laboratory with its smooth, blacktopped benches and rows of acid bottles previously contributed to our all too meager knowledge of organic chemistry. Even with the aromas from foul mixtures permeating the atmosphere, there is a kindlier feeling toward the lab, partly because physiological chemistry is the last chemistry course in the curriculum; but chiefly be- cause it is a practical course amplifying our understanding of physiology. Assisted by Drs. O. H. Gayer, Dobbs, and D. A. Browning we attempted to reproduce in test tubes the everyday chemical reactions which that super-chemist Mother Nature per- forms constantly within the human body. It often took a long stretch of imagination to assure ourselves that a slight cloudiness was the thick precipitate and we still can ' t understand why some experiments came out wrong. In spite of our shortcomings as chemists, the hours we spent experimenting in the lab illustrated comprehensively our physiology course, which makes up an important part of our dental education. Page Twenty-four