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

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A D M I N R N Philip H. Austen, A.M., M.D., D.D.S. Philip H. Austen, A.M., M.D., D.D.S., was born in Baltimore in 1S22. He graduated from Yale at the age of 19. Two years later he graduated in medicine from the Univer- sity of Maryland and practiced medicine in Baltimore for about ten years, giving special attention to diseases of the mouth. He then studied dentistry and graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1849. The same year he was appointed Lecturer on Chemistry and Metallurgy and in 185 2 Professor of Dental Mechanism, in the B.C.D.S. In 1860 he became Professor of the Principles of Dental Science and Chem- istry, and was Dean of the college from 185 3 to 1865. He left the college in 1875 because of ill health and a desire to give more of his time to outdoor exercise. He became a civil engineer with the West Virginia Coal and Iron Mines, of which he was part owner. Here he tried to improve the condition of the people in his neighborhood. When typhoid fever broke out, he gave constant attention and free medical services to his neighbors. He was a remarkable man and well informed on all general subjects. He possessed high talents, great intelligence, and indomitable will-power. Austen was an amiable, courteous gentleman and a generous and self-sacrificing friend. On October 1, 1878, soon after his recovery from a serious illness, he was severely burned at his home in Baltimore. On October 2 8, he died from exhaustion, brought about by the seriousness of his burns. One of the leading professors in the history of tlio B.C.D.S., Austen discharged the duties entrusted to him with high honor and rare ability. He was a fluent speaker and an interesting and effective lecturer. His chief attention in dentistry was given to dental mechanics. He made numerous and valuable contributions to the science and literature of his profession and was an author of considerable reputation. He translated Jourdain ' s Diseases and Surgical Operations of the Mouth, and edited, together with Gorgas and Latimer, the last edition of Harris ' Principles and Practice of Dentistry.

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