Temple University School of Dentistry - Odontolog Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Prof. McQuillen Held the position from the establishment of the school in 1863 until his death in 1879. He was succeeded by Prof. Smith, who held the office for two years. Prof. Garretson assumed the office in 1881 and retained it until his death, 1895, after which Prof. Guilford, the present incumbent, was elected to the position. The College has witnessed but few changes in the Presidency of the Board of Trustees. The first incumbent was Rev. Richard Newton, D. D. At his death he was succeeded by the Hon. James Pollock, LL.D., ex-Governor of Pennsylvania, who retained the office during the remainder of his life, after which Gen. James A. Beaver, LL.D, ex-Governor of Pennsylvania, was elected to the Presidency, which position he still so worthily fills. At the time of the incorporation of the Philadelphia Dental College there were but three other Dental schools in the country. One in Cincinnati, one in Baltimore and one in Philadelphia, with a combined attendance of less than one hundred students. To-day there are in the United States about fifty institutions in which Dentistry is regularly taught, with a total yearly attendance of between four and five thousand students. In the thirty-six years of its existence the Philadelphia Dental College has graduated no less than 2,500 students. Along with other schools it has advanced from a two years’ course of four months each to a three years' course of seven months, with supplemental Spring and Fall course covering three months more. From an annual curriculum that required but thirty-four lectures from each Professor, it has developed into one in which more than one hundred didactic lectures are given annually by the incumbent of each chair. I11 addition to this the clinical facilities have been greatly enlarged year by year, giving to the students oppor-tunities for the attainment of a manual dexterity undreamed of years ago. One of the most prominent advances in recent years has been the establishment of technic courses in the Freshman and Junior years, cultivating not only the hand, but the eye and brain, as well as adding immensely to the symmetrical development of the pupil. The Philadelphia Dental College was the first to introduce into its curriculum a course in oral surgery, and the first also to establish a hospital for the treatment of diseases of the oral cavity. The late Prof. Garretson was the first to make a special study of such diseases and to constitute their consideration a part of the dental curriculum. With him the trained hand of the dentist, in conjunction with the medically educated mind, made possible operations never before attempted. The Philadelphia Dental College, in its many years of existence, has lost but three of its Professors through death, but of those who have thus been removed two were conspicuous lights with reputations that were world-wide. Both were men of indomitable energy, wise judgment, greatness of heart and nobleness of 9

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The same year two new chairs were created, one of Principles and Practice of Surgery and the other of Anatomy. Dr. James E. Garretson was chosen incumbent of the former, and Dr. Harrison Allen of the latter. In the following year, 1868, Profs. Garretson and Leeds resigned and Dr. S. B. Howell was elected to succeed Prof. Leeds. In 1869, Prof. Kingsbury resigned his chair and was made Emeritus Professor and Dr. T. C. Stellwagen was chosen as his successor. In 1870, Prof. Flagg resigned and his chair was divided among the others. Thus far some change had taken place in the personnel of the Faculty each year but one. During the succeeding eight years no change occurred, but in 1878 Prof. Garretson resumed his chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. Henry I. Dorr was made Adjunct Professor of Practical Dentistry. In 1879, the chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics was established, and Prof. Flagg was chosen to fill it. Owing to the lamented death of Prof. McQuil-len, during this year, some changes in the chairs were made necessary. Prof. Stellwagen succeeded Prof. McQuillen in the chair of Physiology, and his former chair of Operative Dentistry was united to that of Mechanical Dentistry. At the same time a new chair of Clinical Dentistry was established and Prof. H. I. Dorr chosen to fill it. In 1881, Prof. Smith resigned and Dr. S. H. Guilford was elected incumbent of the chair of Operative and Prosthetic Dentistry. In 1889, Prof. Dorr's chair was changed to that of Practical Dentistry. Anaesthesia and Anaesthetics. From then until the death of Prof. Garretson in October, 1895, a period of fourteen years, no changes occurred, but after his death Dr. H. C. Boenning was elected to the chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. M. H. Cryer, for many years the assistant of Prof. Garretson, was chosen Adjunct Professor of Oral Surgery. In January, 1896, Prof. S. H. Guilford was elected Dean of the Faculty. In the spring of the same year Profs. Dorr and Flagg resigned, owing to ill health. Dr. Leo Greenbaum was thereupon chosen to succeed Prof. Dorr and the chair changed to include Materia MedicaAnaesthesia and Odontotechny. Dr. H. H. Burchard was also chosen to fill the place of Dr. Flagg and made Special Lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. After serving the school most acceptably for three years. Dr. Burchard’s failing health compelled bis resignation. In May, 1899, Dr. A. H. Thompson, of Topeka, Kansas, and Dean of the Kansas City Dental College, was chosen to succeed Dr. Burchard, and the chair was extended to include Comparative Dental Anatomy. In October, 1896, Dr. Cryer resigned to accept a position in the Dental department of the University of Pennsylvania. Few changes have occurred in the Deanship of the Institution. 18

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character. Each was a master in the art of teaching, and each, at the time of his death, was not only the Dean of the school but the most distinguished member of the Faculty. Dr. McQuillen was the founder of the school. He labored unceasingly for its proper establishment and then, through all the remaining years of his life, faithfully devoted himself to its development. Practice, comfort, health, and finally life, were sacrificed in order that the school which he loved might become a temple of knowledge worthy of the respect of all men. Dr. Garretson was as ambitious as his predecessor for the advancement of the institution with which he was connected, and for the true elevation of the profession he loved. He was a man among men, capable of inspiring in others the confidence he felt in himself, and by his council and acts and teachings stimulating those under his care to the attainment of all that is noble and best in life. This brief record would be incomplete without some reference to the third one of the Professors of our school, called hence by death. Prof. C. A. Kingsbury ably seconded the efforts of Prof. McQuillen in the establishment of the Philadelphia Dental College, and was a member of its first Faculty. He served the institution actively for six years, and then continued in the honorary position of “emeritus” until his death in September. 1891. He proved himself a competent and faithful teacher, and his love for the institution and devotion to its interests were manifested in a multitude of ways. During its existence two changes of location have been made necessary by the growth of the College. Upon its establishment it was located at the northwest corner of Tenth and Arch Streets. There it remained until 1887, when it removed to a new and larger building on Cherry Street, below Eighteenth. Outgrowing these quarters in the course of eight years, it was decided to purchase ground in a new locality and erect a large and commodious building adapted solely to its own educational purposes. In 1896 a suitable location was found at Eighteenth, Buttonwood and Hamilton Streets, and, after the preparation of satisfactory plans, ground was broken and the erection of the building begun. The corner stone was laid with Masonic ceremonies January 13, 1897, and the structure completed in August, 1S97. The building was open for the Fall Term on September 1st, and formally dedicated on October 4th. In honor of its founder, the hospital has been named the Garretson Hospital. It occupies a large portion of the first floor of the new building, and consists of a public ward with seven beds and a private ward with two. There are also a nurses' room, kitchen, a beautifully furnished bath-room and etherization and recovery rooms. 20