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

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hi former professorship in the Kansas. City Dental College, and L)r. Otto H. Inglts was elected Special Lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. In October, 1901, Dr. Boom succeeded Dr. L. B. Howell, who became Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Physics and Metallurgy. At this time also Dr. Otto E. Inglis was elected to the chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. Few changes have occurred in the Deanship of the institution. Professor McQuillen held the position from the establishment of the school in 1869 until his death in 1879. He was succeeded by Professor Smith, who held the office for two years. Professor Garret son assumed the office In 1881. and retained it until his death, 1805. after which Professor 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, L. L. D., ex-Govcrnor ol Pennsylvania, who retained the office during the remainder of his life, after which Gen. James A. Beaver, L. L. D„ ex-Governor of Pennsylvania, was elected to the Presidency, which position he still so worthily tills. 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 more than fifty institutions in which dentistry is regularly taught, with a total yearly attendance of about rive thousand stu dents. In the thirty-eight years of its existence, the Philadelphia Dental College has graduated no less than twenty-seven hundred 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 tall courses covering three months more. From an annual curriculum that required hut thirty-four lectures from each professor, it has developed into one In which more than one hundred diadactic lectures are given annually by the incumbent of each chair. In addition to this, the clinic facilities have been greatly enlarged year by year, giving to the students opportunities for the attainment of a mutual dexterity undreamed of years ago. One of the most prominent advances In recent years has been the establishment ot 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 Professor 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

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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 mm of indomitable energy, wise judgment, greatness of heart and nobleness of character Bach 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 ot the Facultv. I »r. M Quillen was the founder of the school. He labored unceasingly for its proper establishment, and then, through 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 knowldedge worthy of the respect of ail 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 nun among men. capable ot inspiring in others the confidence he felt in himself, and by his counsel and acts und teachings, stimulating those under his tare to the attainment ol all that is noble and best in life. This brief record would be incomplete without some reference to the third one of the protessors ol our school called hence by death. Professor C. A Kingsbury ably seconded the efforts of Professor Me Quillen in the establishment ol the Philadelphia Dental College, and was a member of its first Faculty. He served the institution actively 2S lor six years, and then continued in the honorary position ol ••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 ot location have been made necessary by the growth of the college. Upon its establishment it was located at the northwest corner ol 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 nt 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 .1 suitable location was lound at Eighteenth, Button-wood arid 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 11, 1897, and the structure completed August. 1897. The building was opened for the Fall Term on September 1st, and formalv dedicated on October 4th In honor of its founder, the hospital has been named the Ciarretson Hospital. It occupies a large portion of the first floor of the new building, and consists of a public ward with many beds also private wards. There are also nurse's rooms, kitchen, a beautifully furnisheJ batti room, an etheriration and recovery rooms.