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

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S. H. GUILFORD, A M.. D.D.S., Ph.G.

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fefcctci) of tljr life of . %). (Sutlforb, JU.itl, D.Dj§ ., $1). . IMEON HAYDEN GUILFORD was born in Lebanon, Pa., April ii, 1841. His father, Simeon Guilford, born in Massachusetts, was a celebrated civil engineer and iron manufacturer. while his grandfather. Simeon Guilford, was an ensign under Washington in the American Revolution. He received his preliminary education at the Lebanon and Lititz Academies. In 1858 he entered the Sophomore class of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., ami was graduated with the degree of A. Ii. in 1861. After teaching school for one year he entered the U. S. Volunteer service in 1862 as a private in Co. E., 127th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. He participated actively in the battles of Fredricksburg, Va., December, 1862, and Chancellorsville. May, 1863. after which his regiment was mustered out of service. In the summer of 1863 he began the study of dentistry, attending lectures during the winter of 1863-64 and 1864-65 at the Pennsylvania College of Denial Surgery, receiving his degree of D. D. S. in February, 1865. In 1864 he received the degree of A. M. from his Alma Mater, and in 1886 the honorary degree of Ph.D. from the same institution. In 1884 he also received the honorary degree of D. D. S. from the Philadelphia Dental College. lie began the practice of dentistry in his native town of Lebanon in 1865, and at the end of seven years removed to Philadelphia. In 1881 he was elected Professor of Operative and Prosthetic Dentistry and Orthodonia, which chair he still holds. Upon the death of Professor Garretson in October. 1895, be succeeded to the Deanship and continued as head of the Faculty until June, 1905, when he resigned the office. Professor Guilford is the author of two works—“Nitrous Oxile,” published in 1887. and “Orthodontia,” published in 1889. The latter is a college text-book and is now in its third edition. He also wrote the sections on “Orthodontia,” “Anomalies of the Teeth and Maxillae'’ and “Hypercemen-tosis” for the American System of Dentistry, and the chapters on “Preparation of Cavities and “Contour Fillings” for the American Text-book of Operative Dentistry. 26

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He has also been a frequent contributor to the best periodical literature of his profession. He has served as President of the National Association of Dental Faculties, the Pennsylvania State Dental Society, the Odontological Society of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Academy of Stomatology, He has been Vice-President of the National Dental Association. Resides holding active membership in many dental organizations, he is an honorary member of the First District Dental Society of New York, and of the State Dental Society of New York, and a “Fellow of the American Academy of Dental Science of Massachusetts, an Honorary member of the American Dental Society of Europe and other organizations. 28