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

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Jhtstorp of tljf $ljtlabelpfjia Bental College anb hospital of € ral Surgery Jfront its inception in 1852 to 1910 HE first institution established in Pennsylvania for imparting of knowledge in the science and art of dentistry was organized in 1852 under the title of Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery. After a useful lmt short life of four years, it yielded to internal dissensions and ceased to exist. In the fall of 1862 Dr. John M. McQuillen. holding the chair of Operative Dentistry and Physiology in the Pennsylvania College, retired from the faculty, and in 1863. with the assistance of other members of the profession in the city and State, after great expenditure and overcoming of great opposition, he succeeded in obtaining from the Legislature of Pennsylvania a charter for a new institution under the name of the Philadelphia Dental College. After the securing of a competent Faculty and Board of Trustees, the new institution opened its first term in November of the same year. Its Faculty consisted of: Dr. J. H. McQuillen, Professor of Anatomy. Physiology and Hygiene. Dr. J. Foster Flagg. Professor of Institutes of Dentistry. Dr. C. A. Kingsbury, Professor of Physiology and Operative Dentistry. Dr. Thomas Warded. Professor of Mechanical Dentistry and Metallurgy. Dr. Henry A. Morton. A.M., Professor of Chemistry. Dr. McQuillen was elected Dean, and held that office continuously until his death. In 1865 Professors Kingsbury and Morton resigned and were succeeded by Dr. George W. Ellis and Alfred R. Leeds, A.M. In 1866 Professor Ellis resigned, and Professor Kingsbury resumed his former chair. In 1867 Professor Warded resigned, and Dr. D. D. Smith was elected to succeed him. The same year two new chairs were created, one of Principles and Practice of Surgery and the other of Anatomy. Dr. James E. Garrctson was chosen incumbent of the former, and Dr. Harrison Allen, of the latter. In the following year. 1868. Professors Garretson and Leeds resigned, and Dr. S. B. I lowed was elected to succeed Professor Leeds. In 1869 Professor Kingsbury resigned his chair and was made Emeritus Professor, and Dr. Thomas C Stellwagen was chosen his successor. In 1870 Professor Flagg resigned his chair. 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 Professor Garretson resumed his chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. Henry J. Dorr was made Adjunct Professor of Practical Dentistry. 12

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In 1879 tlu- chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics was established, and Professor Flagg was chosen to fill it. Owing to the lamented death of Professor McOuillen during this year, some-changes in the chairs were made necessary. Professor Stellwagen succeeded Professor 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 Professor 11. J. Dorr was chosen to fill it. In 1881 Professor Smith resigned, and Dr. S. 11. Guilford was elected incumbent of the chair of Operative and Prosthetic Dentistry and Orthodontia. I11 1889 Professor Dorr’s chair was changed to that of Practical Dentistry. Anaesthesia and Anaesthetics. From then until the death of Professor Garretson in October. 1895. a period of fourteen years, no change occurred; but after bis death Dr. H. C. Boenning was elected to the chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. M. C. Crvcr, for many years the assistant of Professor iarretson. was chosen Adjunct Professor of Oral Surgery. In January. 1896, Professor S. 11. Guilford was elected Dean of the Faculty. In the spring of the same year Professors Dorr and Flagg resigned, owing to ill health Dr. Leo Jreenbaum was thereupon chosen to succeed Professor Dorr, and the chair changed to include Materia Medica. Anaesthetics and Odon totechny. Dr. II. If. Burchard was also chosen to fill the place of l)r. Flagg and made Special Lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. After serving the school most acceptably for three years. Dr. BurchardV failing health compelled his resignation. In October, 1896, Dr. Cryer resigned to accept a position in the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania. In May, 1899. A. II. 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 May. 1900. Dr. Thompson resigned to resume his former professorship in Kansas City Dental College, and Dr. Otto F. Inglis was elected Special Lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. In October, 1901. Dr. Boom succeeded Dr. S. 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. In 1905 Dr. Leo Greenbaum was elected Assistant Dean and in June, 1906. Dr. S. H. Guilford resigned the office of Dean and Dr. Greenbaum was elected to that jx sition. In June, 1908. Dr. Greenbaum resigned the office of Dean and Dr. Guilford was elected to that position. The College has witnessed few changes in the Presidency of the Board of Trustees. The first incumbent was Rev. Richard Newton. D.D.. the second was Hon. James Pollock. I.L.D.. and the present incumbent is General James A. Beaver, LL.D. At the time of its incorporation there were but three other dental schools besides the Philadelphia Dental College, with a combined attendance of one hundred students. To-day there are in the United States more than fifty institutions. 3