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

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£ krtrb flf the iCtfr of §imrnn it. (SuilforL A.iH.. 0.0. § ., $lb..0. 1MEON HAYDEN GUILFORD was born in Lebanon, Pa., April 11. 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, I’a., and was graduated with the degree of A. Li. in 1861. 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 Dentil Surgery, receiving his degree of D. D. S. in February, 1865. In 1864, ln.-received the degree of A.M. from his Alma Mater, and in 1886 the honorary degree of Ph. I), from the same institution. In 1884 he also received the honorary degree of D. I). S. from the Philadelphia Dental College. He 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 perative and Prosthetic Dentistry and Orthodontia, which chair he still holds. Upon the death of Profosot Garretson in October, 1895. he succeeded to the Deanship and continued .is head of the Faculty until June. 1905. when he resigned the office. Professor Guilford is the author of two works, “Nitrous Oxide,” published in 1887, and Orthodontia,’' published in 1889. The latter is a College Text-hook and is now in its fourth edition. He also wrote the sections on Orthodontia, “Anomalies of the Teeth and Maxillae.” and Hypercemen-tosis for the Amerilan System of Dentistry, and the chapters on “Preparation of Cavities” and “Contour Fillings” for the American Text hook of )per-ative Dentistry, In 1()0S. he was for the second time chosen Dean, in which capacity he has ince been serving. He has also been a frequent contributor to the best periodical literature of bis profession, lie has served as President of the National Association of Dental Faculties, the Pennsylvania State Dental Society, the Odontological Society, of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Academy of Stomatology and Vice-President of the National Dental Association. Besides holding active membership in many dental organizations, lie is an honorary member of the First District Dental Society of New York, of the State Dental Society of New York, a “Fellow” of the merican Academy of Dental Science of Massachusetts, an honorary member of the American Dental Society of Europe, and other organizations.

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(Dttu E. Jluglis, 0.0.8’. |Irufp00tir of Drntal Surgery atth UhcrapmtirB E. INC,I.IS was bom January 19, 1864, at Rio dc Janeiro. Brazil, parents were Americans, his father enjoying a large dental prac-among the residents of Rio de Janeiro. The first ten years of Dr. Inglis' life were spent in Brazil, after which he was sent to the United States to be educated, graduating from Patterson Seminary in 1880. After a business career of four years, his desire for a professional career led to his entering Philadelphia Dental College in 1884. where he was graduated in 1886 after the then usual two years’ course. In 1887, Dr. Inglis, in conjunction with Dr. J. Foster Flagg, published a quiz compend, based upon the teachings of the latter. In 1888, he became Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry, at the Philadelphia Dental College, and continued in that capacity until I860, in which year he left for Rio dc Janeiro, lie practiced there for three years and then returned to the Philadelphia Dental College. During the sessions of 1898-9, 1899 00 he occupied the position of special lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. Upon the death of Dr. J .orchard lie was elected to the chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics, which position he has since held. Dr. Inglis has been prominently identified with several leading dental societies during his professional career, and has written for several dental journals. In 1904, Dr. Inglis re-edited Dr. II. H. Burchard's Dental Pathology, which was favorably commented upon by the press and the profession at large, and of which a large edition has been circulated. It is now in its fifth edition. lb