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

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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