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

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THE RECORD 19 18 Jfyisitovp of tfje -pijitabelpljia Cental College anb hospital of € ral Surgery Jfrom its inception in 1852 to 1918 eflHE 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 but short life of four years, it yielded to internal dissension and ceased to exist. In the fall of 1862 Dr. John M. Quillen, 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 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. McOuillen, 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. Thos. Wardell, 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 I)r. George W. Ellis and Alfred R. Leeds, A. M. In 1866, Professor Ellis resigned and Professor Kingsbury resumed his former chair. In 1867. Professor Wardell 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. Garretson was chosen incumbent of the former, and Dr. Harrison Allen, of the latter. In the following year, 1S68. Professors Garretson and Leeds resigned, and Dr. S. B. Howell was elected to succeed Professor Leeds. 14

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T H E RECORD 19 18 duces for us the features of the men who have taught us. the faces of classmates, and the scenes in which we have lived for the past three years. It is full of quips and cranks; it offers its tribute to the men who live and to those who have passed from our midst; it is a catalogue of ourselves. May it please you. Professor Inglis, the books is yours, and with it our hearts, in loyal acknowledgment to our Alma Mater and to you. The Class of 1918, Philadelphia Dental College. Leo A. Collins, Editor-in-Chief. 13

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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 changes 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. In 1879, the chair of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics was established, and Professor Flagg was chosen to fill it. Owing to the lamented death of Professor McQuillen 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 H. J. Dorr was chosen to fill it. In 1881. Professor Smith resigned, and Dr. S. H. Guilford was elected incumbent of the chair of Operative and Prosthetic Dentistry and Orthodontia. In 1889, Professor Dorr’s chair was changed to that of Practical Dentistry. Anesthesia and Anesthetics. From then until the death of Professor Garretson in October, 1895, a period of fourteen years, no change occurred, but after his death Dr. H. C. Boenning was elected to the chair of Anatomy and Surgery, and Dr. M. C. (Tver, for many years the assistant of Professor Garretson, was chosen Adjunct Professor of Oral Surgery. In January, 1896, Professor S. H. 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 Grcenbaum was thereupon chosen to succeed Professor Dorr, and the chair changed to include Materia Medica. Anesthetics and Odon-totechny. Dr. PI. H. Burchard was also chosen to fill the place of Dr. Flagg and made Special Lecturer on Dental Pathology and Therapeutics. After serving the School most acceptably for three years. Dr. Burchard’s failing health compelled his resignation. In October. 1896, Dr. Over resigned to accept a position in the Dental Department of the University of Pennsylvania. In May, 1899, A. H. 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 15