University of Maryland School of Pharmacy - Terra Mariae Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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FERDINAND J. S. GORGAS. A.M., M.D., D.D.S 20

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Law School. HENRY I). HARLAN, Secretary of Laiu Family. Hon. John P. Poe, Pleading, Practice, Evidence and Torts. RiCH.VRD M. ' enable, Esq., Constitutional and Statute Law. Thomas W. Hall, Esij., International Law. Hon. Charles E. Phelps, Equity Jurisprudence. Hon. Albert Ritchie, Commercial Law. Edgar H. Gans, Esq., Executors and Administrators, and ISills and Notes, and Criminal Law. Hon. Henry D. Harlan, Elementary Common Law and Domestic Relations. Wn.LiAM T. Br.wtlev, Esq., Personal J ' roperty and Contracts. Thos. S. Baer, Es , ., Real Property. B. Howard Ha?il n, Es( )., Corporations. Dental School. Ferdinand J. S. Gorc;as, A.M., M.D., D.D.S., Professor of Principles of Dental .Science, Dental Surgery and Dental Prostiiesis. James H. Harris, M.D., D.D.S., Professor of Operative and Clinical Dentistry Francis T. Miles, M.D., Professor of Physiology. L. McLane Tiffany, A.M., M.D., Clinical Professor of Oral Surgery. R. Dorsey Coale, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Metallurgy. Isaac Edmondson Atkinson, M.D., Professor of Therapeutics. Randolph Winslow, A.IM., M.D., Professor of Anatomy. Charles W. Mitchell, M.D., Professor of Materia Medica. John C. Uhler, M.D., D.D.S., Demonstrator of Prosthetic Dentistry. Isaac H. Davis, M. 1)., D.D.S., Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry. Clarence J. Grieves, D.D.S., Demonstrator of Crown- and Hridge-Work. J. Holmes Smith, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. 19

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A Glinipse of O r History By Ferdinand J. S. Gorgas, A.M., M.D., D.D.S. THE HISTORY of a University becomes not only interesting but instructive, when, after an existence of almost a century, its records become a chronic le of important events and its list of Alumni contains the names of men who have occupied some of the most prominent positions in their respective professions, and who have also been honored at home and abroad for scientific achieve- ments and valuable discoveries. The history of higher education in this country extends through four periods : the first beginning with the earliest settlement and extending to the Revolution, during which time the English system of that period prevailed. The second, following that great struggle for liberty, was distinguished by the organization of professional schools in medicine, law and theology. The third, beginning about the middle of this century, was characterized by the formation of scientific schools. The fourth, embracing the present period, has for its ideal, the system upon which the English Universities are now conducted, which includes continuous effort for the maintenance of the highest standard of professional learning, and the development of the highest talent. -It was during the second of these periods that the Univer- sitv of Maryland was organized, the idea of establishing such an institution originating with Dr. John Beale Davidge as early as the year 1796, and who was instrumental in interesting in such an enter- prise Dr. Nathaniel Potter. Failing, however, to influence others in the same direction, Dr. Davidge began, about the year 1799, a private course of medical lectures, which were continued annually thereafter, and formed the nucleus of the present School of Medicine of the University of Mary- land In 1807, Drs. Davidge and Potter having associated with them Drs. James Cocke and John Shaw, delivered a more extended course of medical instruction during the Winter months, which course was interrupted for a time by the prejudice of the community against dissection, a mob demolishing a small anatomical building which b 21