University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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Born. Elizabeth. VV. Va.. July 21), 1854. I ' repared at Pomeroy High School. Graduated at Ohio College of Dental Surgery in 1876. In 1X88 came to University of Michigan as Assistant Professor of Practical Dentistry. Full Professor in 1WI1. Secretary of Dental Faculty preceding Deanship. Member of Ohio Dental As sociation. National Dental Society. Ameri- can Society of Orthodontists, Michigan Dental Association. Editor of Dental Record. Tin- first agitation for the creation of this department mine in 18 3 and in 1873 the Legislature appropriated $. ' !(H)() per year, for a term of two years, with which to establish a school of dentistry at Ann Arbor, and in May of that year the regents took steps to provide for the department. Two pro- fessorships were created and first filled by Jonathan Tafl and J. A. Yatling. The department had its early existence under the general supervision of the Medical Department. The course consisted of two y ars ' work the terms being only six months long. March to October, but in the fall of ' 84. the terms were lengthened to nine months. In ' l8H9 the course was finally made to consist of three years ' of nine months cad ' , and Hie degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery was given. The first accommodations were in the Homoeopathic Building, and in 1S!)1 at the complet ion of the new Tniversity Hospital they occupied tin- old hospital building. At this same time the Dental Society of the t ' niversity of Michigan w-as organ- i ,ed, and assumed charge of the publishing of the Dental Journal. The new Dental Building recently finished is undoubtedly the best equipped and most complete Dental Building in the world, especially in Technics, Laboratories and Dental Operating Rooms. The Taft library is sheltered here and con- tains almost every work in Dentistry and practically complete files of every Dental Journal published. The Dental muse ' um is also included within the building and the odontologieal collection is especially strong probably the largest and the best of its kind to be found in any Dental College. It contains thi ' collections of the late Professor Ford and of Drs. Williams and Louis Mitchell of London. England. The museum has been named the I ' ord-Mitchcll museum. (Id UGiaBBBHBBBIi MINETECN-TEN MICHICA.NENSIA.N Department of Dentistry NKLVII.LK SOII.K HOKK. I). 1). S.. Acting Dran 121)] ,

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MICHIGANENSIA.N Department of Medicine and Surgery VICTOR CLARENCE VAI-GHX, Ph. D., M. 1) , LL. 1)., Dean H Born, Randolph County. Mo., Oct. 27, 1851. Studied at Central College, Fayette, Mo. Graduated from Mt. Pleasant College with B. S. in 1872. In 1874entered Universityof Michigan for graduate study. Obtained Master of Science in 1875 and Ph. D. in ' 76. Entered Department ot Medicine and graduated in 1878. In 1876 Asst. in Chemistry Laboratory. Asst. Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in 1880. Made full Professor in 1883 and Director of Hygienic Laboratory in 1887. Dean of the Department since June. 1891. Major Surgeon in Spanish War. Member of the German Chemistry Society, French Society of Hy- giene, Hungarian Society of Hygiene, and Association of Ameri- can Physicians. The Department of Medicine and Surgery was brought into existence by the organization of a faculty by the I ' niversity on May 15, 1850. The Department formally opened tile following October with Abram Sager as president. The course consisted of lectures which extended over a period of six months, from the first of October to the last of March. Clinical instruction was furnished from the be- ginning, and it was for the benefit of these clinics that various efforts were made to move the department to Detroit. However, in September, 1858, the regents formally decided against the Detroit project, thus insuring a more compact and unified department. In the year 1870-71. eighteen women were en- rolled in the department. By this time the need of laboratory instruction was apparent, ami as a result in 1872 the laboratory of Pharmacology was procured. This was followed by one for Physiology in 1884, Hygiene in 1888 and Clinical Medicine in 1881. Laboratory instruction has always been very thorough. In the same year, the new University Hospital was opened, accommodating about eighty patients. In 1880 the course was lengthened to three years and in 1H!H) to four years. About the year 1890 a six-year course leading to the degrees of A. B. and M. D. was offered, and the final step has lately been taken which requires the degree of A.B. before that of M.D. can be conferred. A valuable addition to the hospitals is that of the Psychopathic Ward which the Legislature some time ago provided for. In this way the medical student is furnished with an unusual opportunity for the study of insanity and nervous disorders. The new Medical building was completed in 1903 and is a remarkably well designed and complete structure. 1281

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Che F IF EXEE!-TEPI MICHICA.NENSIA.N Department of Pharmacy .In. irs OTTO ScHLOTTERBECK, I ' ll. ( ' ., I ' ll. I)., Dean H Born. Ann Arbor. Sept. 1. 186 ). Prepared Ann Arbor High School. Graduate from School of Pharmacy. U. of M.. 1887. Asst. in Pharmacy, 1888. In 1891 given the degree of B. S. in Chemistry. Instructor in Pharmacognosy and Botany. ' 92- ' 9. ). Received the degree of Ph. D.. ' 95- ' 96 from University of Berne. Returned to University as Asst. Professor of Pharmacognosy. In 1904 was advanced to Junior Professor. In 190.) was made Dean. Member of American and Michigan Pharmaceutical Associations, American Association for Advanced Science and American Con- ference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. HI The school was organized and made independent of any other department in the year 1876-7 . Before that time a course in Pharmacy had been given in the Chemistry Building under the general supervision of the chemical faculty. The requirements demanded for admission were in general a full and complete High School education. At the present time they vary depending whether the student is a candidate for the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist which is a two-year course or whether he is candidate for the B. S. of Pharmacy in which case the requisites are practically those for the B. S. degree in any other department. In 1880 the laboratory of general chemistry was completed and this was used as the home of the department up to the present year. With the completion of the new laboratory the school has moved into new and commodious quarters with splendid facilities for special work. Practical work is obtained from the botanical gardens where the principal plants for medicinal use are grown and studied. Frederick Sterns and Co., Detroit, offer a fellowship of $350 a year, which has been maintained since 189.5. Appointment is made by the Board of Regents upon recommendation of the FaculU . H (llill @i U [301 i a n a a m