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

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MEDICI N.E Horn, Randolph County, Mo., Oct. 27, 1851. Studied at Central Col- lege, Fayette. Mo. Graduated from Mt. Pleas- ant College with 11. S. in 1872. In 1874 entered Univer- sity of Michigan for graduate study. Obtained Master of Sci- ence in 1875 and Ph. D. in 1876. Entered 1 )epartment of Medicine and grad- uated in 1878. In 1876 Asst. in Chem- istry Laboratory. Asst. Professor of Medi- cinal Chemisty in 1880. Made full Professor in 1883 and Director of Hygienic Laboratory in 1887. Dean of the Department since June, 1891. Major Surgeon in Span- ish War. Member of the German Chemistry Society, French Society of Hy- giene, Hungarian So- ciety of Hygiene, and Association of Ameri- can Physicians. Department of Medicine VICTOR CLARENCE VAUGHAN, M.D.. Ph.D., LL.D.. Dean The Department of Medicine and Surgery was brought into existence by the organization of a faculty by the University on May 15, 1850. The Department formally opened the 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 beginning, 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 enrolled in the department. By this time the need of laboratory instruction was apparent, and as a result ,in 1872 the laboratory of Histology was procured. This was followed by one for Physiology in 1884, Hygiene in 1888, and Clinical Medicine in 1801. 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 1890 to four years. About the year :8go 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, ard is a remarkably well designed and complete structure. The hospital now provides more than three hundreds beds. [20]

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Born in Chicago, March 3, 1869. Prepared in Park Insti- tute and West Division High School. Entered the University of Michigan in 1886. Graduated, Ph. B., 1890; LL. B., Northwestern, 1892. Tappan Professor of Law, 1903 to 1910. Dean of the Department since October, 1910. Phi Beta Kappa. Member of the American Bar Association, Mich- igan State Bar Asso- ciation. American Poli- tical Science Associa- tion, Scientific Club, Chicago Literary Club, University Club of Chi- cago, University Club of Detroit. Department of Law HKNRY MOORE BATES, Ph.B., LL.B., Dean This department was provided for in the Organic Act in March, 1859. The Law School was opened on October 8, and included three professorships, which were later styled Marshall, Kent and Jay chairs. James V. Campbell, Charles Walker and Thomas M. Cooley were elected to fill these chairs, with Professor Campbell acting as dean. The first class was graduated in 1860. The original home of the school was the old chapel, and not till October, 1863, did it have a home of its own. The building was reconstructed and greatly enlarged in 1893. Again in 1898 it was practically demolished and rebuilt as it now stands. A fourth professorship was established in 1886, and named for the Honorable Richard Fletcher, of Boston. This chair was first filled by Ashley Palmer. The fifth chair was the Tappan professorship established in 1879, first filled by Alpheus Felch. In 1871 Professor Cooley became dean of the department. The original course consisted of two terms, each six months long, lasting from October through March. The instruction was entirely by lectures, and at the completion of the course of the degree of LL.D. was given. In 1877 an entrance examination in English was required. In 1884 the terms were lengthened to nine months each, and in 1895 a third year was required f r the completion of the course. The Practice Court as it now stands was established in the year 1892-1893.

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DINTISTLY Born, Elizabeth, W. Va.. July 20, 1854. Prepared at Pomeroy High School. Graduated at Ohio Col- lege of Dental Surgery in 1876. In 1888 came to Univer- sity of Michigan as Assistant Professor of Practical Dentistry. Full Professor in 1891. Secretary of Dental Fac- ulty preceding Dean- ship. Member of Ohio Dental Association. National Dental Society, Amer- ican Society o f Or- thodontists, Michigan Dental Association. Editor of Dental Record. Department of Dentistry XKLVILLF. SOULE HOFF, D.D.S., Acting Dean The first agitation for the creation of this department came in 1865, and in 1875 the Legislature appropriated $3000 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 professorships were created and first filled by Jonathan Taft and J. A. Watling. The department had its early existence under the general super- vision of the Medical Department. The course consisted of two years ' work, the terms being only six months long, October to March, but in the fall of ' 84 the terms were lengthened to nine months. In 1889 the course was finally made to consist of three years of nine months each. The degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery has always been given. The first accommodations were in the Homoeopathic building, and in 1891, at the completion of the new University Hospital, the Dental Department occupied the old Hospital building. At this same time the Dental Society of the University of Michigan was organized, 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 contains almost every work in Dentistry and practically complete files of every Dental journal published. The Dental museum is also included within the building, ' and the odontological collection is especially strong probably the largest and best of its kind to be found in any Dental college. It contains the collections of the late Pro- fessor Ford and of Dr. William Mitchell of London, England. The museum has been named the Ford-Mitchell museum. [21]