University of Maryland Baltimore Dental School - Mirror Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Harris ' L ' rincii)les and rraclicc (if Dentistry. His chapter on CJcreljro-Spinal Meningitis is a well-written |)art in T.ooniis ' lV ' xt-l!ook on iVledicine, and liis many nionoj raplis are papers of recognizerl merit. B. Roily Smith. B. Holly Smith was graduated from the lialtimore Colleye of iJenlal Surfjery in i88r, anci made Assistant Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry Ihe following ' session. He was next appointed Lecturer on Special Anatomy and Dental Materia Medica, later Professor of this chair, and is now Professor of Operative Dentistry and Dental Surgery. He was graduated from the College of Physicians and .Surgeons in 1883, and is now Professor of Operative Dentistry and Dental Surgery as applied to medicine in that institution. He was formerly President of the Maryland State Dental Association and is now Chairman of its Executive Committee. He was at one time President of the Southern Dental Association, also of the National Dental Association; now a member of its Executive Council. He is now President of the National Association of Dental Faculties, of whose Executive Committee he was for some time the Secretary. He is an honorary member of the Washington City Dental Association, New Jersey State Society, North Carolina State Association, Texas State Association, Associate Member of the New York Academy of Stomatology, and New York Odontological Society, and also a member of the Baltimore County Medical Association. Dr. CdtUiam B. f inncy. Dr. William B. Finney, Professor of Dental Mechanism and Metallurgy at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, is one of the foremost dentists of Baltimore. He was born in Accomac County, ' a., August 27, 1854, on the plantation of his father, the late Andrew Gordon Finney. He pursued his studies at the Academy of Locustville, Va., and at William and Mary College. Coming to Baltimore, he acted as bookkeeper for the firm of T. C. Bunting Co., and later entered the ofifice of Dr. R. B. Winder as a private student, concurrently beginning his studies at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. About this time the Maryland Dental College was organized and Dr. ' inder was made its Dean. Here Mr. Finney took his second year course and graduated, being yet under twenty-one years of age. After graduation, he returned to his home, remaining there one year. He then went to Moorefield, Hardy County, W. a., where he practiced three years. 13

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chemistry. ATay it bo hoped that the students derived more benefit from the experimental demonstrations tlian from the lectures, still delivei-ed with an accent utterly unintelligible to the hearers. However, the begfinning was made and, indeed, an appointment to a full professorship in the Maryland Collegfe of Pharmacy followed next year, necessitatingf, for want of time, the resignation at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, until some years later the Doctor resumed his duties at this rapidly growing institution, accepting later the chair of chemistry in the P altimore College of Dental Surgery. Dr. Latimer. Dr. Latimer was born, 1839, in Georgia, but upon the death of his father, the family removed, while he was yet a child, to Southern Pennsylvania. He attended public and private schools and enjoyed the advantages of havmg a private tutor. He matriculated at the University of Maryland Medical School in 1859, graduating in 1861. At the outbreak of the Civil War Dr. Latimer espoused the cause of the South, and enlisted April ig as a private in the First Regiment of Md. C. S. A., and went South early in May. After about eight months ' service in the ranks, he was appointed Adjutant Surgeon to the Regiment. Li the spring of 1862, he was made Assistant Medical Purveyor of the Army of Northern Virginia, which position he held until after the battle of Gettysburg. Soon after having had his rank advanced to that of Major Surgeon, he was put in charge of the Robinson Hospital and Confederate States Dispensary, in Richmond. After the fall of Rich- mond he was on his way to join the division of Gen. Jos. E. Johnson, but at Charlotte, N. C, receiving the news of the surrender, returned to Richmond. After a few ' months spent in the Spanish West Indies he came back to irginia, where he spent the winter of 1865-66. Coming to Baltimore in the spring of 1866 with the intention of going to Mexico, he was deterred by a letter from General Early, who advised e.x-Confederates to stay at home. The same year, receiving the appointment of Resident Physician to the University Hospital, he remained with the institution tw ' o years, resigning to begin private practice in which he has received recognition as one of the most skilful physicians in the city, holding a high place among his colleagues, and a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Latimer has also held for many years and is still professor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, and during the existence of the Post Graduate Medical College, held a professorship in that. He has served as President and Vice-President of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, and President of the Baltimore Medical Association. Of the writings of Dr. Latimer, the chief is, Anatomy and Physiology of

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In 1S7S, Doctor I ' inney was called to accept the position of Assistant Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. This and the Maryland Dental Collegfe had amalgamated the year previous, adopting the name of the former for the combined institutions. His diploma from the Maryland Dental College entitled him to one from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery also. Dr. Finney served as Assistant Demonstrator for six months, when he was made Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry, and Demonstrator in Charge of the Infirmary. In this capacity Dr. Finney served for ten years, and during that time did not miss a single day ' s attendance at College. Professor Finney is a member of the Maryland State Dental Association, the Southern Dental Association, and the National Dental Association. He is a Royal Arch Mason, having received that degree when but twenty-two years of age, and (last but not least) up to the present time has remained a bachelor. OlilUain f. Smith, H.B., M-D. ' illiam F. Smith, A.B., M.D., Lecturer on Regional Anatomy, Osteology and Bacteriology, graduated from City College, 1883: graduate from Johns Hopkins University, A.B., 1886; Teacher in McDonogh Institute, 1886-87: graduate from College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1889; Resident Physician City Hospital, 1889-92; Demonstrator of Anatomy, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1893-96; Professor of Anatomy and Dermatology, 1896-99, College of Physicians and Surgeons; Lecturer on Anatomy, Bacteriology and Osteology, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1894, which position he holds at present. edw. Roffmeistcr, H.B., pb.6., D.D.S. Edw. HolTmeister, A.B., Ph.G., D.D.S. , Lecturer on Materia Medica and Demonstrator on Chemistry; graduated from Zion School, 1883; in City College, 1888; graduate from Maryland College of Pharmacy, 1892; graduate from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1894, during which time he also took a special course of Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University; graduate from Loyola College, A.B., 1896; Demon- strator in Chemistry, 1896, and Lecturer in Materia Medica at Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1897, which two latter positions he holds at present. 14