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

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SALUTATION God bless those Surgeons and Dentists! May their good deeds be returned upon them a thousand fold. May they have the felicity in the next world to have successful operations per- formed upon them through all eternity. — Washington Irving 12

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THE MIRROR Baltimore College of Dental Surgery i FACtJLTY 1m. WHILLDIN foster, M.D., D.D.S.1 Professor of Therapeutics and Pathology. ■ ■ WM. B. FINNEY, D.D.S., Professor of Prosthetic Dentistry and Metallurgy. .- - B. HOLLY SMITH, M.D.,D.D.S., Professor of Dental Surgery and Operative Dentistry. ---• WILLIAM SIMON, Ph.D., M.D., Professor of Chemistry. ( ' GEO. E. HARDY, M.D., D.D.S., Professor of Physiology. CHARLES F. BEVAN, M.D., Clinical Professor of Oral Surgery. J. W. CHAMBERS, M.D., Professor of Anatomy. WM. F. LOCKWOOD, M.D., Professor of Materia Medica. : - W. G. FOSTER, D.D.S., Professor of Operative Technique and Demonstrator of Op- erative Dentistry. T. S. WATERS, D.D.S., Professor of Clinical Dentistry. C. M. GINGRICH, D.D.S., Professor of Clinical Dentistry. » - E. HOFFMEISTER, Ph.D., D.D.S., Professor of Materia Medica and Demonstrator of Chemistry. ■r STANDISH McCLEARY, M.D., Professor of Anatomy. «- CLARENCE J. GRIEVES, D.D.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Dental Histology. KA.SSON C. GIBSON, N. Y., Professor of Oral Deformities and Fractured Maxillaries. LECTURERS J. N. FARRAR. M.D., D.D.S., Irregularities. HARRY E. KELSEY, D.D.S., Orthodontia. - ' G. L. DEICHMANN, D.D.S., Dental Ceramics. CLINICAL INSTRUCTORS T. S. WATERS, D.D.S., Chief Clinical Instructor, Resident, Md. C. M, GINGRICH, D.D.S. CoRYDON Palmer, D.D.S Ohio C. L. Alexander, D.D.S E. Parmly BROViTN, D.D.S N. Y. E. L. Hunter, D.D.S N. C. W. W. Walker, D.D.S N. Y. Oscar Adelburg, D.D.S N. J. G. Marshall Smith, D.D.S. : Md. H. A. Parr, D.D.S N. Y. J. Emory Scott, D.D.S Md. ..N. C. M. M. Maine, D.D.S Conn. J. W. David, D.D.S Texas J. Roach, D.D.S Md. J. G. Fife, D.D.S Texas William Mitchell, D.D.S. London, Eng. C. A. TiMME, D.D.S Berlin, Germany Curator, R. Bayly Winder, Phar.G., D.D.S. DEMONSTRATORS William G. Foster, D.D.S., Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry. Edw. Hoffmeister, Ph.D., D.D.S., Demonstrator of Chemistry. H. H. Street, D.D.S., Demonstrator of Prosthetic Dentistry. cASSISTANT DEMONSTRATORS G. J. Smith, D.D.S. J. W. WOHRNA, D.D.S. B. J. Gorman, D.D.S. F. J. Barclay, D.D.S. R. B. Berry, D.D.S. J. H. SCHLINKMAN, D.D.S. C. D. Sadler, D.D.S. T. R. Manakee, D.D.S. Carl E. Smith, D.D.S. R. E. Gibbons, D.D.S. John R. Ames, D.D.S. H. V. Levonian, D.D.S. L. R. Pennington, D.D.S. B. L. Brun, D.D.S. N. B. GwYNN, D.D.S. B. H. Smith, Jr., A.B., D.D.S. H. H. Hayden, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. C. F. Blake, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. L. F. KoRMAN, M.D., Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. II

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THE MIRROR History of Dentistry THERE is an Arabian maxim of much truth which says : If you are about to acquaint yourself with a man, first learn where he was born, and next how he was raised. And this good advice in sentiment might as well be given to those who are about to acquire a knowledge of the mysteries of den- tistry, namety: First learn of its origin, and next determine its progress. This short sketch and the few morals contained therein are by no means intended to consider all facts relating to the history of dentistry ; it is only meant to serve the reader as a guide, pointing out the road; then, to the faithful dental student, who is ever yearning for fresh draughts of information, every subject that pertains to the history and progress of dental art and science is fraught with the deepest interest, and probably no feature in the annals of dentistry solicit his attention sooner and merit such sin- cere consideration as does the story of the rise, fall and revival of the dental art. Dentistry is generally considered a modern science, but on care- ful investigation we find, on the contrary, that it is ancient and there is abundant evidence to show that the art is of great antiqui- ty. Of the origin of the art of dentistry no one can speak with certainty, as its early history is shrouded in the mists of oblivion, but dental operations, we learn, are recorded in very remote times. It is impossible to determine the native home of dental prosthesis, but in all probability Egypt, the most highly civilized nation of the ancient world, claims the art as a cherished creation. In the year 332 B. C. Alexander the Great founded in upper Egypt a city which he named Alexandria. Here lived and labored Herophilus, Galen, Aetius, and many others who adorn the early annals of medical science. The Egyptians cultivated the science and art of medicine at an early date, each physician applying himself to some one specialty, and there sprang up oculists, aurists and dentists. 13