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

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THE Charles Wilson Peak, also a dentist of Philadelphia, painted the first picture of Washington. MIRROR Besides this, he painted pictures of Lafayette, Pitt, Key and other famous men. He is the founder of the famous Peale Natural History Museum, which Avas the most gigantic undertaking of its kind in the United States. He also founded the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, to which he and his son contributed upwards of one hundred original paintings. He published many works pertaining to art, architecture and dental science. It was he who gave to the world the incorporation, of platinum in porcelain work. While Ave are in Philadelphia «e must not o -erlook Dr. Wm. G. A. Bonwill, who was a poet as Avell as a dentist. Both his published and his unpublished poems deserve mentioning. Many inventions which make life easier were made by him. The riveting mallet, which is used in riveting the great steel girders of our skyscrapers, is a direct copy of the automatic mallet, invented by Bonwill. Another dentist of this city is Dr. Kirk, whose contributions toAvard chemistry have drawn the attention of the scientific Avorld toAvard him. He is also interested in psychology. NoAv Ave leave Philadelphia and come to Baltimore. What Philadelphia is to the national patri- otism Baltimore is to the pride of the dental profession — the city of its founding. At the top stands Chapin A. Harris. No man possessed more prophetic poAver than he, for it Avas he Avho foresaAV the great future of our profession better than anyone else. He was in constant communication with the eminent authors of his time, and claimed among his personal friends such distinguished men as Long- felloAV, Lowell, Henry Clay and others equally famed. He made quite a name for himself by his dic- tionaries as Avcll as his encyclopedias, which are in general use. His partner in dental science, Horace H. Hayden, Avas a man Avho did much for the general public. In 1821 Hayden published the first geology that Avas printed in America. To him belongs the honor of being the first to convince the medical profession of the necessity of oral hygiene, and he Avas the first to speak on this subject in a medical college. It Avould not be proper to leave Baltimore Avithout saying that Ave had seen the genial, cultured and scholarly B. HoIK ' Smith, Avho has done so much in the Avay of post-prandial entertainment. The public has appreciatetl his humor, and his poetrv has been much admired. There is nothing of the

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In the city of New ork we find a number of dentists whu h;i L- done much tor the progress ol THE cI ilization. J ' he first one to be mentioned is the famous Dr. Norman Kingslew who has done so much. MIRROR in his profession as well as outside of it that one scarcely knows where to commence to tell of his won- derful achievements. He is the inventor of the blow-pipe, which has found its way into other vocations, and this same invention he perfected so as to make the now popular pictures known as pyrographic illustrations. I lis most noteworthy effort, the Head of Christ, is pre-eminentl ' the highest point in his art career. Another dentist in Xc«- ' ork is Dr. J. B. Newbough, who distinguished himself h his oil paint- ings for the new Oakspe-Bible. It is claimed that he ne ' er took lessons in this art, and that while uniler a psychic spell he reproduced, at such rapiiiity and with such exactness, scriptural pictures that his product has been pronounced the wonder of the present-day art workl. Further, it is claimed by those who saw him operate on the canvas that he did so «ith both hamls at the same time. This feat has nc -er before been attempted, ami his action while in the effort of painting was indicative of some superhuman influence. Jo leax ' e New ' ork and forget to mention Dr. Uttolengui would he an injustice to our subject, lie won recognition in natural history, in line-art circles and also in the realm of literature. He is the author of many well-known books. ( )ne of these, a no -el entitled An .Artist in Crime, in addition to being published in this countrv, was translated into many languages and published in their respcctixc countries. 1 lis delinition of circumstantial evidence, which is found in his novel, . Modern Wziard, ' has been (]uotcd in a textbook on criminal law. Dr. Ottolengui also interested himselt in entomolog). . ' certain group or species of the butterfly has been named after him. From New York we go to Philadelphia, where we find the gallant Frenchman, Joseph I.e Maire, hose surgical skill was of in -aluable aid in the surgeons ' department of the .American Revolution. He introduced the transplantation and also the implantation of teeth. 1- rom this disco -ery surgery has recei ed great benefit, for from it grew the wonderful medical process of engrafting. Through this it was found that it was possible to restore features, hands antl extremities, hich is one ot the greatest coiitrilnitidns to mudern surgerv. I ie was a studious dental surgeon and a prolific writer.

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enforced in his stsle u ()rat(jr nor in his pocti ) — all slciiis ot tliu natural: hence its captixatniti THE influence. When one meets him one has met some of the salt and ' ine ol the earth. MIRROR Passing to Washington, we halt before the moninnent erected in honor of George Washington. When the base of this monument was completed the problem presented itself as to a suitable metal for the tip. Dr. C. C. Carroll demonstrated how easily aluminum could be melted and suggested that it be used. The huge casting of this metal tor this x ' vas accomplished b him, and stantls to the credit of one of our profession. Now we come to times more modern. Near Pittsburg lives a dentist, a Dr. Roberts, who some years ago invented an oil-well drill and discovered the fact that is known as oil-well shooting. Possibly this invention has changeil more fortunes and caused more financial comment than any other in recent years. We are now back in Chicago, and the first I shall mention here is Dv. d. . Black, who recently rcceiveil the highest honor ever bestowed upon a dentist in this country. I wisli I had the time to enumerate all of his achievements outside of dentistry. His studies concerning the atmospheric dis- turbances are scientifically recognized. t anv rate, you all know that his confibutions to both the physical and the literary field other than dental have been many and important. Although the committee of this society rec]uested me to lecture about m - own contributions to his- tory, I preferred to speak on the subject which I have. My work, History of .American i- ' .mblems, is the recognized authority of the Government. In 1904 the State Department at Washington requested me to design the new great seal of the Uniteil States. The University of Chicago as well as the city of Chicago make use of my drawings for seals. .Mv services to the public as director of tiie Chicago Public Library aix known. By the foregoing facts it is clearl) shown that dentists have kept pace with the times and have servetl side by side witli other broadminded men in contributing their share of advancement in the interests of humanitv. W. R. W.