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

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Honors for Dr. W. S. Halstead N the evening of Saturday, April 1, 1922, Dr. William S. Halstead, surgeon, scientist and discoverer, was formally recognized as the creator of the modern method of neuro-regional anaesthesia, was presented with a gold medal by the National Dental Association and, at a dinner and meeting at the Belvedere Hotel lasting until midnight, received the homage and eulogies of men at the top of the medical and dental professions in America. It was 40 years ago, in New York, that Dr. Halstead, now Surgeon-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital, made his discovery. Dr. B. Lucien Brun, chairman of the Maryland committee which arranged the dinner and presentation, began, the ceremonies. He introduced Dr. C. Edmund Kells of New Orleans who thence- forth acted as toastmaster. Dr. Frank Goodnow, President of Johns Hopkins University, was the first speaker and was followed by such men as Dr. J. M. T. Finney, surgeon; Dr. J. H. Friesell, of Pittsburg, one of the greatest men in dentistry; Dr. William H. Welch, head of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health; Dr. Aurthr E. Smith, of Chicago; and Dr. Lewellyn F. Barker. In the course of the evening numerous references were made to our own Alma Mater, the first Dental College in the world. The medal was presented to Dr. Halstead by Dr. Otto U. King, of Chicago, In behalf of 32,000 American dentists, who send with it their esteem, reverence and love . The medal is of gold and bears in base relief upon one side a torch illuminating a continent, surrounded by the name National Dental Association, 1922, and on the reverse side the inscription:— To Dr. William S. Halstead, from the National Dental Association, in grate- ful recognition of his original researches and discoveries upon which the technic of local and neuro-regional anaesthesia in oral and dental practice now rests. August 18, 1921 . To say nothing of a great number of our faculty being present at the banquet, the student body was represented by B. J. McGinnis, J. A. Sigler and F. N. Smith. 22

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Officers of The National Alumni Association of TKe Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Dr. Paul R. Stillman New York 3rd. Vice-President Ur Norval H. MacDonald Diiltimore Secretary Dr. Frank P. Duffy Rhode Island 1st. Vice-President Dr. Carroll H. Frink Florida 2nd. Vice-President Dr. George V. Milholland Baltimore Treasurer Dr. Brun Dr. James H. Ferguson, Jr. Baltimore Proa I dent executive committee Dr. Foster Dr. IIoffmeister 23