Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Catalog 1876-1877 Item Type Course Catalog Publication Date 1877 Keywords University of Maryland, Baltimore. Dental School, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery--Curricula--Catalogs; Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Download date 07/10/2021 07:57:46 Item License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10713/3010 '~~~~ .._~.. ~ (~ THIRTY-SEVENTH ,- ~ I ~ ~1)a \ (', ! ANNUAL CATALOGUE I ~ . i ~tlH~gt0, _ental $t1rg~r~1I ! The Ilillll;i fOImlnl y011lthe onlyDentll Collegeilntho WOlli, I 1 --+- +~. ! :11~'··1 · I ~+- - +~ i,',' I I I ! OHA H'T'EHED IN I8>3D, til i By an Act of the Legislature of the State of Maryland. _. A ·1' BALTIMORE, MD. :J ~~~'. -_ ... ~~ THE .'l1JlthnlG~t4nll~gt nt ~~nM$1UlrlWtr~ :FERDINAND J. S. GORGAS, A. M., M. D., D. D. S, Professor CIt Dental Science, Surgery and Therapeutics. HENRY REGINAL NOEL, M. D., Professor 'oj Physiology and Pathology. E. LLOYD HOWARD, A. lVI., M. D., Professor of Chemistry and ~~fateria,Idedica, JAMES H. HARRIS, M. D., D. D. S , Professor of Clinical Dentistry, JAMES B. HODGKIN, D. D. S., Professor of Dental Mechanism and ]}Ietallurgy. THOMAS S. LATIMER, M. D., Professor of Anatomy. --~-~---, JUDSON B. WOOD, M. D., D. U. S., Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry. BASIL M. WILKERSON, M. D., D. D. S., Demonstrator' of Mechanical Dentistry. JOHN C. UHLER, D. D. S., M. D., EDWARD F. WAYMAN, D. D. S., M. D., FRANK S. LEWIS, D. D. S., Assistant Demonstrators. CHARLES F. BEVAN, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. -~.- ., F. J. S. GORGAS, D. D. S., M. D., Dean, No. 259 N. Euta.w Street, Ba.ltimore, :M;d. ',\ \' , ~ c Session 1876-'77. TIm THIRTy-SEVENTH Annual Course of Lectures of the Balti- more College of Dental Surgery, will begin on :Monday, October Inth, 187n) and will continue until March, 1877. 'I'he first two weeks of the Session are devoted to Infirmary Practice, Clinics and Preliminary Lectnres, the Regular Lectures beginning on the first day of November, 187n. 'I'he Faculty of the Baltimore College, which is the oldest aud best known dental school in the world, feel justified in appealing to its Alumni who are resident in every part of the civilized world to show by their good will and patronage their appreciation of the efforts that are constantly being made to keep the Baltimore College in the foremost rank of Dental Schools. This School being the first instituted can refer with pride and honor to the reputation and standing of its Alumni in every organization of importance which has been developed in the history of Dental Surgery since it became a science. After nearly forty years of persistent labor the Faculty are able to report that the civilized world has adopted the proposition of the Maryland Legislature, and that now Scientific Dentistry is an admitted branch of Surgery, while American Deutistry , is in Europe, synonymous with the Scientific. The Baltimore College has graduated nearly ROO students; of these some are now success- fully practicing in the capitals and great cities of Enrope. The Baltimore College is represented in this way, in London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Florence, Rome, Berlin, Vienna, St. Peters- burg, &c.; also, in several of the West India Islands, and in the cities of South Arnerioa. Every year Europeans come to this country to be educated in Dentistry. It is the highest testimony to the character and usefulness of the Baltimore College, that at present, and as far as we know, without exception, all the court dentists in Europe are graduates of this school. 1 The diploma of the Baltimore College is held in such high esteem, that large sums of money have from time to time been offered for it by dental practitioners residing in foreign countries, who desire the honor as a pecuniary benefit, withont regard to qualification. It is scarcely necessary to say that the Diploma of this Col lege cannot be purchased. As an evidence of the desire of the Faculty to do every thing in their powcr to advance the interests of the science, and not only to maintain, but also to elevate the status of this Institution, they take pleasure in announcing that it now occupies the most elcgant and best arranged huilrliug devoted to dental instruction, in tho world, which was completed for this purpose in February, 1875. 'I'his NEW College Building is a very handsome four story struc- ture with Mansard roof, situated on the South-East Cornel' of Eutaw and Lexington Streets, one of the best locations in the City of Baltimore for convenience and Infirmary Practice, with large windows extending from the ceilings to very near the floors. The superior size and arrangement of the New Collcge Building enables the Facul ty greatly to enlarge their plan and means of instruction. Central in location, its rooms are large and. well vcntilated, furnished with gas, abundan tly supplied with water, and provided with every cnnverrieuce necessary to the comfort of the student. The Museum of the College contains a large collection of natural and morbid specimens, intereatirig to the dental stu-lent, and is not surpassed by that of any institntion of the kind in the world. A large number of beautiful pathologicul specimens have recently been added to the collection. The Faculty feel assured that the course of study and require- ments, as well as the result of the examinations, will convince all honest minas, that this, the oldest Dcntal College still maintains its world-wide reputation; and while it is far sn perior to many of recent growth, is second to none in this or any other country. 'I'he Alumni and all interested in dental education, are very cordially invitcd to be present, not ouly at the Commenccment Exercises, but during the final examination of the candidates for graduation, which takes place during the week preceding the Annual Commencement. The plan of instruction is designed to be, in every respect Ilproughly practical, using all available means to secure a complete course of instruction in the practice as well as in the theory ot dentistry. The absolute necessity for ACTUAIJPRACTICEas an element of instruction, is not lost sight of in the effort to impart the know- ledge necessary for the gnidance of the dentist. In acknowledge- ment of the importance of this branch of tuition, the Faculty will continue to gi\'e special attention to the organization of the Practical Department which affords more and better advantage::; than any private office. In the plan of iustructiou CLINICALTeaching also has a most important place assigned to it and while careful attention is given to the elementary and theoretical subjects, the great advantages of Clinical demonstrations in both Opera.tive and Mechanical Den- tistry possessed by the Baltimore Uollege, enable the Faculty to commend it in an especial manner to those who are Heeking a practical knowlege of dentistry before engaging in the active duiets of professional life. Graduates of the Baltimore Collego are received as second course students at the College of Physicians aud Surgeons, and the medical school of the vVashington U ni versi ty. COURSE OF SrrUDY. --...---------. -- The science is divided into a number of departments, each of which is presided OV8r by a Professor, qualified by many years experience in teaching. DENTAL SCIENCE, SURGERY AND TIIERAPEUTIcs.-The lectures of this chair will comprise all the practical details connected with the etiology, pathology and treatment of the morbid conditions and structural changes of the teeth, gums, alveolar processes and maxillary sinus; the nature, prevention and treatment of salivary accretions, of exposed and diseased nervous pulp ; extraction of teeth, and the use of anresthetic agents for dental operations; materials used in filling teeth, such as plain and adhesive gold fuil, crystal and plastic gold, &c., and the. various methods of 4 introducing the same; form, manner of using, and the art of tempering instruments; correction of irregularities of the dental arch; dental hygiene, &c. Also, the pathology, diagnosis, and treatmcnt of those diseases which involve the structures of the mouth and adjacent parta, and the local effect upon these organs of general, constitutional and hereditary disease All the promi- nent articles of the Materia Medica will be accura.tely described, illustrated by specimens and botanical plates, and accompanied hy their appropriate therapeutical indications. PHYSIOLOGYAXD PATHOLOOl.-'l'he course of lectures will em- brace Anatomy-general, comparative and microscopical , so that the physical character of organs, and the physical principles involved in their action, may be fresh in the memory of the student at the time of description of their functions and their physiological relations. 'I'he physiology of the dental organs will be very dis- tinctly set forth. Special attention will also be paid to the nervous system. Digestion, normal and abnormal, will he thoroughly investigated, antl the importance of oral digestion clearly defined, as being the first step in that process, upon the perfection of' which the remaining acts mainly depend. Lectures will be given on Hygiene and Dietetics. Special attention is paid to the Micro- scopical Anatomy of the Dental Structures, and the principles of General'pathology. ANATOMy.-This science will be treated in its application to Dental Surgery. Its sub-divisions, microscopical and comparative, will receive appropriate attention, together with the chief object of' the course-the study of' Human Regional Anatomy. 'Thus a general survey of the subject will be taken, sufficient to enable the student to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the science, and will embrace a systematic course of lectures on Descriptive and Surgical 1'1. natorny, fully illustrated by dissections on the cadaoer, preparations, models, drawings and other adjuncts.