Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Catalog 1860-1861 Item Type Course Catalog Publication Date 1861 Keywords University of Maryland, Baltimore. Dental School, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery--Curricula--Catalogs; Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Download date 29/09/2021 02:12:14 Item License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10713/3001 \ 'r WEN l' Y - lI' I H, S '1' ANNUAL CIRCULAR AND CA'l1ALOGU]1} ()j<' TUB o Ii' I - I I SESSION 1860-61 . .. llALTIMORJ<J: cl!fl[Om the ~1[e5nOff ~!tl1le5 ~1tran & ~nn. L__ ~ ~~ __~_1860. F.A.OUL'rY. ----+ --.-+---- CHAPIN A. HARIUS, 1\[. D., D. D. S. l'p"l:\Cll'LF.S OF DEXT.AL SCIENCE AND l'UAC'I'ICF. OF n]~XTAL SUllGERY. 'I'HOMAS E. BUND, M. D. TliEltAP:EUTlCS AXn .'1 A '1'£ R.U. :MEDICA. PHILIP H. AUS'L']~N, tiL D., D. D. S. :\ll~CJ1:\ \ TC.-\ r, lH:Y!'lSTH f. RgGINALlJ N. WH,IUH'I', M. D. ClfE.\I.TSTlt\." A~I' ,\II·:'l'.~L1.Unor. A. SNOWDEN PIGHO'L', M. D . .-\.\'.\'1'0.\1)" A\'Tl t-nvs roi.oov. C H R I S '1' 0 P H g n .J 0 I-IN S '1' 0 N, M. D . .\tfCl{,QSCOI'lC.-\.L AX']) CO:'>]PAI:A.Tl\"j:; .\X:I.'I'O,\\\"" OF THE '1'.EE'l'If. PERDINANJJ J. S. COnGAS, D. D. S. n!:/IlOX:jTRATOlt OF ;\IECIUXfC.I,.L n exrrsr u v SAMUEL '1'. CHUH,CH, M. D., D. D. S. jIU1UXS'I'ltA'lLOR OF OPERAnD: D}~);Tl~TRr. WILLIAM G. SMULL, M. D. DEMO~S'l'RATOlt or AXATO)lY. CIRCULAR. The TWENTy-FIRST Annual Session of the BALTIMORECOLLEGE. OF DENTALSURGERY,will open on the FIRST of OCTOBER,and close on the FIRST of MARCrT. The Regular Course of Lectures will commence on the FIRST of NO'i~EMnER. It is unnecessary to offer any arguments in support of Dental Collegiate Education. No longer an experiment, it has become, with the majority of the profession, an acknowledged necessity, and must ultimately be considered an indispensable prerequisite to the practice of Dental Surgery. The Faculty have endeav- ored to present a Course of Instruction, concise, comprehensive and practical; each year adding to their apparatus) and enlarg- ing their curriculum of study, to meet the wants of an Art eminently progrcssive. A highly interesting collection of skulls has just been added to the Museum, demonstrating the progres- sive developement of the teeth from early fcetal up to adult life. Anatomy) Physiolog~', Chemistry, &c., are not to be regarded as collateral and, by inference, optional branches. They are in- tegral parts of Dental Science, a knowledge of which is essential to the correct practice of Dental Art. The limits of studentship do not permit these to be taught in all their completeness as abstract sciences. But as applied sciences, their several details are dwelt upon in proportion to their relative importance in the specialty of Dentistrv, The necessity for ACTUALPRACTICEas an element of instrnc- tion, is not lost sight of in the effort to impart the knowledge necessary for the guidauce of the Dentist. Fully appreci- ating the importance of this branch of tuition, tho Faculty will continuo to give special attention to the organization of the practical Department. In doing so it will become their duty carefully to guard agaiust the tendency of Students, especially American Students, to substitute PRACTICEfor STUDY. I Both are so essential that no System of Education is to be ap- proved which gives undue preponderance to either. Dentistry is equally a Science and an Art. .. .. COURSE OF STUDY. PRINCIPLESOF DENTALSClENCE.-History of the origin and de- velopment of the teeth; mtiology, pathology and therapeutics of the teeth, gums, alveoli, maxillre and antra, with a description of their morbid conditions and structural changes; defects of the palatine organs, salivary calculus, semeiology of the mouth, dental hygiene, &c. The lectures will be illustrated by numer- ous plates and morbid preparations. PRACTICEOF DENTAL SUHGERy.-'rreatment of diseased teeth, gums and alveoli; prevention and treatment of salivary accre- tions; irregularities of the dental arch; treatment of dental caries; of exposed, inflamed and suppurating nervous pulp; extraction of teeth; pivoting of teeth; preparation of mouth for artificial substitutes; materials used in filling teeth; form, method of using, and art of shaping and tempering instruments, &c. 'I'he principles and rules laid down by Professor HARRIS will be put in practice by the students in the Infirmary, under his direction, and the constant daily supervisiou of theDemon- strator of Dental Surgery. PATHOLOGYAND'rHERAPEU'l'ICS·.-Principles of general pathol- ogy: special pathology, diagnosis and treatment of those diseases which involve the structures of the mouth and adjacent parts; also the local effect upon these organs of general constitutional and hereditary disease. All the prominent articles of the Ma- teria Medica will 110 accurately described, illustrated by speci- 5 mens and botanical plates and accompanied by their appropriate therapeutical indications. MECHANICALDENTISTRY.- Materials used and processes adopted in the construction of every variety of dental mechanism; in refining and alloying metals: in the manufacture of porcelain Block Teeth, and in the construction of the Continuous Gum Work. Instructions will be given in the method of mounting teeth upon the Cheoplastic Base. Full demonstrations will also be given in the Hard Rubber (Vulcanite) 'Work, and the Hard Gutta Percha (Coralite) Work. All discoveries and in- ventions will be tried, and their merits impartially discussed. A complete series of demonstrations will illustrate the lectures. In the Laboratory and Infirmary, ample opportunity will be given to each student to perform, under the daily supervision of the Demonstrator, operations in Mechanical Dentistry. CHEMISTRYANDMETALLURGY,elements of organic and inorganic chemistry: 'l'he chemical analysis of the animal tissues and secretions, especially of the saliva; the physical and chemical relations and properties of metals; the method and rationale of various metallurgic processes; electro and magneto-galvanism, more particularly in their relations to the art of electrotype. These lectures will be fully illustrated by experiments with the extensive chemical and philosophical apparatus of the college. ANATOMYANDPHYSfOLOGY.-'rhese sciences will be taught in their application to Dental Surgery. A general survey of both will be taken, sufficient to enable the student to get a compre- hensive view of the whole field. Particular attention will be paid to the physiology of digestion, especially the chemical physiology of saliva, and the other fluids which bathe the teeth; also to the anatomy of the head and neck, which will be minutely studied. The object of the course will be to show the relations of the entire organism to the special subject of the student's inquiry. 'I'hose who desire it will have an opportunity of prosecuting the practical study of Anatomy in the dissecting r00111. MICIWSCOPICALAND COMPAl,ATIVEANATOMYOli'TIm 'l'EEl'I-I.- Forms and arrangement of the teeth in man, and the principal classes of animals; connection between the form of the teeth and the habits of the animal, and its position in the scale of creation- Development of teeth; microscopical structure of the tceth; varieties in intimate structure having constant relation to the uses of the teeth, as the uses are in accordanee with the charac- ter of the animal and its pursuits. Microscopical anatomy of all the soft parts in connection with the teeth. Pathological changes in the tooth, as shown by the microscope. This course will be illustrated by large drawings and models and microscopical specimens prepared by the lecturer himself; and exhibited under first class instruments of SPENCEnof New York, and SCHIEK,of Berlin. DEPARTil'IENTOF DENTALPRAC'rICE.-'1'he Faculty have spared no pains to have the arrangements made for the acquirement of practical skill commensurate with the importance of this branch of tuition. From the first of October until the first of March, the Infirm- ary will be open every afternoon from twelve o'clock until foul'. 'I'here are fourteen operating chairs in the infirmary, and the students are divided into classes, each occupying the room dur- ing an entire afternoon. In the Laboratory each student has his separate desk and work bench assigned to him, where his tools can be kept under lock and key. Practical pieces are given out in the order of matriculation. Students are also required to make experimental pieces upon silver or brass. Each student is expected to provide his own mechanical tools. Students will N01' bc permitted to remain in the Operating Room 01' Laboratory during the hours of Lectures. During the month of October, Demonstrations at the ope- rating chair and in the Laboratory will be given four times a week by Professors RAmus and AUSTEN. ----~.--.-.--......,----- 7 TERMSOJ? GltADUATlON,STATUTES,&c.-Each candidate for grad- uation must present himself for examination before the Faculty, upon all the subjects tanght in the college. Prior to such ex- amination he 111Usthave attended two courses of lectures in this school, must prepare :L written Thesis upon some subject con- nected with dental science, show specimens of operations upon the naturul organs, and present an ap provod specimen of dental mechanism. Certificates of' three years Dental practice, 01' of one course in any reputable Dental OJ' Medical school, will be accepted as equivalent to the FIRST course. Punctual attendance 11pon Lectures and an other College duties, respect to instructors and a strict observance of all rules, will be required from every student, No graduate will be excused from attcnduuce itt tlie Annual Commencement, unless b." special vote of tllc Faculty.