Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery theses, 1855-1865, 1879-1885.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery.

Dentistry.

Dentistry--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Dentistry--Study and teaching.

Genre:

Theses.

Penn Provenance:

Transferred from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, 2015.

Physical Description:

5 boxes (5 linear feet)

Place of Publication:

1855-1865, 1879-1885.

Biography/History:

The Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery (sometimes referred to as the Pennsylvania Dental College) was founded in 1856 with Henry C. Carey as President and much of its faculty consisting of former members of the closed Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery. The College initially operated at 528 Arch Street, Philadelphia, then moved to Tenth and Arch Streets. Lasting until a merger with the University of Pennsylvania in 1909 that formed what is now the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, many prominent figures in nineteenth-century dentistry graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, including James Edmund Garretson, John Nutting Ferrar, and Henriette Hirschfeld-Tiburtius. The College suffered two setbacks in the nineteenth century, however: the first was in 1863 when a number of its faculty left to found the Philadelphia Dental College. The second was in 1877 when the University of Pennsylvania approached the school regarding a possible merger. While the official reply was negative, Dean Charles J. Essig and Doctors Edwin T. Darby, George T. Barker, and James Tyson were invited to join Penn's faculty and together formed the Department of Dentistry which opened in 1878. By 1909 the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery did not have the funds to modernize and expand. As a result, the merger with Penn was approved and the Penn School of Dental Medicine was formed.

Summary:

This collection consists of bound manuscript theses from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, with each volume containing the theses submitted over the course of a single academic year; although from 1879 to 1885, multiple volumes were required for a single academic year. It is arranged chronologically. Various subjects related to the practice and history of dentistry are treated, but a significant number of these theses focus especially on the cause and treatment for cavities or "caries" as they were more commonly called in the nineteenth century. Additionally, an appreciable number concern the crafting and fitting of false teeth.

OCLC:

1147976039