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HISTORY OF DENTAL SURGERY 411
in relief, the lieads of the t^vo men, showing them life size in the prime of life.
Two of these tablets, cast in bronze, were dedicated with appropriate ceremonies
in the winter of 1902-03, one at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and
the other in the dental department of the University of Maryland.
Dr. Eugene F. Cordell wrote: "The founders of the school first endeavored
to engraft it upon the university as a separate department of the same. Being
unsuccessful in tliis, doubtless owing to the unsettled condition of the latter,
which had shortly before been rent in twain and was just emerging fmrn a
nearly fatal lawsuit, tliey boldly launched out upon the untried sea with an
independent school. Their immediate and marked success showed that the
movement was opportune and tliat they supplied a real want."
Tlie faculty of the university, in a letter rejecting the proposition addressed
io Dr. Harris, said that "the subject of dentistry was of little consequence and
thus justified their unfavorable action."
To estalilish the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery was decided upon be-
tween these two men, after the decision to start an independent dental school
had been reached. A cliarter was applied for and granted by the legislature
in session at Annapolis. H reads as follows
AX ACT INCOEPOEATING THE BALTIMORE COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY.
Passed February 1, 1840.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, that a college of
dentistry be, and the same is hereby established in the City of Baltimore, to be knowu
and designated by the name and style of The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
Sec. II. And be it enacted that the following persons be and are hereby appointet^
and constituted the Professors of said College, to-wit: Horace H. Hayden, M. D.,
to lie professor of Dental Pathology and Physiology; Chapin A. Harris, M. D., to be
professor of Practical Dentistry; Thomas E. Bond, Jr., M. D., to be professor of Special
Dental Pathology and Therapeutics; and H. Willis Baxley, M. D., to be professor of
Special Dental Anatomy and Physiology.
Sec. III. And be it enacted that the said professors and their successors shall be,
and are hereby declared to be a corporation and body politic, to be perpetuated under the
name of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
Section VII states that the professors and their successors shall liold at
least one term in every year for the period of four months, for the purpose of
delivering lectures and instruction in the different branches of dental science,
for which they are empo^^•ered to charge such fees as thy deem proper.
Section VIII. And be it enacted that E. S. Stewart, M. D., Joshua T. Cohen, M. D.,
Thomas E. Bond, M. D., Thomas C. Risteau, M. D., Rev. John G. Morris, Eev. Beverly
HISTORY OF DENTAL SURGERY 411
in relief, the lieads of the t^vo men, showing them life size in the prime of life.
Two of these tablets, cast in bronze, were dedicated with appropriate ceremonies
in the winter of 1902-03, one at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and
the other in the dental department of the University of Maryland.
Dr. Eugene F. Cordell wrote: "The founders of the school first endeavored
to engraft it upon the university as a separate department of the same. Being
unsuccessful in tliis, doubtless owing to the unsettled condition of the latter,
which had shortly before been rent in twain and was just emerging fmrn a
nearly fatal lawsuit, tliey boldly launched out upon the untried sea with an
independent school. Their immediate and marked success showed that the
movement was opportune and tliat they supplied a real want."
Tlie faculty of the university, in a letter rejecting the proposition addressed
io Dr. Harris, said that "the subject of dentistry was of little consequence and
thus justified their unfavorable action."
To estalilish the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery was decided upon be-
tween these two men, after the decision to start an independent dental school
had been reached. A cliarter was applied for and granted by the legislature
in session at Annapolis. H reads as follows
AX ACT INCOEPOEATING THE BALTIMORE COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY.
Passed February 1, 1840.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, that a college of
dentistry be, and the same is hereby established in the City of Baltimore, to be knowu
and designated by the name and style of The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
Sec. II. And be it enacted that the following persons be and are hereby appointet^
and constituted the Professors of said College, to-wit: Horace H. Hayden, M. D.,
to lie professor of Dental Pathology and Physiology; Chapin A. Harris, M. D., to be
professor of Practical Dentistry; Thomas E. Bond, Jr., M. D., to be professor of Special
Dental Pathology and Therapeutics; and H. Willis Baxley, M. D., to be professor of
Special Dental Anatomy and Physiology.
Sec. III. And be it enacted that the said professors and their successors shall be,
and are hereby declared to be a corporation and body politic, to be perpetuated under the
name of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
Section VII states that the professors and their successors shall liold at
least one term in every year for the period of four months, for the purpose of
delivering lectures and instruction in the different branches of dental science,
for which they are empo^^•ered to charge such fees as thy deem proper.
Section VIII. And be it enacted that E. S. Stewart, M. D., Joshua T. Cohen, M. D.,
Thomas E. Bond, M. D., Thomas C. Risteau, M. D., Rev. John G. Morris, Eev. Beverly
