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REVIEW OF DENTISTRY.

DENTAL COLLEGES OF UNITED STATES.

The first effort to establish a college for the teaching of the
dental art was done by Dr. C. A. Harris, of Baltimore. He tried
in vain to organize a dental school in connection with the Univer-
sity of Maryland. Not being successful in convincing the faculty
of the university of the usefulness or necessity of this project, he
became the principal factor of instituting the first dental college
in the world, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. Through
his untiring labor he can be said to be the founder of the system
of dental education in the United States.
Below is, as we believe, a list, as complete as possible, of den-
tal colleges of the United States, now existing as well as defunct:

ALABAMA.
Alabama College of Dental Surgery, Bridgeport. Defunct.
Birmingham Dental College, Birmingham.

CALIFORNIA.
College of Dentistry of the University of California, San Fran-
cisco. Organized 1881.
COLORADO.
Dental Department of the University of Denver, Denver.
Organized 1886. First class of students in 1887.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Columbian University, Dental Department, Washington.
Organized 1887.
Howard University, Dental Department, Washington. Organ-

ized 1880.
National University, Dental Department, Washington. Organ-
ized 1884.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta Dental College, Atlanta. Chartered 1893.
Department of Dentistry of the Southern Medical College,
Atlanta. Organized 1887.
ILLINOIS.
Chicago College of Dental Surgery, Chicago. Organized
1882.