Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery

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The Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery (also: Pennsylvania Dental College ) emerged from the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery and was founded in Philadelphia in 1856 . The college was the second oldest dental school in the United States until it closed in 1909 . From it the present Dental Faculty of Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania emerged . Due to the numerous well-known graduates, it achieved an international reputation at the beginning of the 20th century. Henry C. Carey ran the college until his death in 1879.

Memorial plaque on Behrenstrasse 9, in Berlin-Mitte

In the German Reich women were not allowed to study, and there was still no regular state degree in dentistry. With great perseverance, Henriette Hirschfeld-Tiburtius (1834–1911) from Berlin achieved that she was admitted to the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1867 . She was only the second woman in America to do this. So far, only one American, Lucy Hobbs , had graduated from a dental college in Cincinnati - but only for one year and not during the then regular study period of two years. Henriette, however, had to complete her anatomical studies at the Women's Medical College for reasons of propriety . After two years of study, she successfully completed her studies on February 27, 1869 with the title "Doctor of Dental Surgery" (DDS). She was the first woman in the USA who had succeeded in doing this as part of a regular course at a dental college. Only later, from 1914, were women admitted to study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine . Henriette Hirschfeld-Tiburtius returned to Berlin, where she opened a dental practice.

Famous alumni

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Smith, Thomas Kilby, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , p. 2234 (1917)
  2. ^ Warren, George W., Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery , in History of Dental Surgery, Vol. 1 (Charles RE Koch, ed.) (1909)
  3. ^ Griffin, William LJ History of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery , in Fourth International Dental Conference (1905)
  4. ^ Obituary: Henry C. Carey , Dental Cosmos (Nov. 1879)
  5. ^ School of Dental Medicine , Dental School Library Historical Collection 1798–1988.
  6. ↑ Taylor, JA History of Dentistry , pp. 162-164 (1922)