Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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The right way DENTISTRY As late as 1870, Dentistry in the State of Indiana was taught by the preceptorial method. No legislation nor method of education had existed governing its practice. As progress was made, it became apparent to the pro- fession that such a condition was not satisfactory and, in the winter of 1878, the first attempt to secure legisla- tion go erning the practice of Dentistry was instituted. From this initial start the Indiana Dental College sprang into being. In 1925 it passed from private ownership into the hands of Indiana University School of Dentistry and has an important place in the Medical Center in Indianapolis. During its 64 years of existence many graduates have passed through its portals to take a leading role in the profession of Dentistry. Today, imder the capable and guiding leadership of Dean William H. Crawford, den- tal education in the State of Indiana ranks with the best in the nation. Dr. Crawford assumed his duties in 1939 following the death of the late Dean Frederic R. Hen- shaw. Since the arrival of Dr. Crawford a competent re- search staff has been instituted at the School. One of the goals toward which this staff is ever striving is to reach the ultimate in dental materials. Students : ishing to enter the Dental School must pass rigid entrance requirements including 2 years of pre- dental education acquired at an accredited Arts and Science college or university. Once admitted to the Den- tal School, they undergo four years of sound practical and theoretical instruction. In the new and modern Clinic which has approximately 50 chairs and units, the ftiture Doctors of Dental Surgery are taught to cope with any problem that may arise. The intricacy of it all The wrong way

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Dr. Muntz demonstrates sternal pinicture techniqne Autoclave experts convene while Goel)el loses a liand MEDICINE Three hundred and thirteen students, 300 nurses, 14 laboratory technicians, 21 dietitians — a total of 648 stu- dents—are now being instructed on a full-time schedule at the Medical Center. The alumni of the Medical School now occupy positions of prominence at the Mayo Clinic, at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Rockefeller Institute, University of Michigan, and at many other medical centers. Hundreds of them are giving good accounts of themselves with our soldiers and sailors in all parts of the world. The Medical Center has survived calamity after calamity since Pearl Harbor. It has lost 75 members of its faculty to the anned forces. The School for Nurses has lost half of its full-time graduate nurses. The dieti- tians have been forced to do extraordinarily heavy work themselves because of lack of help. The Center has been compelled to take on much ad- ditional work; it has been obliged to furnish help to tlie Red Cross, to the City Hospital, the State Board of Health, and to the Student Health Department at Bloom- ington. It is still a going concern despite these handi- caps. It seems to have thrived on adversity. Credit for its preservation and progress should be given to the Medical School faculty which, in this time of trial has upheld the best traditions of the medical profession; also, to the faculties of the schools for Nurses, Dietitians, and Medical Technologists. The students in the arious schools of the Center de- serve praise for their splendid bcha ior under the strains and worries of a full-time war schedule of work. The morale of the Center has never been higher. Trouble has drawn all its people closer together. 55 Relaxation . . . The roll ' s all taken

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Nurse helps an osteomyelitis patient NURSING The Training School for Nurses at Indianapolis is a part of the In- diana University School of Medicine and is both state and nationally ac- credited. The clidactic courses are given by members of the School of Medicine and Nursing, and the practical experience is obtained in the University Hospitals. Enrollment this semester is the highest in its history; namely, 329. This number includes 71 affiliating students who come to the Medical Center Hospitals for experience in the care of children and for additional experience in Obstetrics. The Nursing School is participating in the Federal Governm ent ' s program of training more nurses by means of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. These students represent 90% of the enrollment, and receive the same training and experience as students did prior to the war. In re- turn for the financial a,ssistance given them by the Federal Government they promise to remain in essential nursing for the duration. Essential nursing is in- terpreted to mean nursing in any of the Federal services as well as the civilian hospitals and public health. The Cadet student may elect to spend the last six months of her three years in one of the Federal services in a hospital other than her own, or in her own hospital, receiv- ing additional experience which will best fit her for the work of a graduate nurse. Public Health Nurses start ' their day early . child benefits from occupational therapy