Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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providing for the compulsory distribution to the medical colleges of all unclaimed dead bodies in the interest of the science which devotes itself to prolonging htunan life. A desire to take repose after a lifetime of ceaseless mental toil caused Professor Gross, in 1882, to resign the chair of surgery, which he had made illustrious for twenty-six years. He received the honor of being named jifrfcrsor e11zc1'z'!1r.r. After two years of retirement he died in his seventy-ninth year. Samuel D. Gross, M.D., Ll..D. Edin., D.C.I.. Oxon., LL. D. Cantab., was born near Easton, Pa. At the age of twenty-three he was graduated doctor of medicine in the third class that went forth from jeH'erson Medical College. After live years of practice he became Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Medical College of Ohio, and with this office began his career of medical teacher, which lasted for forty-nine years. After seven years of hard work, in which he produced a treatise on the Bones and Joints, and another on Pathological Anatomy, he was elected Professor of Surgery in the University of Louisville. He held this position for sixteen years, in the meantime growing to be the chief surgeon of the Southwest and helping to make the school the leading medical centre west of the Alleghenies. In 1856, he succeeded Miitter in the faculty of his Afma jlhlcr, dedicating to her the remainder of his life. In the years of his connection with jefferson Medical College he delivered twenty-six annual courses of lectures, published his great ' System of Surgery, edited for some years the U North American Medico-Chirurgical Review, wrote many articles for the journals and addresses notable for eloquence and lucidity. He was a skillful operator, careful in diagnosis and profoundly versed in pathology. His lectures were made acceptable in a high degree by his imposing presence, animated gestures, sonorous voice and earnest manner. Consecrated to a work in which he excelled, he was honored in life and in death is destined to a lasting fame. In their endeavor to make good the loss entailed by the withdrawal of Dr. Gross, the Trustees provided that surgical instruction should be given by two professors, and elected his son, S. W. Gross, M.D., Professor of the Principles of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, and J. H. llrinton, M.D., Professor of Practice of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, the last named a teacher of many years' experience, who had achieved distinction as a surgeon in the late war. The declining health of Dr. Wallace compelled him in 1883 to resign the chair of obstet- rics, which he had adorned for many years. His was a strong personality, shown in his power of impressing permanently upon the minds of his pupils his clean-cut ideas. The vacancy was filled by the election of Theophilus Parvin, M.D., LI..lJ., of Indianapolis, widely known as a writer and as a professor in several medical colleges. ' The long and distinguished service of Dr. R. E. Rogers as teacher of chemistry came to a close by his decease in 1885. Excelling in the art of illustration by striking experiments, the exposition of his difficult science lacked nothing for clearness of speech, while his delivery was always agreeable. For the session of 1884-85 the lectures were delivered by Professor J. W. Mallet, M.D., LL. D., F.R.S., who at the end of the session returned to his former position in the University of Virginia. The chair was filled by the appointment of J. W. Holland, M.D., who had thirteen years' experience as professor in the University of Louisville. 29

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In the ensuing session a maternity department was organized in the Hospital, and practical instruction was given to members of the gratiuating class in the use of the lary11goscope and the ophthalmoscope. By the resignation of Dr. W. H. Pancoast in 1886 a vacancy was made in the chair of anatomy, which was hlled by the promotion of Dr. W. S. Forbes, who for seven years had performed satisfactorily the duties of demonstrator. Dr. Bartholow laid aside the cares of the deanship in 1887-88 and the faculty chose Dr. Holland for this duty. In the next year provision was made for a better use of the hospital facilities by the creation of five clinical leetureships, which were first administered as follows: Orthopaedic Surgery, O. H. Allis, M.D., Laryngology, C. li. Sajous, M.D., Chtldren's Diseases, O. P. Rex, M.D. g Dermatology, A. Van Harlingen, M. D. 5 Renal Diseases, J. C. Wilson, M.D. The death of President Gardette was followed by the election of Hon. james Campbell in the year 1889. The untimely death of Dr. W. Gross occurred in the spring of that year. Profoundly versed in surgical pathology, he was a warm advocate of the antiseptic system in surgery, just then coming into vogue, and did much to establish it as the ruling method at the Hospital. In his lectures he was clear and emphatic, his discourse sweeping on in a river of words all bearing directly towards his definite aim. In his stead was appointed W. W. Keen, M.D., who had made a name equally distinguished in medical letters, medical teaching and as an operator. With the session of T890-QI a chair known as the Honorary Professorship of Laryngology was created for Dr. J. Solis-Cohen, whose standing in this department was of the highest. The rules 11ow required that all matriculates wl1o could not show a certificate from an academy or college of asuitable preliminary education should pass an entrance examination in linglish and in Elementary Physics. A graded curriculum extending over three years was also required. At the close of the session 1890-91 Dr. J. M. Da Costa, having taught clinical medicine and practice of medicine to loving and admiring classes for twenty-four years in this institution, resigned his chair, accepting the title of jv'1W.r.i'or cmfrz'l1u. His successor, J. C. Wilson, M. D., had made his mark in medical letters and n1edieal teaching while engrossed with the cares of a large professional practice. Owing to the poor health of Professor Bartholow in this session the course on Materia Medica and Therapeutics was conducted partly by Professor Holland and partly by Dr. A. P. Brubaker. In place of Dr. Ilartholow, made ju1yQ'.r.vnr c111c1'1'f11x, who was a forcible teacher, with a rare gift of clear and succinct statement, the Trustees elected- Hobart A. Hare, M.D., who had made a name by his researches in physiological therapeutics and as a lecturer on the diseases of children. Dr. Morris Longstreth was promoted from the lectureship to the professorship of General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy. In 1882 Hon. Joseph Allison, LL.D., was elected president and E. E. Montgomery, M.D., recently professor in the Medico- Chirurgical College, was appointed Professor of Clinical Gynecology with a seat in the faculty. The next live years form a period of active evolution, with many additions to the teaching corps. The faculty chair of ophthalmology, the hrst incumbent of which was Dr. William Thomson, after his resignation was occupied by George E. de Schweinitz, M.D., late professor in the Polyclinic College, while W. M. L. 31