Medical College of Virginia - X Ray Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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BERNARD MANNES BARUCH -humanitarian and v cn era clot or Vlankind this volume is gratefully dedicated

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Contents • • SCHOOLS z Cedicine T entistry Pharmacy V ursing • • ACTIVITIES FRATERNITIES FEATURES ADVERTISEMENTS

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j; ivteaaucu n n, Dr. Simon Baruch graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1862 and served as a surgeon in the Confederate Army. During his subsequent professional career he wrote several classical works on the application of water for therapeutic purposes and became Professor of Hydrotherapy at Columbia University. Later he was associated with the Saratoga Spa. His pioneer work in physical medicine won for him the title of Father of Hydrotherapy in America. Mr. Bernard M. Baruch, the son, though not a physician, acquired from his father a sustained and unquenchable interest in the same field. In 1929, in response to a message from Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Legis- lature of the State of New York created a special commission to study the opportunities for the development of the Spa facilities at Saratoga. With Bernard M. Baruch as chairman, the Baruch Commission proposed a pro- gram which was declared by subsequent legislative enactment in 1930 to be a part of the public health policy of the State. Thus, from time to time, despite other duties, Mr. Baruch aided in the gradual evolution of physical medicine. His interest culminated in the fall of 1943 with the appointment of a distinguished Committee on Physical Medicine, to study and report on what further should be done to insure a sound, scientific development of this branch of medical practice which had assumed a new and urgent importance because of the physical rehabilitation problems arising out of the military and industrial manpower shortages of the War. Editor ' s Note: The help of Dr. Frances A. Hellebrandt and her Technician Staff, Dr. Ernst Fischer, Dr William T Sanger, Dr. J. C. Elsom, Mr. Clifton B. Cosby, Mr. Frank Dement,, and Mr. A. C. Ford in the preparation of this section is 9 ratefully acknowledged. The art work related to Physical Medicine was done by Sergeant Edward Paier, of McGuire General Hospital.