SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Iatros Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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X , L P 4 V ffmt- ' -. raw D W' ' 1 QV ti By routine cystoscopy and ureteral cath- Welton: together with the publication of a is t '- erization many of these cicatricial stric- lVlonagraph on Pelvic Inflammation in l l I 'e f' tures are demonstrated, and instead of re- Women , is the year's output of the head quring the removal of an ovary or tube, of the Department. ,, gradual dilation of the stricture suffices to our Staff conferences have been held K li relieve the Woman of her dlstressi and she with definite regularity and the discussion l l esleapes the hazards sf an operation' of our faults, omissions and errors have ' g urther use of Radium has demonstrated been frank and profitable' and have as- lts value as a therapeutlc agent: especially sured our patients better care in the future. in cancer of the cervix, fibrold tumors, I U r which are situated within the confines of The Department IS Sadly rn need Ur r the uterus' and the Soeeelled myopethie larger quarters, as the maternity service has hemorrhages occurring in young girls, and outgrown the W2-,fd spaee and eelnrpnrenr- ' in women past the menopause. Radium A isepaliare Delivery R00m. for Private : supplemented by the X-ray has replaced patients is an absolute necessity, as is also X operation in e Very large percentage of sufficient space for a Departmental labor- cases, giving satisfactory results without erory- Wnen.rne Proposed Changes are subjecting the patient to the risk incurred made OH the thlfd Hoor grvrng ofthe Sonee , by Operation. l now occupied by the childrens depart- I Each Member of the Staff has contrib, ment,'we will be able .to increase our bed i uted his mite to medical science, by the eapaorryfo 35 obsrerrre beds- have er Prr' publication of some original work. Un- Vale delwery room and nursery' and the fortunately, owing to the leek of depen, departmental laboratory all on the same mental laboratory, the nucleus of which floor- Trns Wrrr arrord QS better oPPor' has but recently been established, under the runny ro rnsrruer our Reerdenre- erndenre- direction ofthe Department ofpathology, and nursesi by eoneentrarrng err of the the productions have been largely in the Work of the eornrnned departments OH on-e form of elinieal studies- 1 Hoor, and will also give greater opportuni- During the year a few of the most nota- ty for msrrucrror' of graduate nurses' - ble papers published Were'-Hpreeneney .Through the generosity of several con- after Nephreetemyv, with a eeereh of lit, tributors, certain of our needs of last year ereture-by Harvey Burleson Matthews. have been donated--neverthelesse money is H-The Management of the Placenta in Ab, needed, and the amount needed is consid- dominal Preenaneyi' with a report of e erable for the further development of our case, by William A. Jewitt. Carcinoma department T Savmg the fnorhers from 1 of the Cervix in Very Young Women , future mvalzdzsrn, and babies- for future 1 by Gerdon Gibson. i-The Value of Ron, leaders of men is a cause which deserves : tine Wasserman, and Salvarsan Treat- Commumry Support ment in the Pregnant Woman , and an The Brooklyn Qh-apter ofthe American N Analytical Study of a thousand cases of Red Cross. and Visiting NUYSCS' ASSOCIB1' S Labor with Prenatal Care , by A, C, tion have continued. their support by sup- Beck. Anaphylactic Reaction after plying UUTSCS ns 500131 W0l'kC1iS for the fOr' . Blood Transf-usion,, by S, W, Wolfe, low up work in olir Out Patients prenatal i' 1 Deductions from a Study of 307 cases of and Pnstpnftal Clinics, and to them- HS 1, ' Ectopic Pregnancy - The Morbidity vqell 35 to the Management and my ASFO' and Mortality of Caesarean Sectionn- Clafes- I Wish ro QXPTC55 my appfeclarlnn ' based gn 3 gtudy of CHSCSH, and the f0l' the Cfl:0I'lIS WlllCl1 they have made to l- W 41 Origin of Vaginal Bleeding in Ectopic nPD1'0aCh nearer to OUT ldeiil than CVCI' , I LEVQQ Gestationn, by O. Polak and T. S. before. 3 J s mini Lithia.: - -e -.5 F 7 TL eff XM? Y .. . ff 1-': . - ' Page Foulleen

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vo' -, . 1. 'vw 0 FF .T J. Q frvq in 4 c - , ' ' N b- I . 6 ilu' f' 6 g i - I say, ki? .4 . I 1 1 1 D-we I Mapa. I During the past year this Department prostoscopy, and the work that we are has received more than National recogni- doing in the artificial production of tion through its prenatal work, at both the pneumo-peritoneum to demonstrate the Meeting of the American Medical Asso- patency of the tubes in cases of sterility . Ciation and that Of the Arncricnn GYncC0' and the character and location of intra- logical Society: Statistical reports Of abdominal growths, in the differential diag- ' itwhat Prenatal Study can do fOr The nosis of abdominal enlargements, we are prospective mother and the unborn child . making more careful preoperative diag- ' were presented by members of our staff. noses, and consequently limiting the num- ' Af the request of the Propaganda Com- elicitfffffriffspuiffufffffffflli'golrgiig mittee Ot the Atttettean College of Sur' gynecological side of this service. This ssonsr who tn tttett' ettetts ,for better ttes' shows a marked diminution in number over . pitals are 'awakenlngfhc lnrcrcst Of the the previous year, notwithstanding the ' public in scientific medicine, the head ofthe fact that the number of admissions were Department by a series of addresses made increased. in many of the large cities of this country and Canada, has demonstrated these re- Experience is fcaching US that 3 large sults both to the profession and the general number Of the lcSi0nS Prcchlcirlg a SYrnDt0' public: that seeds thus sown have taken rnQtcl08Y rcfcrahlc to thc Pelvis' hnvc fin root is evidenced by the number of visitors Origin in S0n1c Of the adjacent viscera. g from all over this country who have come This is cepccralty true in thc Paramctrtcal to learn our methods and inspect our Clin- tnttammattcns- fcllctffing labor and ahcr' ics. This Clinic stands for intelligent, tlcns- Which result ln- Scar 555110 in the I aseptic expectancy, granting to the prog- parametriumxsurrounding the ureter. The I pective mother everything that the advance frcq'-lcncy wth Which ureteral Strict'-lrcS ' in the science and art of obstetrics can give arc .found IS not nPPrcciatccl by the Pr0' tl , to augment nature's processes. tcsslcn-I Thcschnciscs aiwayg havf inc' jf menstra pam w ic is re erre to t e om In gynecology, with our increased diag- and kidney region, due to the swelling of A . nostic facilities which now include the the parametrial tissues, and the consequent 29 :2 study of basal metabolism,-blood Ichem- pressure on and' obstruction to the ureteral l W' istry.- cystoscopy,-A r .nal function,-- and kidney drainage. M5 'it IN A an hfwrg gm . , i It --- -..c 3 5115 ' mu Page Thirteen

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P04 I .714 I4 '- ,ogg-an saw 71. 'I JOHN OSBORN POLAK M.Sc. IVLD. F.A.C.S. Professor K WILLIAM P. POOL. A.M. NLD. F.A.C.S. Clinical Professor ., 4: CLARENCE R. HYDE, A.1Vl., M.D., F.A.C.S., Clinical Professor RALPH M. BEACH, M.D., Clinical Professor ' -L ' c - -A' :in .V :v 12 v 924 If f 1 - A I fe . will s r s V W WILLIAM A. JEWETT, M.D., Lecturer I GORDON GIBSON, M.D., Lecturer I I ALFRED C. BECK, A.B., M.D., Lecturer , HARVEY B. MATTHEWS, B.Sc., M.D., F.A.C.S., Instructor LEO. S. SCI-IWARTZ, M.D., F.A.C.S., Instructor GEORGE W. PHELAN, A.B., M.D., Instructor g SAMUEL C. SCHENCK. M.D., Instructor WILLIAM E. SKIDMORE., M.D., Clinical Instructor GEORGE KORNFELD, M.D., Clinical Instructor ' EDWARD R. DORNEY, M.D., Clinical Instructor I HARRY KOSTER, M.D., Clinical Instructor I THURSTON H. WELTON, M.D., Clinical Instructor SAMUEL WOLFE. M.D., Resident Instructor E. KRAHULIK, M.D., Resident Instructor I I ff' I 'Z ' I I , . I x lr 1 'I Corner of Students' Quarters on Outpatient Obstetrics Service ft ' ' I: J hfnfur. Ruffin: If W tip - 47695795733 WCW - C9 if--r no ----Q was . Page Fifteen