Baylor College of Medicine - Aesculapian Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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History af Kaylor Med 'A 2 I I 2 I ,. 2.24212 ,ls I I lil 1 IT ALL BEGAN . . . Baylor University College of Medicine had its origin in the Medical Department of Dallas which was organized in 1900. The first session began on November 19, 1900, when sixty students enrolled, some of whom had attended lectures in other medical schools and some of whom had practiced medicine without a diploma. The school was first housed in an abandoned jewish Synagogue which served until more suitable quarters were obtained. The first class of fifteen graduated April 18, 1901. BAYLOR STEPS IN . . . The Medical Department of the University of Dallas, an institution which never developed any other department, functioned as an independent, proprietary institution for three years, until june 29, 1903, when it was dissolved and affiliated, on a pro- visional basis, with Baylor University. In 1909, the relationship was made permanent. Baylor University assumed absolute responsibility for its Medical De- partment, which action converted the College of Medicine into an integral coordinateipart of Baylor University. THE MOVE TO HOUSTON . . . The college operated continuously in Dallas until the early summer of 1943, when it was removed to Houston to become the College of Medicine of the proposed Texas Medical Center. The transfer to Houston was in response to an offer by the M. D. Anderson Foundation of 352,000,000 and a building site of twenty acres in the Texas Medical Center. At the same time, the Houston Chamber of Commerce proposed to raise s5oo,ooo. A HUMBLE BEGINNING. . . The first session in Houston opened july 12, 1943, with the laboratory department, library, and administrative offices housed in a building formerly used by Sears Roebuck and Company as a retail store. These quarters were occupied until the fall of 1947, when the college was moved to its permanent home, The Roy and Lillie Cullen Building in the heart of the Texas Medical Center. The College of Medicine was the first unit to be established in the Medical Center, which has grown so rapidly that the pleasantly wooded field of a few years ago has become one of the foremost centers for Medical care, edu- cation, and research in the country. THE LAP OF LUXURY. . . Baylor University College of Medicine enjoys an enviable position with regard to the facilities available for clinical instruction. It is affiliated with jefferson Davis fCity- Countyj Hospital by contract and makes it the center of its clinical teaching program. It is also affiliated with the Methodist Hospital and the Veteran's Administration Hospital. The pediatric facilities of the Texas Children's Hospital are available for the teaching program. Hermann Hospital and the Houston Tuberculosis Hospital also are in the teaching program.

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A gentle craftsman who alrove pain away Soother of cruel pangs, a joy to men Bringing them golden health. These lines of Pindar praise Aescu- lapius, the ancient Greek patron of medi- cine. Mortal, born of human mother and Olympian father, his ministrations to men brought him to immortality through their imagination. His death is said to have been caused by the jealous gods who feared he would depopulate Hades. Aesculapius in our time is pictured as a bearded old man who carries a walking stick encoiled by the serpent of wisdom. Aesculapius is symbolic of the original function of the physician, purely philan- thropic. Its core is an interpersonal rela- tionship of help and advice. We have named our book NAESCULA- PIAN in recognition of Baylor's place in the long history of medicine, and in an effort to symbolize our supposed goal as students of medicine. fi X fl My 1 J gd 0Q X A X 427 4 wnfzmymfnwanawyfyffff f ffm , amor umvensm counct ornsmcme 7

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