Duke University School of Medicine - Aesculapian Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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atbnlugp Bw? QQ'- l ,... W D. Forbus R. D. Baker G. Margolis E. S. Rogers A. G. Smith B. F. Fetter A. B. Morrison The Department of Pathology at Duke probably began at Johns Hopkins when a freshman medi- cal student was introduced to surgical pathology by a senior student, a fraternity brother. The enthusiasm of the senior was communicated to the freshman. This freshman was Wiley D. For- bus. During his first year, he spent much of his free time in this laboratory. The interest in surgical pathology continued but it was greatly broadened by the contact with general pathology under Dr. MacCallum. By the time that Dr. Forbus had completed his medical school train- ing he had developed a profound interest in path- ology. This was recognized by Dr. MacCallum who appointed him then to the house staff. In 1927 Dr. Davison, the only faculty member of the Duke University School of Medicine, re- ceived plans for the medical school building. He asked Dr. Forbus' advice, as a personal friend, regarding the blue-prints of the pathology depart- ment. No commitment was made as to an ap- pointment. In the fall of 1929, after Dr. Forbus returned from Munich, negotiations were entered into regarding the Chairmanship of the depart- ment. At the time of this offer, which eventually culminated in appointment, the medical school faculty consisted of Dean Davison and Dr. Harold Amoss CChairman of the Department of Medi- cineb. The next two appointments were those of Dr. Deryl Hart and Dr. Forbus. The department of pathology, as now known, began work on July 20, 1930, at which time, in addition to Dr. Forbus, there were two residents, Buddy Craven and Max Oates Cboth of whom came from Baltimoreb and a technician, Miss Milner Qlater Mrs. Collinsb, who also came from Baltimore. Mr. Carl Bishop was very shortly after this taken into the department. The next senior staff pathologist appointed was Dr. Roger Baker. The aim of the department from the beginning was to be the training of academic pathologists, particularly for the South. For this reason, the appointments were made in such a Way that individuals who were interested in academic work were selected for the house staff. This interest was encouraged and directed during the residency period and, subsequent to this, these individuals were retained on the senior staff at a low level until such time as an opening else- where developed. As soon as this opening oc- curred, the individual concerned was sent to fill it, and in this way the original aim of the depart- ment was accomplished. Such a program as this meant a great deal of work for the Chairman since, under such a system, the senior staff per- sonnel were constantly changing. That this aim was accomplished is evident by the following list of those persons who have received all or part of their training at Duke or who were associated with its teaching staff for a considerable time. Minister of Education-Oscar Duque, Colombia, South America. Professors Cincluding Chairmen of Depart- ments? - Anderson, W.A.D. CUniversity of Miamibg Baker, Roger D. CAlabama and Dukejg Cuttino, John T. CMed. College of South Caro- linalg Dubin, Isadore N. CWomen's Medical Col- legejg Edwards, Joshua CFloridaDg Erickson, Cyrus C. CTennesseeDg Follis, Richard H. CUni- versity of Utah, Salt Lake Citybg Gill, A. James CSouthwesternDg Margolis, George CDukeD, Net- tleship, Anderson CArkansasDg Rigdon, Raymond H. CTeXasDg Sprunt, Douglas H. CTennesseeDg Stoddard, Leland D. CGeorgiaJ. Associate Professors-Black-Schaffer, Bernard CCincinnatiJg Kipkie, George F. CQueensDg Rogers, E. Staniield CDuke7. Assistant Professors-Benson, Walter R. CKen- tuckyhg Fetter, Bernard F. CDukeDg Hurteau, William W. CTennesseeD. That the influence of pathology at Duke is becoming world wide is seen by the fact that academic pathologists from the following coun- tries have spent one month or more here learn- ing the teaching techniques used: Japan, Taiwan CFormosaD, Philippine Islands, Thailand, Korea, Colombia, South America, and Peru, South America. The department at Duke and the above lists constitute a living monument to a man whose industry, enthusiasm, and foresight are enviable. BERNARD F. FETTER, M.D. ,I lg D! ff 1 .314 ,Den gl I hriiiifi ' ' X'--1:11 X51 I ZA F Dr. Forbus certainly goes ' f 4 i all out for Round-Ups in ef .2 ic -- Mai' 1 r J 'I i Lf: 2- ' ' f '?'1 f ll. 'U cz'-

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f x 5 ' ,x if J 'F i' ff Q, A fi f c Y . 84-- j -'tx' , 2 f , , I Hs. jf TE ,f is - In July 1930, Duke Hospital formally opened its doors. The medical department at that time consisted of Dr. Harold L. Amoss, Professor of Medicine, Dr. David T. Smith, Associate Professor of Medicine, Dr. Oscar Hansen, Dr. Christopher Johnson, and Dr. Julian Ruffin, each Assistant Professor of Medicineg Dr. E. L. Persons, our first resident: Drs. Royall Calder, Emil Cekada, assistant residents: and three interns, Drs. Rowland T. Bellows, R. Eloise Smith, and Thomas P. Magill. Although there was no sharp division of assign- ments it was understood that Dr, Amoss would handle infectious diseases, Dr. Smith tuberculosis and diseases of the chest, Dr. Johnson cardiology and nephritis, and Dr. Hansen hematology and allergy, Dr. Ruffin was assigned to direct the Medical Clinic and the course in Physical Diagnosis, and soon became inter- ested in deficiency diseases and diseases of the gastro- intestinal tract. Dr. Frederic M. Hanes was visiting lecturer in Neurology in the first year and served as Acting Professor of Medicine in the Spring of 1932 while Dr. Amoss was serving the Peking Union Medi- cal College in China. In the Fall of 1932, Dr. Amoss resigned and Dr. Hanes agreed to fill the vacancy. From this modest beginning, the department grew by the addition of men with special interests. Dr. Edward S. Orgain came from Dr. Paul White's service at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1934. In 1935 Dr. William Nicholson was the first alumnus of Duke Uni- versity appointed to the medical faculty. His position on the Metabolism service at Johns Hopkins was filled by Dr. George Thorn until 1942 when Dr. Thorn moved to the Brigham Hospital. In 1936, four years after the first M.D. degree was granted by Duke, a graduate who had taken his entire medical course at Duke was added to the faculty. Since 1949, Dr. Robert W. Graves has been chairman of the Department of Neurology at Albany Medical College. In the following year, Dr. J. Lamar Calla- way, also a medical graduate of Duke, returned from the University of Pennsylvania service of Dr. John H. Stokes to head the division of Dermatology and Syphil- ology. Before 1937 Dr. Hansen supervised the Syphilis Clinic Ca large one in those days!5 and Dr. Persons taught dermatology as well as medicine. In 1938 Dr. James P. Hendrix joined the staff as a clinician trained in pharmacology under Dr. Richards at the University of Pennsylvania. In January 1940, r -waz,-r-f 1 Dr. E. E. Menefee fM.D., Duke, 19365 took charge of chest diseases, as the first member of the faculty to have secured his basic clinical training at Duke Hos- pital-with excursions to Saranac, Dr. Paul White's service in Boston, and a year of residency with Dr. Burns Amberson at Bellevue Hospital. In 1945, Dr. Wayne Rundles returned to his medical school, after five years of training and research under Dr. Cyrus Sturgis at Michigan, to pursue his work on the medical and hematologic aspects of malignant disease. The influence of Dr. Frederic Hanes on the medical school was profound. In undergraduate teaching, his emphasis on careful history taking and on the neuro- logic aspects of physical examination helped graduates to quickly make a reputation for themselves and for Duke. Several of his residents have moved into re- sponsible teaching positions in other schools qHarvard, Ohio State, Bowman Gray, Oregon, Tulane, Medical College of South Carolinal. In 1934, on a visit to the German medical centers he had known as a student, he realized that Germany would soon lose many of its best young medical investigators and personally se- lected Dr. Walter Kempner as an addition to the research group in Medicine. In 1941, Dr. Hanes stimu- lated Dr. Kempner to applying his theoretical knowl- edge of oxygen consumption of living tissue to patients in uremia. It was from this beginning that the rice diet was designed and the rice houses established. On December 24, 1945, Dr. Hanes was taken ill suddenly with a pain in his chest and diagnosed his own condition as a dissecting aneurysm, from which he died three months later. In 1947 Dr. Eugene A. Stead, Jr., became chairman of the department. In 1952, the Veterans Administra- tion Hospital opened and the staff of the Department of Medicine was considerably increased. In 1947, the staff numbered 60 doctors: in 1956, it numbers 130. Many former members of the Duke Medical Staff now hold teaching positions at other hospitals, and three of the staff have become chairmen of departments: Dr. George Harrell, Department of Medicine, Bowman- Gray Medical School, and now, Dean of the University of Florida, Dr. Jack D. Myers, Department of Medi- cine, University of Pittsburghg Dr. Samuel Martin, Department of Medicine, University of Florida. EUGENE A. STEAD, JR., M.D. AND E. L. PERSONS, M.D.