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

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W. - R, ,ax i DEAN WooDHALi. PAYS TRIBUTE TO DR. HOHMAN AT A RECENT DINNEIX IN His HONOR Nationally known as a leader in the field of cerebral palsy, Dr. Hohman has served as president of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy. He was instrumental in the founding of the North Caro- lina Cerebral Palsy Hospital and has served on the stafT since its conception. The accomplishments of Dr. Hohman are im- pressive. but it is not these alone which make him loved and respected. There are qualities to his manner that are diliicult to characterize. Grace. charm. and interest are part of his person. He is ,i5l2 actively concerned with all those about him. Hardly a day passes that he does not invest of his time in helping a student with a personal problem, or se- curing medical aid for people who cannot afford treatment. or trying to answer queries for informa- tion of which he has special knowledge. His mind abounds with curiosity about all of medicine, and his storehouse of knowledge is phenomenal. To Leslie Benjamin Hohman, M.D.. physician. mentor. and friend, we respectfully dedicate this yearbook.

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Hohman contributed significantly, partly based on his contact with these men. In addition to contributions to the medical literature on the formation of life patterns and on behavior disturbances in children, he wrote a popular book on raising chi'dren As rho Twig is Bent. During World War II, he served with the Navy studying and treating combat fatigue and war psy- choses. Following the end of the war he contributed further studies on the rehabilitation of veterans. In 1946 Dr. Hohman joined the Duke faculty as Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Pediatrics. He has actively taught both the second year course in mental status examination and the clinical quarter in psychiatry. His teaching has been clear and concise. ln a field where it is dillieult to separate fact from fiction, he has constantly striven to be objective. He has been a demanding mentor. never satisfied with half'-truths or gibberish. And he has given an unusually large portion of his time to teaching. While at Duke he has repeated'y demonstrated the value of electro-convulsive therapy in affective disorders. ln conjunction with the neurosurgical staff he has studied the treatment of malignant mental illness with pre-frontal lobotomy. . as READING IN HIS OFFICE TEACHING A CLASS OF JUNIOR lN1EDlCAL STUDENTS PAGE

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i -Q. 1 f.. f 'Uv ' f'-I , The Deans Nlessage Medicine faces a bright but difficult future. At no time in the history of our profession have we known so much about the basic mechanisms of disease and the effect of such influences upon man as a whole. It may be the happy destiny of this Class to participate in a more sophisticated scrutiny of these causes of ill-health and to trans- fer from their own thinking, and that of their fel- lows, laboratory equities to a level of patient well-being that has never been previously attained. The studious and well-motivated physician can virtually guarantee himself a rewarding life ex- perience in any aspect of laboratory or clinical medicine and in any environment of his choice. This bright future will not be achieved by clannish participation in many of the static pat- terns of our professional life that have character- ized recent years. Nor will the individual phy- sician reach fulfillment in any category of his experience by a churlish insistence upon the con- cept that the physician stands upon a pedestal aloof from the world about him. Herein lies the difficulty and the actual challenge of your future. The modern physician must truly be a citizen of the world, not dismayed by social. political or economic changes, but intellectually aware of such alteration in social thinking and above all, seek- ing to participate in such changes that are valid and good for the health of his patients. Good luck to you all. BARNES WOODH.-XLL P XGE