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

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PAGE 14 RALPH ARNOLD, M.D.

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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

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Q , A If 125454, 5,14 f-,nfiw ' .Z . , my 4 1,1 , W., yy 4 I A 3 .- f? 'fW ' W fffww v 1 ,1 M3 ,Q7 ,1-2,321-.?.4f', ,Www 'al fag' ,JMLZWQVEQV 'lj Qi, if g,gg,y,,- ' ,gg Q - ,, mf ' 4 Av In Menlorialll RALPH ARNOLD. M.D. By GEORGE BAYLIN. M.D. lt is surprisingly dillicult to write a brief sketch of a person who was unaffected, frank and truth- ful, particularly when the writer knows that the protagonist would have deemed any praise as unnecessary. Ralph Arnold, born in Rochester, New York on December 10, 1910 was a physically rugged youngster possessed of an exceptionally alert mind. These attributes enabled him to excel both as a student and athlete in the public schools and at the University of Rochester. Competitive sports in fact arlorded him the opportunity to pursue his education and also helped him to de- velop the fine sense of fair play and cooperation which so clearly dominated his relationships with people. Moreover, his athletic endeavors en- hanced his innate abilities to react decisively and quickly under pressure. Football left him a permanent legacy-a broken nose. Perhaps the missed diagnosis of the nasal fracture conditioned him for his future speciality. Dr. Arnold studied medicine at the University PAGE