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

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and treatment. The nursing staff works closely with the students to give them an opportunity to visualize the unique features of pediatric nursing. During his tour in the Pediatric Clinic, the student is shown the importance of out-patient care in treating children. During this time, several nights are spent in the emergency room, where routine and unusual cases arrive in large numbers. In addition to the routine clinics, there are morning and afternoon clinics devoted to the sub-specialties: hematology, metabolic disorders, neurology, cardiology, allergy, convulsive disorders, be- havior disorders, and renal diseases. Well-Baby Clinics are held twice weekly. The students work up new pa- tients and see return patients. They are given the re- sponsibility for the patients ' dispensation after consulta- tion with one of the staff members. One gets a chance to follow the progression and regression of the diseases in his patients during his stay in the clinic. Part of the student ' s time is spent in the Nursery. The problems of premature babies and the lull term newborns are presented vividly. After only a few days on the Nursery, one learns that those little babies are not so fragile as they might seem, and it is not so easy to drop one as we might think. The student even learns to feed the babies, and this bit of experience is inval- uable in the future, especially to those who have wives who like to sleep through their baby ' s three o ' clock feeding. First row: Agre, Murray, Osterhout, Canent, Harris (Chairman), Howell, Spach. Second row: Lanzkowskv, Gentry, McKay, Moseley, Lewis, Stempfel, McBryde, McLain, Spock. Third row: Rider, Engstrom, Warner, Lyon, Ray, Schmickel, Lybass, Cooper. Cox, Starling, Nye, Dees, Buckley, Sidbury, Gitzelmann. Not pictured: Arena, Baker, DeMaria, Freye, Fani Job, lose Job. Lee, Robertson, Weise, White. twenty-nine

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One of the most significant events of the year was the opening f the new pediatric wing, Howland Ward. This new fifty bed, twelve bassinet ward is a major step in the progress and growth of our medical school. The Department of Pediatrics is founded on the prin- ciple of teaching, and the new ward is a reflection of this principle. The students ' acquaintance with this de- partment is primarily in the senior year, when one quarter ' s rotation is spent on the pediatric ward and in the Pediatric Clinic. Here the student works directly with the patients under the close supervision of the staff, and he is given a major part of the responsibility for the care of the patients. On the ward the students work up all admissions and plan with the house staff the management of the patients. Frequent ward rounds and conferences with the pediatric sub-speciality groups gives one a excellent opportunity to become familiar with the complex prob- lems of pediatrics. In addition there are many con- ferences dealing with common problems of diagnosis Jekome Sylvan Harris, M.D. Chairman r Department of PEDIATRICS V ' The Micro-Fleas ' Now, Honey, don ' t cough in Joe ' , face . . . just .uiy ah. . . . twenty-eight

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Iii the first year the student is introduced to medical physiology. Basic principles and fundamental concepts are stressed. Lectures and conferences are closely inte- grated with the student ' s work in the laboratories. In the laboratory the student is taught experimental tech- nique. He participates in experiments in which he can observe first hand physiologic principles. During part of the course, the student follows a small colony of animals with different endocrinological problems. He is able to observe the natural clinical course of these diseases and the reactions to therapy. In this course as in the others of the first year, the instruction is fre- ' Daniel C. Tosteson, M.D. Chairman Department of PHYSIOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY -Lr ¥ ' • 1 ' Man, hs thou Bo jse nongos There ' ll always be an England thirty