Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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-A Prof Hearn is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Philadelphia, of the Academy of Surgery, and a fellow of the American Surgical Association, and during his forty years of practice has contributed many articles of great value to various publications. As a surgeon, Prof. Hearn stands among the first. Although not an orator, his preliminary talks at his clinic are replete with sound advice and good suggestions. As an operator, he is always prepared for any emergency that may arise. Referring to this quality, Prof Keen has often told the students, I feel very much safer during a difficult operation, if I can have Prof Hearn at my elbow and receive the benefit of his cool head and steady hand. But it is as a diagnostician that Prof Hearn takes first rank on the Surgical Staff He seems to possess a sixth sense which enables him to make an accurate diagnosis in doubtful cases, and on innumerable occasions has his ability in this line been demonstrated. His kindly manner, his quiet humor, his never failing interest in what the students are doing have endeared him to them, and in dedicating our class book to him, we feel that we can offer but a slight tribute for the affection and esteem with which he is held. Q so i556 em IQ? A ea IO

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W. Joseph Hearn, IVI. D. ' - jj ROP. W. JOSEPH I-IEARN was born in Laurel, Del., December 27th, 1842, being . 'bfi ,.l. - descended from Sir Williani Hearn, who came from England to lVlaryland in 1688. He received his preliminary education at Laurel Academy, taking up a classical 'n course, and entered Jetlierson in 1865. Those were the days of a two year course, and on March 4, 1867, he received the degree of M. D. He practiced for three years in his C - native state, but desiring a wider field for his activities, returned to Philadelphia and was t I made anaesthetist for Profi Samuel D. Gross. In this capacity he gave ether and chloroform, many hundreds of times, at a period when the use ofanaestheticstwas comparatively new. When the new hospital was opened in 1877, Dr. Hearn was made chiefof' clinic for Dr. Gross, and later when Dr. Samuel W. Gross was elected to the chair of Principles of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, Dr. Hearn was made surgeon to the hospital. His inclination towards teaching during these years was made manifest by the positions he held in succession: Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy, 1871-1879, Assistant Demonstrator of Surgery, 1879-1882, and Instructor in Surgery and Bandaging in Dr. McClellan's School of Anatomy. Dr. Hearn also gave the first course in the microscopy and histology of tumors given at Jelilerson, and for some time was an Instructor in Dermatology and quiz master in Surgery. In 1882, on the election of' Dr. John I-I. Brinton to the chair of' Practice and Clinical Surgery, at jiefferson, Dr. Hearn took his place as Surgeon at the Philadelphia Hospital, a position which he still holds. In 1894 he was made Clinical ,Professor of Surgery at his Alma Mater. Early in December, 1906, while on his way to the Philadelphia Hospital, Prof. Hearn was thrown from his carriage and sustained such serious injuries that his life hung in the balance for many days. But his wonderful vitality and recuperative powers stood him in good stead, and he is up and about again, although still unable to conduct his clinics. ' 9

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