Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE CLINIC NINETEEN-SIXTEEN pressive, possessing a kindly manner, quiet humor and a never-failing interest in what the students are doing-justly winning his wonderful popularity as a teacher and illus- trating how the personal influence of an enlightened and loving teacher, sympathetic and noble personality gives to us boundless faith. A strict disciplinarian, and respected as such, yet most affable and considerate towards student and colleagues, tolerant of all truths, endowed with singularly happy equipoise, broad sympathies and all-around completeness, Dr. Brubaker is eminently fitted for the chair which he now Hlls with so much distinction. Owing to his great personal popularity with the students, we go to him when perplexing questions arise as to our future, to find him sympathizing with our efforts, possessing and exercising the rare gift of common-sense observation and judgment, which is the product of a broad outlook and large capabilities. To a student and a scholar, a man of unsurpassed popularity, a friend of every student and a teacher of teachers, one loved by his professional associates, and more than all by us, the Class of l9l6 of jefferson Medical College-Doctor Albert P. Brubaker, Professor of Physiology and Medical jurisprudence in Jefferson Medical College-this book, as a small tribute of our love and esteem, is affectionately dedicated. Mas t i w e i 6

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THE CLINIC NINETEEN-SIXTEEN In 1890 Dr. Brubaker was appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Jefferson Medical College to continue the course of lectures on Therapeutics, Dr. Roberts Bartholow, the professor of that subject, being too ill to fill the duties of the chair. That Dr. Brubaker was eminently qualified for this work bespeaks his versatility in various fields of natural science. Furthermore he had conducted the experimental work in the laboratory of experimental therapeutics from 1887 to 1890. On the opening of the Drexel Institute of Science, Art and Industry in 1891, Dr. Brubaker was tendered the lectureship on Physiology and Hygiene, which he accepted and occupied until 1911, the value of his teaching there being testified to by the large number of students always in attendance in his department, and by the large audiences which attend his public lectures. I - As a still further mark of appreciation on the part of the Board of Trustees of the value of Dr. Brubaker's teaching, he was elected Adjunct iProfessor of Physiology and Hygiene at jefferson in 1897. Generous and enthusiastic in the development of his work, he has contributed largely of his energyuand means to the organization and equip- ment of the Vanuxem Physiologic Laboratory for Teaching and Research. In 1909 Dr. Brubaker was elected to full Professorship of Physiology and Medical jurisprudence. U The fullness of Dr. Brubaker's professional equipment is very evident in his many contributions to physiologic sciences and medical literature, which have appeared from time to time in International System of Electro-Therapeutics, American System of Den- tistry, Progressive Medicilne, Dental Brief, Journal of the American .Medical Association, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, and other current literature. As an author Dr. Brubaker is noted for his Compend of Human Physiology, now in its fourteenth edition, largely used by students throughout the United Statesg Laboratory Manual of Physiologic Exercises, a clearly outlined guide for laboratory experimental Work, Text-Book of Physiology, now in the fifth edition, which is the standard book recommended for use in many of the medical schools, and other educa- tional institutions as well. Dr. Brubaker is claimed as a member of many scientific organizations, fraternal orders and social groups, among these may be mentioned the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Physiological Society, the University Club, the Contemporary Club, and numerous Medical and Dental Societies. I There is no healthier or more stimulating lecturer to students and young medical men. Characteristic of Dr. Brubaker as a teacher for thirty-five years has been his method of giving such lucid lectures with an entire absence of nonsense, with rare humor, with delicacyof feeling and unfailing kindness. First, he possesses a full personal knowl- edge of the branch he teaches-not a second-hand information derived from books, but the living experience derived from experimental and practical work. And second, enthusiasm-that deep love of a subject, that desire to teach and extend it without which all instruction becomes cold and lifeless. There are some to Whom the work of educating is, to labor hard, to begin and end in drudgery, for such teachers it is difficult to retain the freshness and elasticity of youth in the dull air and routine of the college room. That Dr. Brubaker is a distinguished exception to the common type of teacher is due to his personal qualifications. He is thorough, clear, unaffected, sincere and im- 5

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THE CLINIC NINETEEN-SIXTEEN Zlhhrehiateh iiaisturp nf Eeffersun jllilebital Ctlullege HE Jefferson Medical College, one of the oldest and most famous medical colleges in the United States, was first organized in 1825 as the medical department of Jefferson College at Canonsburg, Pa. There were then six chairs in the College, filled as follows: John Eberle, M.D., Theory and Practice of Medicine, B. Rush Rhees, M.D., Materia Medica and Institutes, Jacob Green, Chemistry, Nathan R. Smith, M.-D., Anatomy, Francis S. Beattie, M.D., Midwifery, George McClellan, M.D., Surgery. The first class numbered 107, and the first commencement was held on April 11, 1826, when a class of twenty received the degree. From 1825 to 1828 the classrooms were in the old Tivoli Theatre, 'l now 518 Locust Street, but space here being inadequate, in 1828 a building erected by a member of the Board of Trustees on Tenth Street, between Sansom and Moravian Streets, was leased for teaching purposes, and this site has ever since been occupied by the College. Up to the year 1838 the Trustees of the Jefferson Medical College were subordinate to the Parent Board in Canonsburg, but during -that year the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania, by legislative enactment and charter, made the institution a separate and independent universityg with the Hsame powers and restrictions as the University of Pennsylvania. It is the only university in this country devoted entirely to medical education. jefferson Medical College has always been noteworthy for its distinguished clini- cians and its extensive clinical teaching. Indeed, systematic clinical methods of in- struction were here hrst inaugurated in the United States, a dispensary having been established in advance of the first session, and from the cases which it supplied surgical clinics were, for the first time in this country, conducted by the founder, George Mc- Clellan. It was in the clinics at jefferson, December 23, 1846, that the anaesthetic power of sulphurous ether was first exhibited in Philadelphia, by Dr. Mutter. In the session 1866-67 the clinical opportunities were much enlarged by the establishment of a daily clinic, the medical cases being allotted to the skilful consideration of Dr. J. M. DaCosta. In 1870 the Alumni formed an association to promote the interests of the college and medical education. In May, 1877, the first hospital was completed and opened for patients, the College being the second medical institution in this country to have its own hospital for teaching purposes. During the thirty years of the existence of its first hospital approximately 2,000,000 consultations were given and nearly 50,000 accident cases treated, more than 10,000 medical students received instructions within its walls. In 1891 a training school for nurses was established in connection with the Hospital. The jefferson Maternity was established as a separate department in 1892, and affords to the students in the College ample opportunities for practical experience in obstetrics. This department now has headquarters at 224 S. Washington Square, with a dispensary at 2545 Wharton Street. 7