Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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EZ76'7'Z6j.S' Therapeutics, published in 1822, was conceded to be the very best work on the subject ever issued from the American press. In 1861, Mitchell said of it, In truth, no American work in Therapeutics has ever yet been pub- lished so full of originality and real excellence. Similar praise has been given Eberle's Theory and Practice of Medicine. 'Joseph Paazcoast applied the principles of F.smarck's bloodless surgery before it was described by the man whose name it bears. The elder Gross published four books that were pioneers in their subjects. They were Elements of Pathological Anatomy, Foreign Bodies in the Air- Passagesf' Diseases of Bones and joints, and Diseases of the Urinary Organsff The first-named was said by Virchow to have been the best ever published up until that time. Dr. Da Costa tells me that Gross washed out infected wounds with iodine, which he was accustomed to- say should be diluted to the color of sherry. i' ll Of course, this was be- Were known as causes of T. D. Illiiller intro- zing system, for which He was the first in Phila- use of ether as an anes- And it was he who was the gery and orthopedic sur- America. His work is in- The younger Gross was to insist on the radical op- showed that veins could be Dr. J. K. Mitc71eZl's fore the days when bacteria suppuration. duced the Edinburg quiz- jefferson has been noted. delphia to demonstrate the thetic, December 23, 1846. first to bring plastic sur- gery from France to estimable. the first American surgeon eration for cancer, and he ligated as well as arteries. D work on the relation be- and joints was pioneer, and 1849, the bacterial origin of disease, in an article, The Cryptogamous Origin of the Malarial Feversf' Dr. folzn H. Brinton was essentially a military surgeon, and practically the founder of the Army Medical Museum, being its hrst curator, from june,t1862, to September, 1864. He was appointed to the teaching staff of jefferson at the same time as Dr. Keen. Franklin Bache, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, in association with Wood, in 1830 wrote a Pharmacopeia, which was adopted by a National Con- vention of Physicians, and this became the basis for the United States Pharmaco- peia and the United States Dispensatory. From 1833 until his death in 1864, with Wood he was co-editor of the United States Dispensato-ry. W. S. Forbes originated' the first Pennsylvania Anatomy Act in 1867, and this played an important part in the initiation of a new era with regard to the procuring of anatomical material in America. J. M. Da. Costa. wrote the first book of its kind on Medical Diagnosis and was the Hrst to describe neurocirculatory asthenia, under the name of tired heart of soldiers. Lawrence Tnrnbnll was the hrst specialist in aural surgery, M eigs, with Hodge, was the first to work exclusively on diseases of women. tween diseases of the spine he predicted, as early as George McC lellan The Founder il 1' FN ll. Y, 1. W T-'fag qi tl .jj 'ii it fqr . 1 iff. ,lu lib' till P .lf in 'J all j. it ja 'lu , . lil Sl ' 41:6 Lf-Us tt M7 ,jf lla bfi! .lit vii li ill til' it N l it. ji Z. .ii jj, fttt ni lj 'P ' J l i v fi? Mi ,. l . i it 5 lt Ml . Page T'ZUf?ll'f:V-Efgllf

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MTX 1-4-32215- iff ffifs: e -- 'fi' 1 '7 e f -- Ve 'i?Ef'A-f' Nfl ,L , H ' 192-T the institutions of its kind in America. The present laboratory wing of the College was opened by my illustrious predecessor, Dr. Coplin, in 1896, and the main College Building was opened in 1898, to be followed by the Physiological Laboratories in 1899. The present hospital was opened 'Tune 6, 1907. The Daniel Baugh Institute of Anatomy was opened in 1911. Since then the Department of Diseases of the Chest, the Maternity I-Iospital, the Nurses' Home, the Convalescent I-Iome, the new sixteen-story annex, and the Out-Patient Departments on Walnut Street have been added. 1 As regards the development of the courses given at Jefferson we will content ourselves with very few words. In 1833 the requirements for the diploma included attendance on, at least, two full courses of lectures, one of which must have been in the Jefferson Medical College. The professors were required to give two full courses of lectures CZ1'l7Z'1LfZ1lliV. The candidate must also have studied three years under the direction of a respectable practitioner of medicine, and have written an acceptable thesis on a medical topic. In 1884 the graded course o-f study was adopted. In 1885 the writing of the thesis was abolished and the system of U ,,..1w.' I -'F' -fr g ?g3ss aymglgfjfitl Milf' 1+ fr -1,42 -Baal: -'E' lpn W 51Ni vxu ,,...f-L 4418751311-1 I I ageing kia, H ,..1E1g 1 :.q1Itl11lh11 5550 'T fills T lgFfiw2lfff i -' 1 new 2. A ' ' -W -lt 'I ' D ' ' 1 'df' Hoqiiral, 1898 written examinations was introduced. The three-year course commenced in 1890, and the present four-year course in 1895. During this past century, with the advent of new discoveries, there have been eras of medical teaching. Progress in clinical medicine, which assuredly is the object of all of the medical sciences, 'has been successfully developed by the advent of the pathologist, the bacteriologist, the chemist, the immunologist, the serologist, more recently the endocrinologist, the radiographer, and the hygienist and sani- tarian in the service of preventive medicine. A century ago- preventive medicine consisted largely in vaccination against smallpox, and many of the sciences just referred to would not even have been known by name. Jefferson has seen and taken part in these developments in the medical sciences. In order that this statement may not remain with you as mere words, let me record for you some of the work of Iefferson's most brilliant men. This will be by no means a co-mplete chronicle, but will, I hope, impress you with the truth of my statement and help to inculcate in your breasts a feeling of pride in Jefferson. George MCCl6lIG7'1, who was the founder of this school, was a most brilliant surgeon, and probably the first to remove the parotid gland. 1 ,lla fig I l l 111 '1 11 ,Nl 1' 'lf 171 al L , .611 i l 1 11. 1 A l ll .' W 1 lll ul, 11. K1 11,1 1111 ,J1 '11 1 ' v 1 lll :ty 1 1 1 lll U2 1 '1 ' sf' I ffm fl , 11 1111 , 1 , Us 1v:iW lay' M lx'--Q 11111 All 1 ll .1-51 l lu .ll l' 1 lf! ,1 VW ll lf lr Qi 1' 1:1 l 1 1 111 I H11 11 lgl u ijt! 1,111 l 1 'Wil 1 ri 31,111 ,1 1 A1 1 1, ,'i,,1 ' lift 1 1115 1 1 111-1 l I ' 1, , 1 l lf1'f1 Q - 4 I- -i V D QF' ESA--mvq V :XT , V - V- Igvgjil D -ff - - Q Q, 'ni ,, V-L f W- - gf , We--f ' +s, fnfses2l.s--feast.. -fffl..L.l.e we 1-aK--,Y.Q-1f1ij.f,.,J Page Tzvezity-sezfen lx, l 11 I 1115 ri' 1 1111 1' All, Yiil l 11, 1 151 ffl

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I7 re -- if P ' ' 'rr' -H-M fe fa Dzmglison wrote a book on '5Human Physiology, and Holland, in his history of the Jefferson Medical College, refers to him as the Father of American Physi- ology. Cf him, also, the elder Gross said, VVhat Haller's great work accomp- lished for surgery in the eighteenth century, Dunglison accomplished for it in America in the nineteenth. Dunglison's dictionary passed through twenty-three editions. I. Solis-Colien, Honorary Professor of Laryngology in this College,,is inter- nationally acknowledged as a pioneer, and now the Nestor, of that specialty. Witl1 his friend Louis Elsberg, of New York, also a jefferson man, he introduced laryngoscopy into the United States. In 1872 he published the first edition of his work on diseases of the throat and nasal passages, this being the first systematic treatise on this subject in the English language. I-Ie has devised a number of procedures in the surgery of the upper air passages. lll It would take a greater the work of our present' Principles of Surgery and iam W. Keen. He is the America, and I am told he tie the abdominal aorta for modern operation for em- butions to the progress of been innumerable. He is Clt is a pleasure for me authority for much of this pertaining to surgery has source of information, Da Costa. His word is I do not need to tell J. M. Da Costa 1833-1900 man than I to fitly estimate Emeritus Professor of the Clinical Surgery, Dr. VVill- pioneer brain surgeon of was the irst in America to aneurism, and perform the pyema. His other contri- Medicine and Surgery have World renowned. to acknowledge that my that I have just related as been that never-failing Professor john Chalmers exact and f1nal.j , you that during her entire period of existence, Iefferson has stood in the front rank of Medical Colleges in America. Her clinical facilities have been unsurpassed. You do not.need to ask the reason for Iefferson's success. It lies in the character of the men who have guided her destiny and the character of her output. The members of the faculty of Iefferson Medical 'College have always been noted for their ability as teachers, as clinicians and as authors. The pfziblicatrions by members of fejfe1's011's faculty have been standard textbooks almost thvfoaglz-out the world for long times past. When I was an undergraduate in Canada, among my prescribed books was Da Costa's Surgery and Hare's Therapeutics Dr. Keen has given personal evidence of the world-wide distribution and high standing of Jefferson alumni. My own experience duplicates his, as, in the Ear East and in South America, Jefferson men have been among my most highly esteemed associates and intimates. ' Since 1895 the Board of Trustees has had full control of the finances of the College, and in 1896 Mr. William Potter was elected President of that Board. No Board ever had a more efficient, more interested or more altruistic president. Under his far-seeing and wise guidance Jefferson has attained her present stand- 3 ,Q , iq I W fi ll Ili lit at . Kim ig' l ,Ml D. I l. ll? lil I 1' ii Witt? ll! Md A ii ill I YT' . ll ,- gl tr la .ll 1. ,, 5. , I. ip! Q . . will flu! . ll If I Qi . A. i 'Y .1 ill ifwlll tlli E 1. yi li 9 W W i Yi . Wy f? tx QM ' ll is - is -M A52 1 at Page Twmzfy-nizie ll