Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine - Osteoblast Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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'7 DR. STELLA FULTON PREsENT1No A CASE Gynecology Clinic YNECOLOGY as a branch of Osteopathy has come into great importance in the last few years. The subject is strongly stressed in the Kirksville College of Ostef opathy and Surgery. The course in Gynecology is offered in the school during the junior year. It includes studies into the diseases, structural defects, and other conditions that may tend to produce ill health or actual pathology. Special stress is laid on the importance of osteopathic lesions in the causation of disease in women. ln connection with the class work the actual clinic is conducted. Once each week throughout the junior year the student attends clinic classes held in the Gynecological pit. Here clinical cases are diagnosed and presented to the student group. Many difFerent conditions are thus seen in the course of the year's study. Patients under the care of student doctors in the Public Clinic, who require gynecof logical diagnosis may be brought to the private examination section of the department. These cases are then examined, after a careful case history has been taken, by a staff phy- sician. The student presenting the case is also allowed to make a diagnosis and confers with the staff physician as to the proper treatment and care of the case. The treatment indicated is then carried out by the student. A great improvement this year was the addition of a special room for the treatment of gynecological cases to the equipment of the Public Clinic in the Administration Building. This room is fully equipped and an attendant is on duty during all clinic hours to aid the student in treating cases. W----------,Val , -----Mm jiosi

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'2 K. C, O. S, PUBLIC CLINIC K. C. Q. S. Public Clinic IDE and varied experience derived by students serving in the free clinic makes this one of the most valuable departments in the college. Here each student handles diagnosis and treatment of his own patients under the supervision of Dr. John H. Denby, and in two semesters must complete thirty case reports consistf ing ofa record of previous history, past and present treatment, and results. An average of one hundred patients each day receive treatment at no charge to them, regardless of the severity ofthe condition. A wide variety of disease is represented, with acute pneumonia heading the list. The students treat these cases alone, and for the past ten years not a single death has resulted. Such a record is a fine indication ofthe capability ofthe students in their clinical practice. Supplementing general treatment, the student makes laboratory diagnoses on his cases and where indicated, XfRay and surgical treatment are administered at the hospitals. The student adds much of value to his knowledge and experience by observing the further treatment of these special cases. In this public clinic the student finds his iirst opportunity to coordinate the osteopathic fundamentals of Pathology, Physiology and Anatomy and thus apply a unihed knowledge to the practical solution of problems of disease. Here, too, he learns the psychology of handling the individuals who are his patients, and this aspect, combined with technical experience, constitutes final preparation for future work in the held. Ildlsl H19-ill

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iff 1 r ,at . . N . STUDENTS EXAMINING CASES Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic ECOCNITION of the paramount importance of eye, ear, nose and throat diagnosis and treatment to the general practitioner has paved the way to an intensive and thorough course of instruction in this branch of study. The College Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat clinic, with the cofoperation ofthe Laughlin and K. C. O. S. hospital staffs and the general clinic, draws extensively from the private practices of field doctors throughout Missouri and surrounding vicinity as Well as from the practice of Dr. A. C. Hardy, who heads the department. The material is abundant and the variety practically unlimited, ranging from the most minor conditions to diilicult cases requiring special consideration. A competent staf and capably organized clinic teaching insure the most effective pref sentation of clinic material to the student. Emphasis is placed upon practical examination of actual cases, including observation of hundreds of surgical cases of all sorts at the Satf urday Clinic, an established institution for many years at the Kirksville College of Ostef opathy and Surgery. This in addition to intensive didactic study serve to provide the stu' dent with an excellent background in eye, ear, nose and throat work. This clinic has been designed to give the student an intelligent working knowledge of eye, ear, nose and throat conditions in all aspects, to enable him to diagnose, advise, and if necessary refer his cases, and to treat scientilically all such cases as are properly handled by the general practitioner. For students whose intention it is to Specialize in this field of practice an excellent foundation has been laid for such further study as he may later pursue. The Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery has from the beginning recognized the value of thorough instruction in this important branch of Osteopathy, and has maintained this department as belits the signal importance of eye, ear, nose and throat Work. Illia ll1Q6l.l