Long Island College Hospital - Lichonian Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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J 01911314 2160 171 3 PROFESSOR POLAK and his Secfion in Gynecology

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,r T 21 'f 5 ' Y ' ' ' em. uf- 'wp FR-vw' Fu' H ,v1.- ia xmfnxwe-A--,r.-sr-,v.ues.:v -:Nu-1 ,::s:s's'c-xx-x.:-.sn-r.z Q..-vs'giivu'g-rear., '175f1f,:.':r::v-qni Y -n 11' , .?',1 9 H -,jan nyig-W, agua, ,:.si.:dL.,: ,ax,.1ggg.,.-'Find gggfmgngaqau .4'Mad:.gg.uf ,g24,,,..agEe.Q,j5..5fs5:34:j5.7,e5f4gf A Record Room, in which the students may Write up their histories, is being built at the south end of the 3rd floor hall. This room will also serve as a conference room, for teaching small groups. By these changes our private patients will be afforded a suitable delivery room, and our students better teaching facilities. Unfortunately, owing to the lack of available money, no space could be secured by changes in the construction of the hospital-where the medical children could be housed. Hence we have had to forego for the time, extending the maternity to the present children's ward. and the maternity capacity has not been increased. However, through the efforts of Commissioner of VVelfare, Hon. Bird S. Coler, the obstetric and gynecological material of the city hospitals has been placed at our disposal, and the heads of the departments in this specialty have been added to our teaching staff. As soon as proper arrangements and schedule can be made, small sections of the senior class will be assigned for intensive work as clerks in obstetrics, at the Kings County and Greenpoint Hospitals. Several other changes, as the addition of a departmental laboratory and the placing of gynecology as an elective. have been made in the interests of the student body. Gynecology has been made an elective, and only those men with high rating during the junior year have had the privilege of this election as senior. Thus by reducing the number in the section group. and at the same time securing some of the best talent in the class, we hope to teach better gynecological diagnosis. In obstetrics the usual ward work has been supplemented by a series bf practical talks and demonstrations on the conduct and management of labor. In this way we have improved the practical value of the obstetrical trimester, and feel that when a student is graduated from Long lsland, while he is not an obstetri- cian, he is at least capable of making an accurate antepartum examination-of watch- ing the progress of labor and recognizing the presence of dystocia. Our staff conferences have been continued, and criticism and suggestions have been freely made at the review of each case presented for our consideration. This year we have considered, not only mortalities and morbidities, but indications for operation in both obstetrics and gynecology. ln this way it takes courage for a man to do something without proper indications, for a review hy his peers, behind closed doors, is not always gratifying to his self-conceit. , Our department still has the distinction of having the largest amount of Radium element available for the treatment of malignant cases, in this Borough. Knowledge of this fact has been taken advantage of by a large number of physicians, who have had patients suffering from inoperable cancer of the genital organs. We have also received many patients from the city institutions, who have received the benefits of Radium treatment without cost, for up to date, none of the city hospitals have Radium at their disposal. NVhile we are Il0t in a position to say that Radium cures cancer. we have had sufficient experience to prove that it improves the physical well being, and prolongs the life of the cancer patient without reducing the established immunity to the disease, as does operation. In reviewing the work of the year, we all must feel that the department has kept abreast of the times, and through the loyal and enthusiastic support of the students and members of the staff, may hope to attain even greater success -in 1923. JOHN Ossorw POLAK. Page tzglzftuz

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1 lil . , .1 f l . I ggi FN' . Q il ll L l ll , x l Fl li. ilu ll, f-:x ' ll k'.SH0 '5!Ef l- 9 - A fbi. JOHN C. CARDVVELL Professor of Physiology, flaring Professor of Plmrzzmcology. M.D., New York University, 1888, Assistant in Physiological Laboratory, University of the City of New York, 1888-1889, Fellow in Physiology, Clark University, 1889- 18915 Instructor in Physiology, Harvard Medical School, 1891-18935 Lecturer in Physiology, Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, 1894-1898, Assistant to the Chair of Nervous Diseases, L. I. C. H., 1897, Chief of Clinic for Nervous Diseases, Polhemus Clinic, 18985 Demonstrator in Physiology, L. I. C. H., 1889g Associate Director of Department of Physiology, Hoagland Laboratory 18995 Instructor in Physiology, L. I. C. H., 19003 Lecturer in Physiology, L. I. C. H., 1905, Assistant Professor of Physiology, L. I. C. H., 19083 Adjunct Professor of Physiology, L. I. C. H., 19105 Associate Professor of Physiology, L. I. C. H., 1911, Professor of Physiology, L. I. C. H., 1913g Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology. L. I. C, H., 1914. Con- tributions to the literature:-The History of Physiology and the Development of American Physiology, fMedical Library and Historical journaljg The History of Physiology. flincyclopedia Americanaj 3 other papers dealing with Cerebellum, Nerve Mechanismsf' etc. Page lwrufg