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

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F. e e - 1: - :Sa .- ein ali-f-.:v1?.1-:gm vgff.-54,1-.QF?.f'ET.Ef1FiefQT.-T1e'..- Lim egiffii- eff rf'55if1,5wf 1,.'v4qr-:fir-3:41 geiirhvs-Q-Ref-,Q.3 ' ' if 4, 1 'z-.flee-zf-. :fgg-.i:.:.4mQi4a'f:g-Lge M- QL.4.L.tf,,- .g,.,-va ,M f-:::.g,:'f.fe,JL: .-egg?-,i-5s:ef.:::,-via,e.:5,w,,a, 'lV il J Q2-l ' J I ,tn fi LUTHER F. XVARREN Professor of llledirine v University of Michigan, A,B., 19075 M.D.. 19093 Instructor in Medicine, Michigan, 1909-19123 Assistant Professor Internal Medicine, Long Island College Hospital. 1912-1914, Associate Professor, Long Island College Hospital, 1914-1915g Professor of Medicine, Long Island College Hospital, 19155 Associate Editor of Tice's Practice of Medicineg Medical Editor of The International Medical Digest. Frater- nities: Alpha Omega Alpha and Sigma Xi. Medical Societies: American Medical Associationg New York Academy of Medicineg Fellow of the American College of I, ,Q , T, L, ,A 1, Physiciansg Brooklyn Society of Internal Medicine, Kings County Medical Society. til 'A Page llzirty-foiu

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f i 4 ffl , ., Q if A k .fe 'xg 54 1 ix' Nl . sz' 9 t, ' M' gf , 3 g I qlQf,1rJlI l Q- rs V All--. eg- 'A - ui . E if l' ' 'Q l 'ff'-' 1 ' fl ' ltr r i 'li QW at f r ' W 1 Q. i ' f i l ' v i at . ff r' xr i . it i . fi N ' 'A 'QQJ5' ' il A I -A ' ' 8. 5 lla :om H.5cHms '15 ay f HEN we .promised the editor or somebody one day to write something appropriate for the LICHONIAN, we were over-confident as to our ht- ll? E erary qualifications. That is obvious Cto usj now. Perhaps we mis- understood what the editor or somebody QArbuse has been on our trail fEi.Qi l ii ' ever since, and we have that guiltiest feeling every time he appearsl i-5' meant by appropriate, and we are afraid to ask him lest he didn't say that. Literary contributions ought to be left to the department of Bacteriology. Or why, Mr. Editor, did you not ask Professor Evans to do something in Chinese. Surely Doctor McTague would have told you a story, if you had asked him. XVe looked over some of the departmental articles of other years for an inspira- ff tion. One of the first things we saw was Professor Murray's plea for more autopsies. Hip i'Cheap stuff, take it awayf' Then we saw someone's plea for money. Now we are all going to plead for money. Next was a plea that the medical curriculum be com- posed of physiology, and-well, were you not really surprised yourself when 'you read iii! in those articles how large and important each department ought to be? just imagine what a big institution you would be attending, with all those departments standing out so prominently. But let us make a few suppositions. Suppose you tried to study the function-- apologies to Professor Ci2lI'dW'Cll--!IL'fi'Z'ifj' of the heart without knowing what the ilfjf heart was. Could you do it, even with the aid of the fourth dimension and the theory of lVIr. Einstein? Suppose you looked at a section showing some sort of interstitial nephritis Qthat's correct, isn't it?D before you had seen a normal for the usuall kidney with stroma and parenchyma. VVhat kind of a physical examination could you have ,Eg made before you became acquainted with some of the things that Piersol or Cunning- ffl, ham told you about? And what would you do in a case of appendicitis, if you didn't know what or where the appendix was? Then, too, imagine what would happen if you attempted a spinal puncture on the sternum. Every fourth-year student will ggi, remember, and others will learn, the importance of Hesselbach's triangle, and they never could practice Nledicine successfully without knowledge of the cells of Paneth. Day by day, in every way, you should learn more anatomy. ADAINI M. MILLER. Page llrirfy-llzrcu ra' rr ,filli-Aa, - 4?-Ai? 'H i' 1 -' Maxis-ir. -1 vrf -pr--,-,, - if 4-lf 'gb' V-'. lffffgif: ,. 5- laws trial i- froze ,A ay ,, 1 ef to gi Hill ll,t'iQi i s,.a,35?,-t ',1'fg YL 'LA I at-iii. . r 'ifffiiki Aman-f' nv- ---'--- :'f'f'a1' -L13 , , . r ti fi 15535523 Q+-,u

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-we-rr. ,, ,., ,, .1 , , i Y,vw JV- ------if-- --V -: 7--2 X. K r a .Q-5' 2-'ce l .r...- .A,,.. .. .,, ,.,.. ..-- . ,.,. ,,, ..,,. 1-i.A,,.,t .. A , W, -V H ' n...sIA..,qL. l xiii - A NOTHER milestone has been passed. The juniors of ,ZZ are the seniors of '23. Their work has changed from that of definite assignment to that of individual study and individual development. They have been prepared lil by the work of three years of their medical course for the crowning year '-3 ef-if of clinical medicine-the senior year. They must now investigate problems on their own initiative. In fact the senior year marks the time when the student is hrst brought face to face with human beings. The patient is now the problem and the patient is the great teacher. To attack this new problem by the methods they have been taught and to formulate their own opinions concerning the cases assigned to them takes courage, but courage is the key to success. Fortunate it is if the student recognizes this early in his work for courage and work are the mainspring of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is the driving force of character. It makes men strong and rouses unexpected resources and ability. Hence it is interesting to note how often the senior year marks the personal development of certain individualsg some of the men who have been rather mediocre students before that time now see the results of their efforts in dealing frankly with human beings and this calls out the enthusiasm for their work which acts as a whip to make them work harder than ever and take renewed courage for that work. Holding the inspiring ideals of courage and enthusiasm in mind as the keynote for the development of the senior in this new field of work, the Department of Rlledicine makes the. senior its assistant in the department. The medical cases are assigned to him in rotation. lVIuch of the studv work of the cases he must carry out by himself. He has, however, the advantage of being able to call upon the other departments for the special examinations that may help him to unravel puzzling and seemingly mysterious problems. His work is now planned to force him into action' and to make him responsible for that action. .At the same time he is developing courage and confidence he is made to stand on his own feet in interpreting the cases he is given to study. And further than this. he is acquiring other attributes which are not fundamentally medical but which will have much to do with his future career. He is associating nersonally with specialists who are always enthusiastic in their chosen fields, and certainly some of this enthusiasm he cannot help absorbing. The senior is often thrown into a state of mental panic when he comes to choose what field of medicine he is to select as his life work. As a matter of fact most seniors feel that they have enough to do to get through their work for the year and have no leisure to give to plans for the future. Others say that they do not know what field they are best qualified to follow. But this delay in planning their future f 1 1 ll1.i1'fy-five