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

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'Q at fi e s lfil ity LN i ,. yi Bri 5--' 57-' :iw .f: A.-f n 771 :-, Ps-itfell, -.',,- 2:25-Jim: .'.1 :,5'p-f,n!.- '.-.. 1 -5.1.11 ,.',': -,-, f farm 'g'4 qQ1u:Z44:geQ5l3gef-.E113334 fs? i l? sts? Ji n ri ff y . i 2 - fa? X? Jil f' Ni l Lf , J A,,, . .,,A.. , 4, ..,.. k.A.,, W ,,,.,,,Q.,.,, .,A,.,.,?. , -ZZiz'1i.fi::e,f,5q. ,.,. viii! . . . . . ilfii URGERY'1s designated' in the medical curriculum as one of- the three major subjects of medicine, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics. That general surgery is, and should be so considered, needs no argument at the present day. There was a time, to be sure, in the history of medicine 'L when surgery was a mere adjunct to medicine and being practiced by the barber surgeons. With the advent of greater knowledge of the art of surgery as Well as medicine and particularly with the strides made during the so-called antiseptic and aseptic stages of surgery, the latter has reached a point of development which is so UN great that it is diflicult for the recent graduate to grasp the immensity of it. ml F, It is for this reason that medical faculties have tried in their teachings, not to cover the realm of surgery any more than they attempt to cover the realm of any iw other subject, with the idea of making the graduate capable of practicing his subject ,ffl to the best advantage. It should he emphasized that- the fundamental training for any one of the major subjects should be as diversified and as thorough as possible, for 'EQ after all, surgery requires as thorough aknowledge of the fundamental sciences of medicine as any other branch taught, for example, medicine, the only difference being 55: in the therapy used. The surgeon should be a well trained medical man with an additional knowledge of mechanical therapy, namely, operative surgery. The mechanical surgeon who does not approach his patient in the same way that the medical man does, as a medical and diagnostic problem. and who is called in by the physician Hifi merely to operate after all diagnostic tests and examination of the patient have been lifj done, allows himself to become simply the operating tool of the internist and can 'ily therefore not claim a position much higher than that of a tradesman, such as a ,tl carpenter. The fundamental branches which the young aspirant to surgery should make himself particularly familiar with are. anatomy, physiology and pathology, for it is evident to every experienced surgeon that given a good knowledge of these subjects the surgical problem is rarely more than simple logic and well directed operative pro- cedure. When a disease is thoroughly understood in its physiological and pathological features, therapy becomes more a science and the cure of the condition is more apt if to follow. A good grounding in the fundamental sciences is the problem of the gf-,K medical graduate who hopes to equip himself for the practice of surgery. A year spent as interne in a well organized medical department of a busy hospital is a very desirable 'f . 'i!!iilii'?13 f Qqiiiffi 31 ,i,. -igia D li Llilelddlfltl lf' i 3495? ie, gffi-F55 fl iiila Page fo1'fy-n-inc ing