New York Medical College - Fleuroscope Yearbook (Valhalla, NY)

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PATHOLOG Y . PUBLIC HEALTH f McDOWELL STANFORD of laboratory work .... Her untiring efforts in behalf of students seeking financial aid shall never be for- gotten .... We are ever confused by the two Millers . . . . Finally, we do remember who is who . . A dif- ficult task with two pleasant girls .... Miss Zorn and Miss Weiss we knew as juniors .... Whence their boundless supply of energy? .... At about 4:30 every afternoon Miss Rieger wonders what she'll wear to- night when he comes .... Miss Gorman merely smiles saqely. ln May of our junior year, we spent a week visiting various places in and around the city .... Places vitally concerned with public health .... Department of Health Building, Disposal Plants, Meat Inspection, Walker-Gordon Farms, Lederle Laboratories fno Adv.l, etc ..... ln our senior year we had the opportunity to look in upon the Health Department of New York City at work .... Through the fine organization of Dr. Max Bernstein of the Harlem Health Center we were able to observe many branches of the health service in action .... We were impressed by Dr. Dick, in charge of Prenatal, Infant and School Hygiene .... He tried to interject Medicine into Public Health .... We were quite surprised to find a woman, Dr. Marshall, in charge of venereal work .... We were amazed at her efficiency .... Complete health reports on the public health problems of any selected community were as- signed to each student .... The benefits derived from learning these things ourselves was very real. Although a widely diversified group of men and women, these members of the faculty have one aim . . . . Which reflects that of the head of the department , , . . To co-ordinate the material in such a way so that the student may most easily grasp the subject .... In his sophomore year, the student meets Dr. Florence and her staff who are as eager to see him progress as he himself is .... In his junior and senior years, Dr. Cocheu is his guide ..., We now know that the greater a man is, the more human he is .... These indeed are interesting courses in themselves .... They are made doubly interesting by the men and women who conduct them. ' Thirtyvthree

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BACTERIOLOGY . CLINICAI WITH his advent into the junior year, the student of Medicine enters into his first personal contact with the patient .... Living pathology .... Here is seen not the pathology of the tissue itself .... But rather the pathology of its function, from which may be deduced the pathology of the tissue .... Years of close appli- cation to this branch of Medicine plus years of practical experience must be solely sought if one is to under- stand this science .... Although it is a specialty in itself, it must not be considered so, if it is to be properly conducted .... Mere reporting of findings is not suf- ficient .... Proper interpretation of findings is essential. The professor and head of the department is Dr. Lindsley Cocheu .... Perhaps no better-liked man, nor one more deserving of student esteem, could be found among the faculty .... A small man, a man whose physical size belies the size of his heart, is Dr. Charles McDowell .... Now professor emeritus of Public Health .... Dr. Laura Florence, associate profes- sor of bacteriology, delights the student with her con- cise presentation of the mysteries of bacterial habits . . . That Scottish burr has become a college tradition .... Dr. Addie Stanford is indeed a worthy assistant of Dr. Cocheu in Clinical Pathology Laboratory .... Infinite patience with the student is the secret of her success as a teacher. The broader aspects of Medicine are personified by Dr. Eugene Fierro . . . As an instructor in Public Health he fulfills only one of his many duties as a member of the faculty at Flower .... Dr. Israel Kleiner and Dr. Iago Galdston are lecturers in Public Health . . . . Readily recollected by the class are the slow, thoughtful words of Dr. Margaret Hotchkiss .... Either while lecturing on Bacteriology or Public Health .... COCHEU The Misses Horton and McCarthy round out the depart- ment of Bacteriology-the most human department in the curriculum. Important among those responsible for the rapid advance made by Flower Hospital are the laboratory technicians .... Their field is an extremely special- ized one, their responsibility tremendous .... Upon Miss Neuwirth's shoulders rests the task of organization I FLORENCE Thirty-two

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if . fri, l Thirty-four COPE KLEINER COOMBS DOTTI PHYSIOLOGY BIO-CHEMISTRY PHYSIOLOGY, the science that treats of the function of organic beings .... And Biochemistry, the chemistry of the living tissues or life .... These are two of the most absorbing studies in the medical curri- culum .... Both subjects extend through portions of the freshman and sophomore years .... Dr. Otis Cope, peculiar professor and head of the department, is chiefly concerned with physiology .... Upon his shoulders rests the task of organization of the depart- ment, the apportionment of lecture hours among the different workers in the field, and the assignment of laboratory work .... All this in addition to his work on the Curriculum Committee and his research work . . . . A huge task for any man. Dr. Israel Kleiner is the professor of Physiological Chemistry .... So well organized and so well planned is his material that only a minimum of collateral read- ing is required for a complete understanding of the subject . . . His perennial smile mirrors his jovial nature . . . . Dr. Charles McDowell, professor emeritus of physi- ology, and one of the oldest men on the faculty, for years has instructed us in the art of living .... He is a man who truly has lived .... Dr. Helen Coombs, assist- ant professor of the department, shall be remembered for her attempted instructive teaching in laboratory technique and for her willingness to aid and foster individual and original experiments .... The founda- tion, perhaps, in some of us of future surgical technique . . . . And lastly, Dr. Abner Weisman, assistant in- structor .... He has since become a specialist in his field .... The Chemistry and Physiology of Internal Secretions .... He may frequently be found in the chemistry laboratory, checking and rechecking exper- iments, using students as his subjects and controls .... We are proud to feel we have been of service to such a man. Conscious of our loss, we leave the portals of the New York Medical College with reluctance .... Instruction per se has ceased .... We are thrown on our own resources .... Shall the seed sown by these members ot our faculty fall on barren ground? .... Or shall it, rather, find fertile soil, and blossom forth, disporting a knowledge to which all shall bow? .... Certainly opportunity is ours .... Let us not be found wanting.