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

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OFFICERS Preridenl .....,................ ......,.. L eonard Paul Wlershub, '27 14-f Vice-P1'e.ridefzf ........ .............. J ohn Herrlin, jr., '23 2114! Vice-Prerirlem ........ . ,..,..... Lawrence B. Slobody, '36 3rd Vive-Prerideul ....... ,............ J essie Labanowski, '26 Recording Secretary .......... .............. A lan R. Cantwell, '28 C0l'l'x?J'jf70Hdf7Zg Sefy. ....... ,.,......... R aymond L. Liddell, '38 Trea.rm'er ......,..... ..... ........... J . Clifford Hayner, '19 Necrologirl ............ ............. A nson H. Bingham, '00 Execnfirfe Offcer ....,... ....,..... W alter L. Mersheimer, 37 Frank J. Borrelli, '33 Milton J. Wilson, '18 Directors '............ ......... S Prague Carleton, '06 Philipp R. Schmahl, '11 joseph H. Fobes, '01 Van Alstyne H. Cornell, 'OO 14 amni HE Alumni Association of the New York Medi- cal College, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals was founded on March 15, 1883. At that time our country was in the midst of great industrial and commercial expansion, Chester A. Arthur was the 21st president of the United States. The Brooklyn Bridge was just being completed. john Roebling, the originator of a suspen- sion bridge over the East River, sustained a crushing injury to his foot, tetanus set in, and he succumbed to the infection of which little was known at that time. His son, Wasliington Roebling, took over the work of construction. It is interesting to note that several mem- bers of the Alumni Association were associated with this project, as well as being personal physicians to the Roebling family. In 1880 Thomas Edison developed the incandescent light. This permitted further develop- ment and perfection in medical instruments. Robert Koch astonished the medical world with a paper on Etiology of Tuberculosis. In 1886 Fitz conclusively demonstrated the pathology of performing inflammation of the vermiform appendix, and in 1889 john B. Mur- Nuociation phy of Chicago, and Charles McBurney in New York, made great contributions to a better understanding of a disease to which so many people succumbed. Recent graduates and new members of the Alumni Associa- tion rarely stop to think of those momentous days when each year added many chapters to the history of medi- cine. Now there are over 2400 living graduates of our College. At the present writing there are over 900 ac- tive members-a record envied by most medical alumni associations. The objects of your Alumni Association are: 1:-To promote the interests and extend the influ- ence of the New York Medical College. 2:-To pro- mote the mutual benefit of the members, intellectually, socially and professionally. Including the ten graduates of the class of 1899 who will receive their Gold Diploma this june, there are about 82 living golden graduates of our College. As far as we know, Dr. Grosvenor S. Farmer, Watertowru, N. Y., who graduated in 1874, is our oldest grad- Hate, 98 years of age, and still going strong.

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Charles A. Turtz Roy Upham Milton J. Wilson Alan R. Cantwell David Lehr Walter L. Mersheimer Tvwdv' john G. Mussio Rosario Terranova SAMUEL ALCOTT THOMPSON, Associate Prof. of Surgery N. Y. M, C. since 1938, received a B.S. at Wake Forest College, North Carolina, and an M.D. at jefferson in 1920, specializing in Thoracic Surgery. Dr. 'Thompson is a Fellow of Am. Coll. of Surgery, Founder Member of the Board of Thoracic Surgery, Fellow of the N. Y. Acad. of Medf, Fellow of the Am, Coll. of Chest Physicians, Member of the N. Y. Surgical Society, and Am. Assoc. for Thoracic Surgery, and is President of the N. Y. Soc. of Thoracic Surgery. JOHN E. TRITSCH studied at N. Y. U. and at N. Y. M, C. where he received his M.D. in 1918. In 1920, he joined the faculty of N. Y. M. C, as an Instructor in Anat. and Surg. In 1921, he was an Instructor in the Dept. of Obs., and became Assoc. Prof. of Obs. in 1925. Dr. Tritsch has written several papers on Oxytoxics, and the alleviation of pain in labor. He is a member of AKK, the Meissen Club, N. Y, County Med. Soc., and F.A.C.S. CHARLES A. TURTZ, Acting Director of Ophthalmology at N. Y. M. C. and at Metropolitan Hosp., received his M.D. at N. Y. M. C. in 1915, after having completed a Ph.G. at the Brooklyn Coll. of Pharmacy, Dr. Turtz is a diplomate of the Am. Bd. of Ophthalmology, Fellow of Am. Coll. of Surg., and Assoc. Clin. Prof. at N. Y. M. C, ROY UPHAM, Associate Prof. of Medicine, graduated from N. Y. M. C. in 1901. Dr, Upham is a Fellow of the Am. Coll. of Surg., International Coll. of Surgeons, an honorary member of the Italian, Argentine, and Mexican Gastro-entero- logical Associations, a Fellow of the International Gastro-entero- logical Associations, and Phi Alpha Gamma. MILTON J. WILSON, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Sur- gery, Director of Orthopedics at Metropolitan Hospital, and Chief of Fracture Service at the Flower and Fifth Ave. Hosps., was graduated from N, Y. M. C. in 1918. Dr. Wilson became F.A.C.S. in 1928. . ALAN RALPH CANTWELL, Assistant Professor of Ortho- pedic Surgery, is a graduate of N. Y. M. C., class of 1928. A diplomate of the Am. Bd. of Orthopedic Surgeons, a Fellow of the Am, Coll. of Surg., and the N. Y. Acad. of Med. Dr. Cantwell has produced several motion pictures for teaching purposes on orthopedic problems. DAVID LEHR received his M.D. at the Univ. of Vienna in 1935. Having served an internship at Krankenhous Wieden, he became an Asst. in the Dept. of Pharm. under Prof. E. P. Pick at the Univ. of Vienna Medical School, In 1939, Dr. Lehr became Instructor in Pharm. at the Royal Univ. of Lund, Sweden. I-Ie was called to N. Y. M. C. in 1941 as an In- structor in Pharm., becoming Asst. Prof. in 1944. Dr, Lehr's most recent and best known research projects are on the low toxicity of sulfonamide mixtures, on which topic he has pub- lished many papers both here and abroad. He has sponsored several convention exhibits on this subject winning the Cer- tificate 'of Merit at the A. M. A. Convention in 1948. Re- cently, he was appointed Consultant to the Council for New and Non-official Remedies of the A. M. A. Dr, Lehr is a member of the A. M. A., Am. Soc. of Pharm. and Exper. Therapeutics, N. Y. Acad, of Sci., Am. Assoc. for the Ad- vancement of Sci., and the Soc. of Exper. Biol. and Med. WALTER LYON MERSHEIMER received his B.S. from Nor- wich Univ. in 1933, his M.D. from N, Y. M. C. in 1937, and Master of Med. Sci. in Surg. at N. Y. M. C. in 1942. Dr. Mersheimer interned at F. F. A. H., and joined the staff of N. Y. M. C. in 1942 as Instructor in Surgery. In 1946, he became Asst. Professor. He is F.A.C.S., member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, AKK, A, M. A., and is certified by Am. Bd. of General Surgeons. JOHN G. MUSSIO, specialist in Obs. and Gyn., received his M.D. from American University of Beirut in 1927. An Asst. Prof. in Obs. and Gyn. at N. Y, M. C., Dr. Mussio is F.I.C.S., and has published several articles in the Am. jour. of Obs. and Gyn. ROSARIO TERRANOVA, who became a Diplomate of the Am. Bd. of Internal Medicine in 1947, was graduated from N. Y. M, C. in 1932. He joined the faculty of N. Y. M. C. in 1935, ancl is now an Instructor in the Dept. of Med. and Pharmacology. Dr. Terranova is also an Assoc. Visiting Physi- cian in Med. at Metropolitan Hosp. since 1947.

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' - 'ax 25.35, Kool: Two METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL AND WELFARE ISLAND DISPENSARY HE College maintains exclusive teaching facilities and staiiing privileges in this 1,050 bed hospital. The Out- patient department, located at 535 East 80th Street, was placed in use in the summer of 1940, and affords students the oppor- tunity of clinic work in all the medical and surgical specialties. Originally situated on Ward's Island, a location occupied by the British Troops in the Revolutionary War, the hospital was transferred to Blackwell's Island in 1894. In 1921, New York's Mayor Hylan, taking the suggestion of Commissioner Coler, changed the name of the location to Welfare Island. During the past fiscal year there were 5,191 ambulance calls, 94,900 visits made to the Out-patient Department, and 124,764 hospital admissions. F3 If Q ,iv ,,u9 1-vf',', Ma I X E. I 'til ,MSM ll ?1i--fd --'.fT f1,., .-. 1 A 735-:Hwy F ll m5 ' . ' - -' A -- , ir ,Ry .4 .-, ,uw ,dx W V I U W .L 1f,35:,'.f,,.-..1. , ..w,...-gfaw : -.gf I ' A z, -1 I PM IIEIIIMI :f fl-Ii Hyllllli , 'iiyilsiqiv - -4,5 ly ' 5. 21 1' W willlqll,-121135 '.E -'f?2g,':4f,,',q41,-4-Jie, Sf -is --il, A' 1' -A -gpg. JW-'1I:',rTl1.I' 1. P I r,:,,,1--I-gaxltif. JU' .Ili 'll' ll' ll f 'n 'pl I-T f,,'i1 : I-lr ww. till: 15.15111 elwlll ll A -me '. ' YW -l' I :3 .1 Z ' -.I-L57 - 3 ' :l,, E' - Ijllgfj, 13 ,-1' 2.1- 1' .A 1 5' mill! ,fl gp 5,1 'ily , 1 in---R -lip 5 1, -, L' ,'f m.e.w.r: -.W '.- gui' it 'lf A .A ...wr tilt- . ' A i i. f. I Y H. il- -:if 'V 'zW.'.Ql l Q- 'l1 .I5'll r,sf.E .'l ..,'. fpllirll I I WL- 1 imltazll,'.1i1:f:'5il:f1I-:4::.--I .. fll ' l ' l J 'l if lif- ,lxw ww an ring, I.l -I-Qf.1..ls'L74yEilltl , -1 --- ' f , - 7 '-'ff ,tiff fj'1i2fF? 3-51' --125 -. , - if-.-, ,- :'L.. ..:' 1 -.1 1 ..- 32-4