New York University School of Medicine - Medical Yearbook (New York, NY)

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if F. . Q l 'l ,. .l , . , ggi vt. JOHN HENRY WYCKOF17, M.A., M.D. Sen'elm'y of College of Mealirine Zeta Psi, Omega Upsilon Phi, Alpha Omega Alpha. Born 1881, Tindivanam, India, M. A., Rutgers, 1920, M.D., Bellevue, 1907, Professor of Clinical Medicine. Cited by General Pershing' for exceptional service at Vichy, France. Member American Medical Association, New York County Medical Society, New York Academy of Medicine. Director of Third Medical Division of Bellevue llospital, 1928. Page Twenty-eiglzt . N A 3 fi 1, ' i,.1el,'.1s,,.i.ai i . I 4 ,. V ,mf 4, , fm. 4551, V1 . ,Q ka., KXJX,-Nw, ..... ' ' A -,1o.i,.f..., :':::::1:r-...--1-.....-f.'::-..g.'..:4:g.:.g4-......1'----.........-...'n:'-...--.-,.:-1. . ' , 1 Q , , ,

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mmmHull'nlllnululllulunu lanll1ll1l ' LEVU E VI Ol.. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY THE UNIVERSITY AND BELLEVUE HOSPITAL LOLLEGE OFFICE OF THE DEAN To the Senior Class Your annual Publication the Bellevue Violet born four years ago has shown during its existence a most promising and delightful spirit of sincerity towards the school and teachers and promises to be a vital factor in Bellevue life The past year has proven no exception. It is a valuable Liasson between Student and Teacher. It brings us nearer each other. Its work grows more important with suc- ceeding years. Allow me to express my thanks and appreciation for your work this year, and to hope that the good example which you have set will be continued in the years to come. Faithfully yours, fS1gnedj SAMUEL A. BROWN. ,. ,, ................ B I ,X . quill:unuuxmllllllrmlll BEL E Page Twenty-seven

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JOHN WYCKOFF, M.D. y leader in medical education and 1 sincere friend of the student- . 4 ohn Wyckoff. A review of his background affords to those who ,Z know him a splendid opportunity for the appreciation of his endeavors. AN APPRiec1A'1'1oN q EW . . . . . . 92 T is most appropriate at this time to record the history of an aggressive , , . . ' l . I 1 . 'VF 'i'? 4 x r J , , aight? I I Of pure Dutch stock, both branches of the family had taken up life in America in 1640. His ancestors were for the most part chiefly men of religion or farmers. His father, in keeping with the family traditions, served as a missionary for over forty years in India, and in Tindivanam, Madras Presi- dency, on November 12, 1881, Dr. Wyckoff was born. During these early years he stored in his mind many invaluable memories of a picturesque land and an interesting people. Life in America brought him into the usual chan- nels of education and training. He was graduated from the West jersey Academy of Bridgeton, and entered Rutgers College, bent on preparing him- self for the study of medicine. While on the track team, he set new college records for the low hurdle and one-half mile, the latter standing unbeaten for thirteen years. When a sophomore he held the position of captain of the track team. Leaving Rutgers in 1903, he entered the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College and pursued, for the next four years, the usual life of a medical student. He spent the summers as baggage master on the Hendrik Hudson of the Hudson River Day Line. He served his interneship, for a period of two years, at Bellevue Hospital, entering the House Staff on january 1, 1908. Following this service he spent one year at the Minturn Hospital as Resident Physician. A trip to Bad Neuheim in 1909 served as an impetus for the beginning of a career in cardiology. Wliile spending three months with a patient at this celebrated European spa, his interest was aroused by early electro-cardiographic demonstrations. During the next three years most of his time was divided between the Out-Patient Department of Bellevue Hospital, the College Clinic and the laboratory of Pharmacology. In June, 1914, Dr. Wyckoff was married to Miss Elizabeth Porter of New York City, then on the editorial staff of a New York publishing house, and later the fiction editor of the Deliueafor. A year after his marriage, Dr. Wyckoff became Secretary to the Faculty of the Medical College. 'During the war he was a captain in Base Hospital No. 1, manned almost completely by Bellevue men. After a short period he was promoted to the rank of Major and served as Evacuation Officer at the Yavcnly-nine