Ohio State University College of Medicine - Caducean Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Toynbee. Du Noiiy. History, generally speaking, can be read two ways, for- wards and backwards, but an understanding of a specihc event in the passage of time requires it be read both ways. Further, the interpretative emphasis will be according to the individual inclination. The momentous changes symbolized in the completion of this Medical Center should so be studied. Wlietlier it be from the eye of a young medical student out of the 2-B classroom window in a moment of day-dreaming in a routine medical school education, or from the eye of a faculty member who in a second of reverie forsees added facilities for the promulgation of his dreams whether they be didactic or research in nature, or from the eye of the citizen who in the course of travelling to and from work passes over the King Avenue Bridge, glances to the north, and continues to curiously speculate the final form-to each and all the fulfillment of the Medical Center can mean only progress, the manifestation of which will ultimately represent better health for all. As we view these Buildings today this is strikingly ap- parent. Retrospective speculation is largely an enumerative process. Many of us remember the clearing of the garden and the initial excavations, there are many who well remember the immense energy entailed in bringing the plans to even this stage. There were alterations, sacrifices, heart-breaks. It is apparent, then, that as we look back, we all view the same series of events, but with varying levels of interest. Surely, we all have speculated as to the inclusion and the meaning of the Center regardless if we actually voiced a wording in the inking of the blueprints. Certainly, therefore, whether we view this altered skyline as of today or of years ago and whether we look forwards or look backwards, its realization points to this as a strong P41 ge F 0111' Wllitehead. I l U qfaugan . . . Gr0wZh i.r achieved when an illlfilfitflldl or a 111i1101'iIy or an whole Jociely replier lo az challenge hy a i'6.f,U0llJ'6 which l10l only a11Juie1'.r tha! challenge hill alro exporer the l'?.J'P0lZd6IIl lo a frefh challenge which 616111477611 IZ further 1'eJp0115e 011 hir paw. But allhollgh the f7I'0t'6JJ' of growfh may he 1111ifo1'111, lhe ex,l1e1'ie111'e of lhe 114110111 parries' fha! 1111de1'g0 lhe challenge ir Jl0f the m111e. '- Wir 1111151 are lhe right hey if we 'fulfill' la hgh! ,l7dI'dlj'ZiIIg Jke,l1livir111 and deflwzrliiie 111f11e1'i1zliJ111 which are hy 770 meant lhe bleriifahle t'0I7J'EZfIl8lIL'E of fhe Jriefzfihr i11te1',t11'elali011 of 11al111'e, nr we have hewz led 10 helie1fe. - H5llL'L'8J'.ffll1 0l'gdIZiJ'I1l.f modify their e11ui1'011111e11I, Those 01'ga11ir111.r are J'llL'L'EJ'J'flIl whirh modify lheir 6lYZli7'0lZlll67IlJ' ro af to arrirl each 0ll761'.- link in medical progress. The Medical Center as dedicated recently is comprised of four buildings. The north-eastern three story structure houses The School of Dentistry and related specialties. The Center of the plan is the General Hospital which will be designated as University Hospital and the former University Hospital will revert to its orginal name of Starling-Loving Hospital. To the west are at present two smaller hospitals with the provision that there will be additional ones in the future. Those completed are the 500- bed Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital administered by the State Department of Health and the Mental Receiving Hospital for The Department of Public Welfare. These auxiliary hos- pitals are in close integration with The University Hospital with the View of enlarging the teaching potentialities of the Medical School. The main hospital has many unusual and interesting features mirroring the recent advances in hospital archi- tecture. In all respects the comfort of the patient is con- sidered. Most of the patient rooms face to the South with large expanses of glass yet with protection from direct over- head sun by means of projecting eaves adjusted for this latitude. There are adequate student laboratories and nurse working areas on each Hoor. Air-conditioning is liberally em- ployed and heating is radiant-ceiling-panel in type. One en- tire floor is given to diagnostic and teaching laboratories. The departments are generally allotted liberal space exemplified by almost half a floor devoted to Radiology. There are twelve operating rooms each the latest in design on the Surgical Hoor. As the skyline has been altered in these past few years, so also do we look forward keenly to the rising mental horizon as these physical structures are put to the task for which their originators-our men of vision-intended them.

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Ae em in feaieca . , . pzeface . . . ll ir the b11.i'ii1e.r.r of lbe fflfllff' fo be lfc1lIg6l'0!lJ',' and if ir mmmg Ike merilx uf .rrienre ffm! il equip! llfe flflzfre for ilr cflllf6.Y.'U HlllllZgfllflff017 ir rl rozllfigioffr zlirenre .... Il ran only be roumifmicfzfezl by 11 family whore lzzeuzberr llJemJelzfe.r wear lfaeir learning ufilb imf1gim1lin11. ' Ur fU11izf'er.rify:l f77l.ffll0.U' if in rozzrferl Ilve knowledge of zz? boy info Ilae PON-'6'J' of ll affair. -Wliitelieacl. Imagination is at work all about us. Wliere imagination is given such prominence we are certain to have a teaching situation characterized by liberality and effectiveness. Truly, imagination is the lighted torch of learning which passed from hand to hand in the symbolization of the ancients. Wliere it is fostered, and encouraged, great achievement comes from education, and such achievement is passed into heritage by continued imaginative activity. Youth has an ad- vantage-it is by natural inclination imaginative, as we age we tend to dismiss this most valuable characteristic from our individual intellectualizing. Readily apparent is the vast influence these beautiful new buildings must play and continue to play on the imagination. They themselves are creations of the imagination, and they now are elevated, in their actuality, to the role of enduring inspiration. Architectural fascination is a requirement in any successful teaching facility, else we regress to the unhealthy attitude of considering learning as if we are watching the open pages of all the books which we have ever read and then when occasion arises, we select the right page to read aloud to the universe. Further, the technical inclusions within these new build- ings are inspiring to the members of the professions. They offer better, more precise means of dealing with disease and the potential realization of widespread improvement of health-the very broadest use of imagination. Activities are now realizable which were never possible before. Accurate planning has reduced the wasted motion and the energy devoted to routine to a minimum. Again, the men who teach us display imagination. This University is actively becoming the center of diversified, valuable research which will be, and already is, of tremendous practical application. The example of cobalt is told elsewhere, and there are numerous other illustrations which might be pointed out. New facilities, new faces in the teaching ranks allow this imaginative assault be given endurance-the measure of importance. Endurance is the retention through time of an achievement of value. All in all, the environment is exceedingly healthy. In the Page Six future, however, active effort by all concerned, by a process of continued transfusion of new ideas, is necessary to main- tain this state of well-being and to enlarge it for the in- creasingly difhcult times ahead. :5: :I: :ic Witli these preliminary remarks in mind, our attention is turned to the formulation of a Year Book-already a tra- dition at this Medical School-which would fulfill the re- quirements established by its predecessors and at the same time grasp, somehow, this marvelous trend in imaginative medical education which is upon us. Primarily, a Year Book such as this is charged with recording, above and beyond this basic function it may well be many things. It is his- torical in this fundamental nature. Yet even history must be interestingly recorded, else it readily becomes barren and ineffective. It is the intent, therefore, that the Book present the events of the past year in some organized form-avowedly loose- jointed-in so far as possible. These events will be illustra- tively represented with a minimum of explanation. By the very nature of much of this section, however, and by virtue of the practical considerations involved, many events cannot be so represented. The toleration of the reader is our only salvation. In many cases, multiple courses of presentation of material were possible, a choice had to be made in these because of limited space. We stand open to criticism in much of this. Subsequent to this early section, the Book roughly mimics its predecessors, except that in all respects the number of pictures has been increased at the expense of the printed word. Nearly the same order has been retained as in the past few books. The debt of The Editor is great and an attempt to repay at least part of this is done elsewhere. It goes without saying, however, that it is inadequate, when with the wasted effort arising out of inexperience, I would have drowned in the immensity of the task without the generous help of a great many individuals. Roy Crockett, Editor