Rush Medical College - Pulse Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The students find in its columns an ever open opportunity to express the nselves, on the condition that such expressions be signed. More than a half dozen student journals have been started since 1891, and their fates have varied, some having survived, while others, for various reasons, have already become a part of the past. XVhile in the beginning the journal was strictly a student's paper, circumstances have demanded that this idea be mod- ified, inasmuch as so large a number of the alumni have manifested so pro- nounced an interest, therefore enlargements have from time to time been made, so that at the present fifty-six instead of twelve pages are found within its covers. To be sure this shows a growth which has, however, been made with greater difficulty than it seems ought to have been experienced. There surely can be no better field for a medical publication than exists here at Rush, with her large and influential Faculty, her 800 students and 6,ooo alumni. Upon such a staunch institutional foundation, the journal of Rush Medical College, filled with clinical reports of her superior amphitheater clinics, timely articles written by her most able instructors, special interesting cases reported by members of her numerous alumni, and a more liberal contri- bution of notes by the students, can be made second to none other of the land. No existing special department need in any way be neglected, but all can be emphasized and improved, some, however, more emphatically correspondingly than others, and when circumstances demand new departments, space can be given as it has been to the well conducted alumni and athletic departments. It is very evident that a very large percentage of the existing medical journals are published and pushed by a collection of men as a personal adver- tisement, or by some corporation to get their goods before the medical world, and consequently lack dignity and tone in appearance, with a wrong aim, such it does not seem ought to be the foundation upon which any medical journal should restg but instead of that there should be a common tie that would hold together a sufficient goodly number of individuals and supporters, contributors and readers of a journal published for their especial interests and enjoyment. Such a foundation it seems belongs to THE CORPUSCLE, and by real experience have the many obstacles of the past been removed, so that the present is but th: door or epoch to a hopeful future. XV. D. CALVIN. 228

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X srl at ly 1 E tx 1 Side, cal., be orpuscle many incidents connected with the early life of THE CoRPL'5c1.E have already been enumerated in detail by Dr. Chas. Center in the PULSE of last year: but for the benefit of the hundreds of new students who have since chosen Rush to be their rzfzmz izzfzfvr, a few of the early incidents will be repeated. To Dr E. S. c3OOCll1L1C,'Q2,I'lOXV located at River- given the honor of being the person to gl: P'1 -- ' C furnish the idea of publishing a medical college journal, and -Y ,A f iiF i' ' XXX 1 i f f' I Z LAX jx - I :Vi do T' fl ' N' ' X f X , f, i X N il plflii iillil 5 A s A lf 'F' ii s gl -1 2 it-T 11: :X fx 1 T to edit and publish the first copy of THE CoR1'UscLE, Novem- ber 1, ISQO4tl16 first publication of its kind in the United States. Dr. G. in his salutatory editorial said: It is called THE CORPUSCLE because we expect it to circulate throughout the college system, and have a part to do in helping to build up and strengthen the organization which it per- vades. It will be the students' organ, since everything has an organ, and not an official publication, although it goes out with the approval and assistance of our Faculty. I expect to see half a dozen medical college journals within half a year after the appearance of THE CORl'lfSCLE.H The first issue, a twelve-page edition, abounded in original notes and short newsy articles concerning the college and students, and judging from an announcement on one of the last pages, that there will probably be a second issue in April, 189l, we infer that it was not the intention at that time, or at least not thought possible, to publish a monthly journal. The second edition appeared 'luly 1, ISQI, edited and managed by eleven editors. It soon became manifest, however, that so large a representation was detrimental, therefore the Board was reduced to five and the business management was placed in the hands of XV. J. Anderson, who either directly or indirectly managed this depart- ment until vluly, 1894. The demands for enlargement and improvement could not be satisfactorily complied with by one whose only interest in the journal was a monetary interest, and an unsuccessful effort was made in 1895 to place the management with those who were otherwise interested in the paper and school. This change was finally successfully made, and since September, ISQ4, the management has been with representatives of the Board. The Faculty have become supporters of the medium by way of furnishing articles and clinical reports for its columns. The alumni have adopted it as their official organ. '7'7' --X

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