Rush Medical College - Pulse Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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MMMMMM RQMMMMM Zllumni Elssociation 4418 1Rueb lllbebical Qlollege

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Ellumni Elssociation HE Annual Reunion of the Alumni Association of Rush Medical College was held on Monday, May 21st, Tuesday, May 22d, and Wfednesday, May 23d, 1894. A new departure in the annual gath- ering was inaugurated at this time. Heretofore meetings had been held at various places in the city, but last year the meetings were all held at the College buildings. These meetings were exceedingly interesting and of unusual value. Large numbers of the Alumni were present from the various States and participated in the exercises. At ten o'clock, on May 21st, the exercises were opened by a clinic on Internal Medicine given by Prof. LYAIAN. At 1:30 P. 11. there was a clinic on Diseases of the Chest, Throat and Nose, by Prof. Ix0,x1.s. At 2:30 P. 11.a clinic on Skin and Venereal Disease, by Prof. HYDE. At 4:00 P. 11. the regular Class Day Exercises of the class of 1894 were held in the Amphitheater of the College. On Tuesday, May 22d, after an informal reunion of the Alumni at the College building, a clinic on general medicine was given by Prof. BRIDGE at 9:30. Then from 11:00 o'clock until 2:00 P. M. a reception was tendered to the Alumni in the Laboratory building. Students were at work on subjects of special interest to practitioners of medicine in the laboratories of Practical Anatomy, Chemistry, Histology, Pathology, Bacteriology and Experimental Physiology. A light lunch was served on the lower floor of the building. At 2:00 o'cloclc the Alumni and friends repaired to the Amphitheater of the College, where a surgical clinic was given by Prof. SENN. These clinics have been fully reported in THE CORPUSCLE at various times during the past year. At 4:00 o'clock a Scientific meeting was held in the College Amphitheater, and the fol- lowing programme was carried out. These papers also have appeared in full in THE CoRPUscLE: First, The Future Requirements of Medical Education, by Dr. PERRY H. RIILLARD, St. Paul, Minn. Second, Exhibition of Splint for Treatment of Ordinary Fracture of Leg or Ankle, by Dr. XV11. TUE.-XCHER, Portage, XVis. Third, Vaginal Tamponadef' by Dr. O. B.W11.L, Peoria, Ill. Fourth, Nature the Best Obstetricianf' by Dr. jxo. G. MEACHAM, jk., Racine, Wis. Fifth, Modern Transfusion, by Dr. L. L. MACARTHUR, Chicago, Ill. ln the evening arrangements had been made to attend Hooley's Theatre in a body to see the comedy of Charley's Aunt. This was one of the most enjoyable features of Commencement time, and the whole lower Hoor of the theatre was occupied by the Alumni and their friends. On VVednesday, at 9:00 o'clock, there was a Gynecological Clinic, given by Prof. ETHERIDGE, in the upper Amphitheater, and here, at 1:00 P. M., was held the annual business meeting of the Association. This meeting was called to order by Dr. A. L. NVright, class of '74, Carroll, Iowa, Ist Vice-President of the Association. The Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. john Edwin Rhodes, then read his annual report, from which we make extracts as follows: Attention was called to the fact from the membership in ISQ2, there was an increase in 257