Rush Medical College - Pulse Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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r. 1bamiIton's Surgical Iinic .HOROUGH aseptic operations, rapidity of manipulation, and true conservatism, are the characteristic features of this clinic. Prof, Brainard, who held the chair of Surgery from 1843 to 1867, was the father of the Saturday clinic. It was cradled in his office, where all the operations of the session of '43-'44 were performed. It is interesting to note how small were the beginnings of this the oldest surgical institution in the city. The third annual announcement of the college, with evident pride, pub- lishes the fact that during the preceding session thirteen operations had been performed in the clinic, z'. u., Removal of Tumors, 31 Removal of Nasal Polypus, IQ Operation for Strabismus, 4, Blepharoplasty, IQ Obstruction of Lachrymal Duct, IQ Tonsilectomy, 1. After the death of Prof. Hrainard in 1867, Prof. Moses Gunn was called to fill the vacant chair, and to this great surgeon is due the honor of having given the clinic a national reputationg of having made it an institution which drew its clientele from all parts of the country. Those who once saw him will never forget his appearance: a large man, with keen blue eyes and white flowing hair, an imposing figure indeed as he entered the arena exactly at two o'clock, fwe used to call him the llZlillZlfL'g'ZHl on account of his promptnessj followed by his corps of assistants, and with a rapidity and dexterity unequaled performed operation after operation. His death in 1887, of a disease which he had himself so often relieved, was a blow from which Old Rush could hardly have rallied, had she not had among her sons Dr. Charles T. Parkes, Professor of Anatomy. Under the management of Prof. Parkes the clientele became so large that Saturday afternoon was too short, and first Tuesday and finally Thursday afternoons were set aside to accommodate the large amount of material which poured in from all parts of the United States. After the sudden death of Prof. Parkes in 1891, the Saturday clinic was left without a head, and the Faculty naturally turned to Surgeon-General john B. Hamilton, an alumni of Rush, a man not only of American but international reputation, who has been repeatedly recognized for distinguished public ser- vices renderedg a man whose personality is such as to gain the confidence of all his colleagues, and whose reputation is such as to assure the per- manence and development of the Saturday clinic. Nine hundred and sixty-four surgical cases were operated on in this clinic from june, 1891, to April, 1894. WM. H. Maacussox, A. M., M. D., Chfqf Assisfmzz' to fha Sf1f1n'n'Q1' C!z'11z'r. 49

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.atlsea Mak., vas- .Asda be Ilbebical Iinic 3 5' 3' 9 3 il HE illustration furnishes sufficient evidence of the observance at Rush of two, great principles necessary to a correct understanding of medicine: that theory should be practically applied, and that such appliance should be at the hands of consummate ability. The bi-weekly clinic in medicine, presided over by the eminent Professors Norman Bridge, A. M., M. D., and Henry M. Lyman, A. Bl., M. D., both of whom are leaders in their profession and of universally recognized ability, provide the student with the best possible advantages in practical medicine. Then, too, the personal attention that is paid each student in these clinics is of no mere consideration. Here he begins his practice, and is placed on his own resources in the responsibility of diagnosing and stating the treatment of cases given to his charge, all of which is subject to the corrections of his fellow class-mates and the prudent criticism of his instructors. Being conscious of this position, he is taxed to his utmost to be above suspicion from his class, and exempt from the exceptions of his professors. This method of instruction furnishes a drill in which not only quick accu- racy is acquired, but the aptitude of imparting one's own thoughts to others in a clear, concise and acceptable way. The reputation of this clinic furnishes it with an exhaustless supply of patients, many of whom are of a superior and private class from the Presby- terian Hospital, while others are from the Free Dispensary, all of whom gather without number within Old Rush, whose walls were reared and Dedicated to the quest of knowledge that will relieve suffering and prolong life. ERNEsT P. JENKS. 51