Rush Medical College - Pulse Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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laboratory of Glbemistrv, llbbarmacy ano Uoricologv I-IE Chemical Laboratory occupies the whole of the third Hoor of the new building QIOOX45 feetj, and has accommodations for I almost two hundred students. i Since it is the outcome of much experience, careful investi- ' gation and planning on the part of Prof. Haines, one would l naturally expect to find it a model laboratory, and such it is acknowledged to be by those best fitted to judge. The ceiling is high, and desks and other woodwork are of pine with hard oll finish: this, combined with an abundance of light from windows opening north, south and east, make every one of the 192 desks a desirable place to work. Aside from the main laboratory, Prof. Haines has two rooms in the south- east corner htted up for his own private use, and it is there he carries on his various investigations. A Taken altogether, the Chemical Laboratory, although not the most expen- sive, is one of the most complete and convenient that can be found anywhere in the country. g esoaia JBacterioIogicaI laboratory The room devoted to this department is 42x27 feet in size and well lighted. There are private desks and lockers for fifty men to work in one class. In a smaller room are similar desks where ten students pursuing special work can be accommodated. The laboratory is well supplied with all necessary apparatus, including sterilizers, incubators, oil immersion objectives, etc. Each student is supplied with the outfit required for the work of the course. The aim in the course work is to give such knowledge that the student may prosecute the study further at his leisure, but more especially that he may be able to apply this knowledge into the various branches of pathology and practical medicine. This may be accomplished if he obtains a clear idea of bacteria as causes of disease, and the measures to be employed in prophylactic and curative efforts. The work is not simply demonstrations, but each step is carried out by the individual students. Considerable time is spent on technique, on preparation of various nutrient media, principles of sterilization, staining processes, prep- aration of plates and rolls, etc. A thorough systematic studv of a few bacteria is made, notes and drawings being prepared on the same. Of the pathogenic bacteria only the most common are studied, and preferably those whose recog- nition is of practical value in diagnosis, z'. a., bacillus tuberculosis, gonoccus, bacillus diphtherife. The bacillus of typhoid fever is compared with the colon bacillus, and the spirillum of Asiatic cholera with those resembling it. The bacillus diphtheria? is studied on various media for its varying morphol- ogy, and the diagnosis by the use of Loefilers blood serum mixture is demon- strated. The class works six hours a week for six weeks. The laboratory is in charge of GEO. H. VVEAvER, lVl. D., assisted by XY. C. F. XYi'r'rE and -I. H. NICHOLS. 55

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