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a great professor but a great 1nd1v1dual who madyertently feels w1th1n hnnself an rdentrty with the soul of man He has a wealth of mformatron to 1mpart to those he teaches yet out side of the realm of the anatomy classroom, he becomes, rn h1s relation to the student, one man talkrng to another a l1ttle chat on or1ental culture, on travel, on anythrnfr he IS as eager and enthuslastrc when he llstens as when he speaks Notwrthstandrnv, the first year was one beset w1th fear, even dread, which at trmes reached terrifyrng proportrons when one heard of the casualnes that precedence had estabhshed 1n the past and when one contemplated w1th that the newness and apparent dlfiiculty of masterlng a subject such as anatomy, whrch taxed the memory to 1ts l1m1t, which to the begrnner requ1red abundance of trme, wrll and the ab1l1ty to whrp the powers of concentratlon Dr Congdon was ever cognizant of the d1fi'icult1es of the student and devoted a good deal of hrs trme and effort to analyzmg methods of teachrng and to 1nsp1r1ng methods of study It becomes apparent, as the years go by, that anatomy, no matter how carefully learned must be relearned and forgotten agam and again, before rt can cla1m a place wxth the perma nent equrpment of a student and that the central theme 1n this process IS the art of d1scr1m1na tion srftrng the coarse from the fine and stressrng those thmgs which find appllcatron n med1c1ne and surgery The freshman 1n fI1Cd1C1HC obvrously cannot take advantage of th1s expenence and must subject to rote memory mass upon mass of deta11 unt1l one day, before an examination, he finds h1S bram has become overloaded and congested and as we say in school parlance, he has been taken by pan1c As the fall gave way to th wmter, and wrnter to Spring, the a1r grew lighter as one found h1s organism adapnnv rtself to anatomy rooms, cadavers, text books of anatomy and medlcal school rn general Fmally, with the first blos ourselves led, at last, to what then seemed the very heart of me:l1c1ne chemistry and physrolony Sprmg gave way to summer, and those that survived went about the1r summer vacatlons w1th an exalted opinion of themselves the surv1vors' Indeed, there IS somethmv efchrlar atmg about successfully completing the year One IS able to share rn the regard and esteem bestowed upon those in the profession and yet assume no respons1b1l1ty asso 1ated w1th lf As tune went on we sensed a steady progression, each step of which led us closer ano closer to the very kernel of medrcme whrch we were approachmg in the third year With Dr Olryer we met the sclentxst and the poet and as such, allred to the sp1r1t of Mitchell and Holmes It IS unfortunate but true that too many members of the medrcal pro fesslon have lost or never captured the sp1r1t of the po t the noyehst the arnst the soul which feels as well as thlnks, whrch senses as well as sees When the art of reflection takes place m the mmd, and when we look at ourselves in the hvht of thought we drscover that our hfe IS embosomed beauty One remembers well the times when Dr Ol1yer entered the lecture stating away with all note books and penclls I wrsh to read to you a message that will be as lmportant IH your l1ves as the Lnowledve of this or that bacterrum and as the hour ended after an msplred dxssertatron on many of the beautiful xdeals of life he would dash off with a modest nod of the head, 1nd1cat1ng the slncerlty with wh1ch he delrv Nmct en . 3 ' . - . . . D- I I . I I D . I . .I I 7 7 , Q . soms of Spring, when one found himself reeking with anatomy, as it were, behold! we saw O . I I I h s I 4 CI I I . . . . , ' V 7 1 .' - A' ' g e, ' . ' . . . ' - wx sr ' ' I I Q Q - A . 7 4 I I f I . N..C A I A I I Q 7 D I I I I - . , , g . . , ' - e
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LICHONIAN ered his message, moved him as much as it did us. . . We might say of Dr. Oliver what Mitchell said of Sir John Hill, the poet-physician: For physics and farces, His equal there scarce is, His farces are physics, His physics a farce is. We were next to meet Dr. Jean Oliver. Whatever good may be said of any man, will never fail to find something of its counterpart in bad. Dr. Oliver was singular in this respect, for he has the distinction of winning the unanimous respect and admiration of every class that meets him. He represents a certain majestic grandeur of the intellect . . . honest, noble, and sincere. The clarity and methodical treatment of his lectures has become common knowledge at the college and the friendly sternness of his demeanor was very apparent . . . but through the rigidity of it all one noticed the signs of kindness, of friendliness, of indulgence. There was never a note of coercion, of iron-rule teaching in the conduct of his course and yet every class was aware of a self-imposed obligation to attend every lecture and note every word. And here both by similarity and contrast we are led to that other great luminary who was to help guide us through the remaining years of school. Again we speak of order and method when we come to Dr. Beck . . . order in lectures and in the conduct of a course . . . but here was an order that was unmistakable and stern. An order that must be accepted, an order that made conformists of us all, for a hundred distinct and different personalities quivered and shivered as one. For non-conformity the world whips you with its displeasure. And therefore a man must know how to estimate a sour face. It took three years to learn how to estimate Dr. Beck. Though never, as time went on, did one catch a note of friendliness or humility of spirit, it became increasingly evident to us that Dr. Beck submerged any softness or flexibility in his carriage in order to be certain to attain results with those he taught. That he accomplishes this has become an aphorism. He has succeeded in making of obstetrics almost the every thought of the conforming student, a place it does not hold in many another eminent medical school. With us it is our joy and pride as well as our misery and apprehension. It was from the very first that we came to know Dr. Warren, and had many a contact with him through our three years. With his passing, little has been left unsaid of his greatness. He was truly a great man and a source of inspiration to many a student who listened attentively to his wisdom and watched, wide-eyed, his handling of patients while attending them. Vigor, enthusiasm, keen penetrating eyes, a springy step, and an alert mind were the attributes in Dr. Warren that the student noted and hoped to emulate. In his passing we sustained a great loss. Our third year surgery was enlightening and presented a contrast of two great personali- ties . . . the one, stately, tall, well-dressed, brilliant . . . the other, jovial, short, stout, neat, and abounding in experience . . . Dr. Goetsch and Dr Barber. Here again it took time and maturity for us to thoroughly evaluate these two men. In the third year we were as ready to be amused as taught, with the result that we realized both. As time went on and the medical embryo mind evolved to greater maturity in the fourth year, the former junior regard for Dr. Goetsch turned to senior respect, esteem, and admiration. For not only did he dignify the bedside clinic with his appearance and not only did he inspire clarity in thinking, but he also flavored the moments by an occasional jest, which demonstrated a more than usual sense of humor and ability to amuse. Twenty
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