SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Iatros Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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LICHONIAN SIMON NIEYWER CHESS 1878-1936 IMON MEYER CHESS was born in Russia, February 14th, 1878. He received his early education in the schools of Odessa and came to America at the age of nineteen. Shortly after his arrival in this country, he entered the Columbia College of Pharmacy from which he graduated in 1905. He was actively engaged in the drug business for several years. In 1908, he decided to study Medicine and matriculated at The Long Island College Hospital. He received his Degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1912. He served his internship at the Paterson General Hospital and took a -special course in Physical Diagnosis with Dr. Cabot at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He began the active practice of Medi- cine late in 1914 and from then on, was associated with the College and with the Hospital until his death on October 14th, 1936. Dr. Chess was a member of the Medical Society of the County of Kings for many years and of the Brooklyn Medical Society. He was also associated with many social and benevolent organizations. He is survived, bv his Wife and three children. One of his sons, Dr. Rudolph Chess, is also a graduate of The Long Island College of Medicine, Class of 1929, and is now associated with the College and Hospital. Twenty-Eight

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OF 1937 tions. Numerous clinics, chief among which is the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, also supplied an abundant source from which to draw. The American Journal of Ophthalmology has printed many of his treatises, as has the Archives of Ophthalmology and other leadingg medical and ophthalmological journals. Running scototomy a close second in Doctor Evans' interests is the new system of ophthal- molgic education which he has brought to Long Island. This plan has attracted the attention of leading men interested in the advancement of the field, and accordingly Doctor Evans has prepared for publication the method of his administration. This system of student and gradu- ate instruction is original, and its conception probably marks a brilliant future for eye patients of Brooklyn and vicinity, for it means that graduates from this institution who decide to spe- cialize in this line will have a foundation equivalent to the most thorough training under rigid and competent instruction. It consists essentially in a division of labor, with the instructors advancing in knowledge as well as the students. All students are taught by Doctor Evans, and are divided into groups of six for conference and quiz purposes. In charge of these groups are staff members, fellows, residents and internes. Each of the latter positions is obtained by fulfilling standard requirements, applicants are chosen according to ability after an informal interview with Doctor Evans. who is the Ophthalmologist-in-chief of the Hospital. The two fellowships are granted to young men who intend to practice in Brooklyn, with the purpose of rounding them out sufficiently to pass the exams of the American Board of Ophthalmology. All these instructors are under the eye of the chief,' for their advancement in special courses, as: pathology of the eye, optics, physiology, neurology, medicine, and particularly, research. The success of the student course can best be attested by the extravagant praise of the Seniors, the future will witness its cerain fruition. The Medical Directory shows the following for Dr. Evans: NATIONAL- American Medical Association. American College of Surgeons. American Academy of Ophthalmology 8: Otolaryngology. American Ophthalmological Society. Member - American Board of Ophthalmology. Association for Research in Ophthalmology. Trustee - Association for Research in Ophthalmology. STATE- r Medical Society of the State of New York. LOCAL- New York Ophthalmological Society. Neon Medical Club. Brooklyn Ophthalmological Society. Medical Society of the County of Kings. STAFF APPOINTMENTS- Professor of Ophthalmology, Long Island College of Medicine. Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Long Island College Hospital. Surgeon, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Associate Surgeon, Brooklyn Hospital. Director of Research, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Associate Director of Research, The Lighthouse, New York City. ROBERT T. CURLEY. Twenty-Setfeaz

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OF 1937 ELIAS HUDSON BARTLEY 0 I R ELIAS HUDSON BARTLEY was closely assocrated wrth the development of the school and hosprtal srnce he recewed hrs M D here ln 1879 He served both as a professor and dean of the former and as ch1ef chemlst of the latter and also found mme to pracrlce hrs professron for half a century He has not been a famrlrar figure to the present day students because of rllness Wl'11Cl'1 kept hrm at home SIHCC he retrred rn 1931 Dr Bartley was born rn Bartley New jersey rn 1850 the son of Anna Ewalr and Samuel Potter Bartley He took h1s B S at Cornell rn 73 before studying medrcrne Even at thrs early tor rn Prrnceton H1C,h School and two more years as professor at Swarthmore From 1880 when he was first apoomted rnstructor rn chemrstry unrll 1917 when he became emerrtus pro fessor Dr Bartlev was connected wrth Long Island For s1x years he was rnstructor 1n chem rstry then untrl 1901 he held the posrtlon of professor of chemrstry and toxrcology In 1902 he was apoomted professor of chemlstry and pedratrrcs and he held thls post untrl 1915 when he became dean of the school And after two years as dean he retired from act1ve service From 1892 untxl 1902 he also acted as dean and professor of organrc chemrsfty at the Brooklvn College of Pharmacy Twenty N nz l . C I I I 9 1 . 7 C Q ' 7 5 I date he showed his predilection for teaching and for chemistry. He served one year as instruc- . . .U 7 ' 7 5 J F . . I - ' 9