Temple University School of Chiropody - Tempodian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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School of (D)iropo6v - TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ‘ The Chiropody Society of Pennsylvania was organized in January. 1900. At that time a medical bill was introduced in the Legislature which was very objectionable to the practice of Chiropody. By their organized effort they were successful in having the objectionable clause in this bill stricken out Realizing the great importance of this organizatit n they applied for a Charter, which was granted to the Chiropody Society of Pennsylvania, June 7th, 1909. In 1911 a hill was introduced in the Legislature combining under one Board the Bureau of Medical Education and l.icenture. the various medical examining boards. They secured recognition in this bill. A clause was inserted giving the Bureau the power to regulate and license the practice of Chiropody. The licenses to practice Chiropody in I cnnsylvania were issued August, 1914. Through the efforts of the Chiropody Society of Pennsylvania and the Bureau of Licenture, a School of Chiropody was established at Temple University, February, 1915, and was the first and only School of Chiropody conducted by a University. In 1912 two States, New York and New Jersey, had chiropody laws. Today twenty-five States regulate the practice of our profession by law. 29 E. M. KECKARD. '21.

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“Ruddy” H E A RUDOLPH BERGAU WI LLRICH v 934 Poplar St. Philadelphia, Pa. “Away with study, 1 will have no more' of it.” ♦ The man to whom we owe the financial success of our shows. A good manager, with the business head of a wizard. Hard to get along with? We say XO. Chairman Entertainment Committee Purchasing Committee Graduation Committee, Class Book. 28

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HISTORY OF THE CHIROPODY CLASS OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, 1920-21 The Chiropody class of Temole University of 1920-21. The class that has earned the slogan of, “Always Busy. The largest class in Chiropody that Temple has ever had in one year. They began their course of study en September 20th, 1920. All new at the game, but every ore with enough good, sound, common sense and education alcrg other lines Plenty of brains and go to it to master any course or lire of business that they at any time would take up. The work at first was like Greek would be to the average person, but with the “always busy and go to it fever” that has prevailed throughout the term. The class in general got it, held it. and now have it mastered. The opening day, when we look back on it. strikes us in a peculiar way. The odor smells in a building where medicine is being taught, and different analyses taking place in the laboratories, was new to all; was so different from outside air that many said a hospital would be a far l etter place to live, but that was only temporary. After dinner that day the odors were practically forgotten by all. In the class room, old “A3,” when the first roll was ca led, about twenty students were present; among them being men with degrees earned in other schools, in different branches. Several students, who gave up other branches for the Chiropody profession, and one, some sort of a Foot Specialist, who had cards, real name and address and a picture of a foot, telling all that he could do with it. The work for the first week was getting acquainted and attending to such preliminary, yet essential, matters which are always necessary when taking any course of study. Every day saw the advent of one or more new students, until October 4th, when matriculation was closed. The regular class wrork was now in full swing. On the opening night of the Free Clinic 12 patients were treated, the w'ork being done by Temple graduates and a few graduates from schools in other States. Each student was assigned two nights a week for clinic duty, at which time he observed the operative technique and tried to absorb it all. never-the-less. se eral dates materialized from the visits to the clinic. Our clinic now treats an average of 20 patients and at least one date a night. (Moorhead and Kopicki will vouch for this.) It would be hard to describe in mere words the feelings of the majority of the members of the class the first time in the dissecting room W hat with the “slight” odor and the silent forms on the slab tables which lined the sides of the room, several stomachs must have felt in a giving up” spirit. Many of the male members attempted a smoke screen, while the females made haste to avail themselves of its protection, if only for the sake of their outraged olfactory nerves. Suffice it to say that the novelty soon wore off to the extent that individuals could eat with comfort where a few weeks back they hesitated to stand.