Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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He was a member of the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association during the session of 1912 at Los Angeles, and has been a delegate to the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania for many years, always taking an active part in its transactions. He is a member of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the Aesculapian Club of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Clinical Association, the Physicians' Motor Club, and the Phi Rho Sigma Fraternity. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Susquehanna University in 1926. The Doctor is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a Mason, and belongs to a number of other fraternal bodies. He believes thoroughly in the necessity of organized medicine, and that by the proper activities of our county societies and the observance of medical ethics the practice of the healing art will be made more pleasant and profitable. In reciting these bald facts, the charm and lovableness of his character have not been touched upon. Professor Morgan has a remarkable memory, and it often affords amusement to his friends to hear him give the name, address, medical school year of graduation, office hours, and telephone number of nearly every physician he knows. He is popular with the alumni who studied under his direction, and is endeared to all his students, who have con' ferred upon him the sobriquet of Spicy”. His profound information on general topics is most illuminating, his sense of humor delightful, and his fund of anecdote inexhaustible. To the Members of the Class of Nineteen Hundred Twenty'Eight, I say that in horn oring Professor Morgan by dedicating your Year Book to him you not only show your appre' ciation of him as a teacher and a man, but also do yourselves honor. You are to be con' gratulated in having been under his tutelage. S. A. S. Nine

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ARTHUR C. MORGAN, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.P. 1Professor of Applied therapeutics Temlpe University School of Medicine President, The Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania A RTHUR C. MORGAN, M.D., was born in Lost Creek, Schuylkill County, Penn sylvania, on November 14, 1869, of parents both of whom had emigrated from Wales. He received a common'school education, and first worked as a slate picker in the coal mines. Later he became a railroad telegrapher, and worked for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company for several years. Pursuing a course of night study under tutors, he prepared for entrance upon the study of medicine, was matriculated in the MedicO'ChL rurgical College of Philadelphia on October 1, 1894, and was graduated from that institU' tion on May 18, 1897, immediately entering the Philadelphia General Hospital (Blockley) as a resident physician, where he served for one year. Dr. Morgan located in Philadelphia, and at once became associated with his alma mater as an instructor in medicine, continuing until the merger with the University of Pennsyb vania. He remained as associate in medicine in the undergraduate department of the Uni' versity for three years, and also became associate professor in medicine in the Graduate School, continuing as a member of the staff for five years, at which time he resigned to become professor of applied therapeutics in the School of Medicine of Temple University, Phila' delphia -a chair he still retains. As sub'dean in medicine at the MedicO'Chirurgical College for several years, he was brought into close personal contact with a large number of students. He served for eighteen months in the United States Army, and was assigned to various camps as tuberculosis examiner. From his earliest days in medicine Professor Morgan has devoted himself to teaching, literary reviews, and hospital association, having served as visiting physician to the Phila' delphia General Hospital for nearly twenty'five years, in addition to the Frankford,$amari' tan, Garrettson, and other hospitals. He is also consulting internist to the Eastern State Penitentiary. Professor Morgan has been a member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society for nearly twenty'five years, has served on the board of directors, and was president of the society in 1925, when the epodvmaking action of securing its own home was consummated. Eight

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®f)£ € atfj 3 by Apollo, the physician, and Aesculapius, and Health, and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that according to my ability and judgment, 3 T8M ££p tEfjlS And this stipulation—to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance with him and relieve his necessities if required; to look upon his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this Art, if they shall wish to learn it, £Pitf)out Jf it or Stipulation and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath gccorbing to tlje Hato of jfflebictne but to none others. I will follow the system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider jfor tfje ISentfif of fflv patients and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel, and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion, Witl) $tlritjt dtlb Witl) OlhieSSi 3 Will J3ass tflp Hilt anb practise fflp Srt I will not cut persons laboring under the stone, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption. 3lnb jf Urtljer from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves. Whatever in connection with my professional practise or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, JJ 3£)(l( jJ Ot ©iblllgC As reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practise of the Art respected by all men in all times! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot! Ten