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

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seventy-five beds and flic Samaritan, with one hundred and twenty-five, afforded ample facilities for the school, whose enrollment at this time had grown to two hundred and thiriv-eight students and a facultv of eighty five. In the spring of 1923, the maternity department was moved to the Great heart Hospital, at Eighteenth and Spring Garden Streets. The following-year, 1924, saw the demise of the Garretson Hospital, which had outlived outlived its usefulness as such, and the upper three floors of the building were utilized as laboratories for the departments of Physiology, Embryology and Histology and Pathology and Bacteriology. .Modern equipment was installed and in addition, a new medical dissecting room with the most modern facilities was instituted in the basement of Medical Hall. During the course of the next three vears, the Garretson Hospital was incorporated with the Greatheart, as the Garretson-Great-heart Maternity Hospital and the entire building on Hamilton Street was utilized for teaching purposes. 'Phe Samaritan Hospital, in 1925, was greatlv enlarged by the addition of a new building and the older sections were renovated, so that the bed capacity, with the addition of the Roosevelt Hospital floor totaled three hundred and thirty. In 1929, its name was changed to Temple I niversity Hospital, another step toward the ultimate goal of a “Greater Temple I niversity. Doctor William N. Parkinson became dean, succeeding Doctor Hammond. The Oi.i School Our New School In the fall of 1929, a new era was begun in the annals of Temple University Medical School. Work was begun on the erection of the new building that was to house the medical school, at Broad and Ontario Streets. It was completed and opened its doors in the fall of 1930, with an enrollment of four hundred and fifty students, the largest in its history. 'Phe faculty was increased and greatly enriched by the addition of nationally and internationally known men. The new edifice, a monument to medical education was formally dedicated by Dr. W. H. Mavo, on October 15, 1930. Twenty-three

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i riuwl ijtatorij FMP1,K MEDICAL COLLEGE Imd its inception in the ideals of a great humanitarian. Doctor Bussell II. (unwell, whose aim was: to provide students with the opportunity of obtaining a medical education, who must of necessity he self-supporting. For this reason, evening classes were held, distributed over a period of five years; the equivalent of a four —. year day course of other medical schools, and in addition seven hundred hours of actual day work were required each year. From its humble birth in 1901, it has progressed, until at the present time, it ranks among the leading medical institutions of the country. Doctor Fritz was appointed as its first dean, and served in that capacity until 1903. ('lasses were held in the main college building at Broad and Berks Streets and at the Samaritan Hospital, “which had been rescued from oblivion” and moved to its present location at Broad and Ontario Streets. 'Flic first class comprised thirty-five members, who in their sincere efforts gave the first impetus toward the ultimate success of the new venture. In 1903, Doctor I. Newton Snivclv, succeeded Dr. Fritz as dean. In 1900, fourteen students were graduated, the first to complete the entire course at Temple. Then because of unfavorable legislation night classes had to he discontinued and day classes were organized. The title of “Temple rniversity,” was granted by the Philadelphia courts to Temple College and the medical school became a department in the I’niversity. Doctor Frank ( Hammond succeeded Dr. Snivclv as dean, in 1909. By his untiring and unstinted efforts for twenty years, he contributed much towards the advancement of the school. Soon afterwards, the Philadelphia Dental College and the Garrctson Hospital, at Eighteenth and Buttonwood Streets were added to the embryo medical school. The Garrctson Hospital, with a capacity of T wenty-two

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iilu' library '7JJ HOSE of us who remember the room available for study in the buildings Vfcl of the old Medical School are indeed proud of our new library. Entering on tiptoe (no noise is ever heard in this sanctum sanctorum) one cannot help but notice the beautiful parquet floor underfoot. To the left are the rows of shelves hearing stecn thousand volumes of the latest and best in medical books. On the walls hang engravings donated by Professor Robinson- of men whose names spell Medical History, and under them, in the booths, sit (sometimes) students whose names—mean nothing. At the east end of the room is the magazine section. Here Dr. Hammond, from the glory of an oil painting, looks down with his unforgettable smile, on men who are seeking relaxation from the “daily grind” in the Tonics and Sedatives column. The library is familiar to the Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors, who cut classes, and to the Seniors who had no cases assigned while on surgery service and used the time to write their own theses in Obstetrics. Twenty-four