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

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Ihe Skull DOCTEUR FERNAND LEMAITRE Sixteen Professeur a la Faculte de Medecine Oto-Rhino-Laryngologiite de L'Hopital Lariboisicre QUE dire du Professeur Chevalier-Jackson? Nous le connaissons tous, et tous, nous I'admirons autant que nous I'aimons. J'ai eu, a differentes reprises. I'heureuse occasion de me trouver a ses cotes; je connais aussi bien I'Homme que le Medecin; je n'hesite pas £ dire de lui: Apotre convaincu. Artiste fin et distingue, il est avant tout un Grand Coeur. Apotre convaincu, il va. prechant de par le monde la Science de la Broncho-oesophagoscopie qu'il a su faire sienne. II repand ainsi la bonne parole partout ou on le lui demande mais. comme tout apotre. il a. en dehors de sa Patrie. sa terre de predilection; et. pour lui. la terre de predilection, c'est la France. Je n'oublierai jamais avec quel enthousiasme, avec quel desinteressement, il a repondu a tous mes appels. Qu'il me soit permis de Ten remercier aujourd'hui publiquement! Artiste aussi fin que distingue, il est pourvu de dons merveilleux qu'une bonne fee lui prodigua sans compter le jour de la naissance. Son habilete est vraiment extraordinaire. On est sous le charme auand on le voit dessiner. de ses deux mains un peu anguleuses mais toujours si souples, les remarquables petits tableaux dont il dime illustrer son cours et que signeraient volontiers les plus grands maitres. On est dans I'admiration quand. tel le plus etourdissant des prestigitateurs, il jongle du bout de sa pince avec les corps etrangers les plus rebelles. enclaves profondement dans les voies respiratoires. Et, ce qui ajoute encore aux qualites de I'artiste, c'est la simplicity, c'est I'aisance, c'est la modestie avec lesquelles tout cela est accompli . . . Le Professeur Chevalier-Jeckson est avant tout un Grand Coeur. Cela ne s'analyse pas; cela se sent. Point n'est besoin d'avoir de delicates antennes pour percevoir les ondes qui emanent de toute sa personne. Ces ondes traversent aisement les mers, et c'est pour cela que nous apprecions si vivement. de ce cote de I'Atlan-tique. la grande bonte de notre grand ami. Elies agissent. naturellement. plus encore sur les etres qui evoluent au sein meme de son orbite et c'est pour cela que, dans son entourage immediat, on nourrit h son egard, des sentiments qui rappellent le culte que les croyants professent pour leur Dieu: Admiration, Silence et Recueillement. Chevalier-Jackson est notre gloire medicale mondiaie. 1933

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The Skull of Honorary Fellows of The Royal Society of Medicine —it has no greater honour at its disposal. The following evening the Laryngological Section of that Society gave a dinner with Jackson as our chief guest, during which we were delighted to discover in him, a hitherto unknown but deep spring of sparkling humour which, as might have been expected, was frequently directed against himself. In these few halting lines, and with indifferent success—it has been my purpose to make such simple reflections as are fitting for an occasion when we all desire to commemorate one of the great Masters in Medicine, who is still amongst us. In St. Paul's Cathedral, London, there may be seen over the tomb of its architect—Sir Christopher Wren—the engraved lines: Si monumentum requiris. circumspice. He did not live to see them, but our colleague. Chevalier Jackson, whom we honour today, must be one of the few who has long since seen his own monument the Bronchoscopic Clinics, which a grateful city has erected in appreciation of his brilliant pioneer and still sustained work in that particular branch medicine. If I may be allowed to speak for my British associates, it would be to say that we would like to join the Graduating Class of Temple Medical School in expressing, in the columns of The Skull our respectful admiration of Chevalier Jackson s life's work in Peroral Bronchoscopy, to acknowledge how much we have learned and still hope to learn from him, and last but not least, how deep is our admiration of all those intangible virtues which make him so much beloved by his friends and so deeply respected by all. Fiftoen 933 ■

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I T IS a pleasure to have this opportunity to congratulate you and the editorial staff ■ of the Skull in paying this tribute to Dr. Jackson who has done more than anyone living to advance and to place on a firm foundation the field of Bronchoscopy Esophagoscopy. I am glad to join in this expression of admiration for Dr. Jackson and to extend to him my best personal wishes. Sincerely. THOSE of us who have known Doctor Chevalier Jackson always, remember him as ■ a teacher filled with enthusiastic energy and v ho stimulated scientific interest; an indefatigable worker and one possessed of an unusual amount of technical skill; a humanitarian of high order; a lovable friend. DEAN OP THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL SCHOOL I T IS a privilege to extend my greetings to Dr. Chevalier Jackson through the medium of The Skull. Even greater than his scientific and technical achievements has been his ability to inspire faith and confidence. He has built up a unique field by the force of his own example and as the result of his own idealism. With cordial greetings, believe me. CLEVELAND CLINIC. CLEVELAND. OHIO Seventeen 1933