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

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ADMINISTRATION MILLARD E. GLADFEI.TER. Ph.D.. D.SC in Ed.. LL.D.. Liu D.. L H.D President of the University HOWARD M RAKER. M.D. Hospital himinittralor 8

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IN MEM OR I AM HOWARD WEISS, M.D. Dr. Edward Weiss was a quiet, dignified, unassuming but dedicated man—dedicated to the idea of man’s worth and his right to his own personal concept of living. Me early saw the interaction of man’s personality in health and disease. It interested him intensely. He changed the direction of his career considerably for this idea. Its pursuit in psychosomatic medicine was his vocation, his inspiration and often the source of his pleasure and satisfaction in living. I)r. Weiss believed in the patient as a combination of body and mind working together, and was one of the first to teach that understanding illness and sick people consisted of something more than a knowledge of organic disease processes but included a knowledge of emotional processes within that body as well. Dr. Weiss was a pioneer. He had creativity and the discipline to channel his ideas. From his fertile mind developed many of the first clinical evidences that emotional factors do complicate and add to the burden of physical disease. He could discuss, arrange, and teach these pieces of evidence in an interesting and convincing manner. He was appointed to Temple University School of Medicine as Clinical Professor in 1932. In 1933 he began working on clinical pro- lems in the medical school. He held what was called a medical-psychological conference which was a teaching exercise for senior medical students. It consisted of the presentation of patients from the medical wards who were studied psychologically as well as medically. From this idea and the case material presented, the book Psychosomatic Medicine grew. It has been translated into many languages and has been used as a textbook and reference book for many years and through many editions. Dr. Weiss served as one of the founders and as one of the first presidents of the American Psychosomatic Society. He was a member of the board of directors of the Marriage Council of Philadelphia and of the Family Service of Philadelphia. He was a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Philadelphia College of Physicians and a member of the American Society for Research in Psychosomatic Medicine. His most recent work was a popular book called Don't Worry About Your Heart published in February. 1959 by Random House. We mourn his passing at Temple University Medical Center with a sense of loss very poignant to the many of us who knew him. O. SPURGEON ENGLISH, M.D. 7

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I A PICTORIAL REVIEW 9