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

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Dr. Fay became Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery in 1929, and chaired the department until 1943. He was an intrepid neurosurgical pioneer. Though some considered him too bold, he provided early insight into techniques in hypothermia and surgery for intractable pain. He was awarded the American Medical Association’s Gold Medal Award. TEMPLE FAY, M.D. 1895-1963 Dr. Spiegel, a neurophysiologist, and Dr. Wycis, a neurosurgeon, collaborated to found a new branch of neurosurgery: stereotaxic surgery (stereoencephalotomy). Their interest in this technique began in an era when prefrontal lobotomy was the recognized procedure for managing functional disorders and intractable pain. Their successful clinical application of stereoencephalotomy in 1947 brought them worldwide prominence. Today, over 28,000 such operations have taken place. They provide treatment for the involuntary movements of Parkinson’s disease and cerebral palsy, as well as for intractable pain and certain types of epilepsy and brain tumors. ERNEST A. SPIEGEL, M.D. 1895- HENRY T. WYCIS, M.D. 1911-

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The Babcock Surgical Clinic, a composite portrait, was painted by Furmen T. Fink in 1944-45. It was commissioned with the retirement of Dr. Babcock, who for 40 years had served Temple as Professor of Surgery. He was appointed to the chair two years after the School of Medicine was founded. He was a pioneer in spinal anesthesia, stimulated by its possible uses following a visit to France in 1907. Dr. Babcock's fame partly rests on his development of surgical techniques for intestinal cancer and hernia repair, as well as his use of stainless steel wire sutures and the invention of many surgical instruments. Surviving surgeons depicted in the oil portrait are: Dr. William N. Parkinson, Emeritus Dean and Professor of Clinical Surgery (fourth from left, background); Dr. W. Emory Burnett, Emeritus Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery (second from left, background); and Dr. George P. Rosemond, present Chairman of the Department (first from left, background). WILLIAM N. PARKINSON. M.D. 1886- W. WAYNE BABCOCK, M.D. 1872-1963 W. EMORY BURNETT, M.D. 1898-

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O. SPURGEON ENGLISH, M.D. 1901- Dr. English is one of ihe world greats in the field of psychiatry. After attending the University of Maine, he pursued medical training at Jefferson. Montefiore Charity Hospital in Berlin, and Harvard, where he also instructed Coming to Temple in 1933, he was chairman of his department from 1938 until 1964. Dr. English has a prose style which is graceful and eminently readable: he has written innumerable papers and co-authored five books. He has a busy private practice, and with Mrs English continues to lead a vibrant, interesting life. His two sons are physicians: Wes is a surgeon outside of Portland. Maine, and Cal is in this year's graduating class The field of psychosomatic medicine began with Edward Weiss. After many years at Jefferson, he came to Temple in 1932. He began a medical-psychological conference for Temple seniors, where patients from the medical wards were studied psychologically. From this idea and the case material presented, the book Psychosomatic Medicine emerged, co-authored with Dr O. Spurgeon English. From that point on. physicians have been taught that in treating the patient, one cannot separate mind from body, psyche from soma. Dr. Weiss documented for the world of medicine that in understanding illness and sick people, one must include a knowledge of emotional processes within the body, not simply those processes of organic disease. EDWARD WEISS, M.D. 1895-1960