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

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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

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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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FRANK H. KRUSEN, M.D. 1898- Dr. Krusen was made Associate Dean and Director of the Department of Physical Medicine at Temple in 1925. He left in 1935 for other horizons, returning a few years ago to become Coordinator of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center which now bears his name Dr. Krusen was founder and first chairman of the American Board of Physical Medicine and is a member of the President's Executive Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. He is the author or senior editor of nine books and 450 papers. He has extensively researched the application of infrared radiation, microwave and ultrasound diathermy to the practice of medicine. Imago ammi vultus csi —Cicero Dr. Moore, born in Deeth, Nevada, later graduated from the University of California Medical School in 1925 and took his residency at Shriners Hospital in Atlanta. While at Temple, he originated the role of the delayed reduction of fractures and gained international recognition in orthopedic repair Though at times thought to be a supreme individualist and even tyrannical, Dr. Moore is known best for his surgical meticulousness and devotion to anatomic fundamentals He has been past vice president of both the Board and the Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, and was president of the American Orthopedic Association He is, in addition, an ardent ornithologist. JOHN ROYAL MOORE, M.D. 1899-