University at Buffalo - Buffalonian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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17. GROVER VVILLIAM WVENDE, M. D., was born in Mill Grove, N. Y., 1867. Graduate from the Medical Department of the University of Buffalo in 1889. Post- graduate course at the University of Pennsylvania in 1892. Clinical Instructor of Dis- eases ofthe Skin in Medical Department, University of Buffalo, since 1891, and Lecturer in Syphilology and Dermatology in the Dental Department, University of Buffalo, since the year 1896. 18. CHAUNCI-tv PELTON SMITH, M. D., born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1869. Was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, 1892, with the degree of M. D. Post-graduate course at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1898. In 1895 was appointed Instructor of Surgery in the University of Buffalo, Medical Department. 19. HERMAN G. MATSINGER, M. D., horn at Swanton, O., 1860. Was gradu- ated from Colvin College, Cleveland, O., 1880, with degree of M. A., and from University of Buffalo, Medical Department, 188-L. Special courses in Histology and Pathology in the University of Pennsylvania in 1886, and at johns Hopkins Uni- versity in 1887 and 1892. In 1896 appointed Instructor in Clinical Pathology in the University of Buffalo, Medical Department. 20. ALBERT EDWARD WVOEHNERT, M. D., born in Buffalo, 1868. Was gradu- ated from the University of Buffalo, Medical Department, in 1893. Service at the Buffalo General Hospital, 1893-1894. Studied at Vienna, 1894-1895. In 1897 became attending physician at the Erie County Hospital. Became connected with the college as Instructor in Clinical Pathology in 1896. 21. HERRIO1' C. ROOTH, M. D., born in Buffalo, 1867. Was graduated from the University of Buffalo, Medical Department, 1894, with the degree of M. D. Was appointed Instructor of Special Pathology and Clinical Instructor of Surgery in the Medical Department, 1894. 22. EDWARD L. FROST, M. D., was graduated from the University of Buffalo, Medical Department, in 1892, with the degree of M. D. Appointed Assistant Dem- onstrator of Anatomy in 1894, and Instructor in Obstetrics, 1895, in the Medical Department. 23. N. G. RUSSELL, M. D., was born in 1872. Was graduated from the Uni- versity of Buffalo, Medical Department, 1895. Appointed Instructor in Pathology and Clinical Instructor in Obstetrics in the University of Buffalo, 1897. 24. JULIUS ULLMAN, M. D., educated at the Public Schools and High School of Buffalo, 1890. Graduated from the University of Buffalo, 1893. Post-graduate work in Germany, 1894-1895. Appointed 'Demonstrator of Bacteriology in the University of Buffalo, Medical Department, 1897. 25

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'Che Medical Department of tbe University of Buffalo. BY MA'l l'l-TEW D. MANN, A. M., lll. D. Qt, G T IS now generally admitted that professional schools should be located at the Q great centres of population and wealth. This was not always so. The earlier I medical schools in this country were often placed in small country villages. 'K 2 The necessity for clinical teaching was not then fully appreciated, and so these I 9 earlier colleges were able, through the ability of their professors, notwithstanding ki their very meagre opportunities, to achieve fame and reputation. The schools 'D S at Fairfield and Geneva were fair examples. Gradually, with the growth of med- 8 ical knowledge and improved methods of instruction, the idea came to the mind V of the profession that schools in small places could not accomplish all that was desired, and the statement with which this article 0136115 was everywhere accepted. It was with a full appreciation of this idea, and with a wise foresight and faith in the future greatness of Buffalo, that, in 1846, a number of young and energetic lawyers and doctors assembled in a small office on Main Street, there to found the University of Buffalo. They decided to procure a charter from the Legislature, and to lay firm foundations for the building of an institution which should have primarily for its object the training of doctors and lawyers, but which should also have in its charter the full powers ofa university. Buffalo was then in a very early stage of its develop- ment, energy and vigor were more plentiful than money, but, with the proverbial push of pioneers, all obstacles were overcome, and the University was nrmly estab- lished. - Time has shown the wisdom of these men. Buffalo, from a small town of 30,000 inhabitants, has grown to be a great city of much more than 10 times that number. Wealth and material prosperity have multiplied in every way. The advent of the rail- roads has increased greatly its value as a distributing point, and brought in a very large circle of country as a contributor, so that now from every point of view it has become an ideal place for a medical school. i The first course of lectures in the new school was given in an old building, which had been remodeled for the purpose, by the faculty of seven professors. Five of the seven chairs were occupied by professors in the Geneva Medical College. They retained their connection with Geneva, and it was therefore necessary that the first course should be given in the spring. It began on the 24th day of February, 18-LT, and continued, as was customary in those days, for 16 weeks. The professors were Dr. james Hadley, Dr. Charles B. Coventry, Dr. james Webster, Dr. Charles A. Lee, Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, Dr. james P. White, and Dr. Austin Flint. Dr. C. L. Ford 27