University of Maryland School of Medicine - Terrae Mariae Medicus (Baltimore, MD)

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To THE CLINIC ieistorical. The College of Physicians and Surgeons was chartered in 1878. The original faculty consisted of: EDWARD WARREN, M.D., Pro- fessor of Surgery, HARVEY L. BYRD, M.D., Professor of Principles and Practice of Medicine, THOMAS OPIE, M.D., Professor of Obstet- rics, P. GOOLRIOH, M.D., Professor of 'Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, JOHN S. LYNCH, M.D., Professor of Anatomy, W. W. MURRAY, M.D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, E. LLOYD HOWARD, M.D., Professor of Physiology, WILLIAM SIMON, Ph.G., Lecturer of Chemistry, CHARLES F. BEVAN, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. In 1873-1874, the school was reorganized, and a number of additional professors were added to the faculty. Dr. Warren resigned to take service in the Khedive of Egypt's army, and the following gentlemen vvere added to the teaching staff : THOMAS S. LATIMER, M.D., Professor of Principles of Surgery and Clinical Sur- gery of the Skeleton, D. W. CATHILL, M.D., Professor of Medical and Surgical Pathology, A. F. ERIOK, M.D., Professor of Chemistry, THOMAS R. BROWN, M.D., Professor of Operative Surgery, AARON FRIEDENWALD, M.D., Professor of Diseases of Eye and Ear, H. R. NOEL, M.D., Professor of Physiology and Hygiene, The school continued under the administration of these gen- tlemen, Dr. Thomas Opie being the Dean, and in 1878 was greatly strengthened by the acquisition of the Washington University. This school fthe Washington Universityj Was established in 1827, reorganized in 1865, and finally, by act of consolidation of 1878, was merged with the College of Physicians and Surgeons. This new amalgamation gave to the College of Physicians and Surgeons the advantages of an old and distinguished Alumni, many of Whom had won honors in the varied positions into which their life's labor had borne them. The possession of a general hospital, capable, it is true, of vast improvement, was also a material gain on the part of the school. 21

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Y -Y W . i, THE CLINIC This hospital, located in the accident centre of the city, was constantly receiving patronage from the various manufacturing establishments, railroads and railways, by which it was more or less surrounded. The amount of acute surgery brought to it yearly has continued to grow with the development of the city. In 1874, the Faculty, realizing the importance of practical obstetrical teaching, decided to open a department or separate institution devoted entirely to the obstetrical art. A large build- ing on West Lombard Street was secured, and starting with 20 beds, was gradually increased as the demands and needs required 3 and to this was added an out-door service, so that the obstetrical department now represents from 600 to 700 confinements in each year. This wealth of clinical material is used entirely for clinical purposes, and enables the graduating class to gain that degree of familiarity with the lying-in room, which they require to have before entering into practice. If not the first, the Maryland Lying-in Asylum is one of the first institutions in this country devoted entirely to obstetrical works. The College has constantly been progressing, constantly measuring up to the needs of the times. Its course of study has been altered and regulated, as the advances in medicine have shown the necessity for a change. It early adopted the three year course as compulsory, and followed rapidly with the alteration to a four year, and now has in contemplation of a Hfmfth. The mode of teaching adopted in the school devotes the time of the first and second year to labor- atory and purely didactic work, leaving the third and fourth year's work to be almost purely clinical 3 and for this clinical work the resources of the hospital and dispensary are constantly taxed. The hospital, starting with 20 beds, has grown to one of 325. The maternity, starting with 20 beds, now has 40, and with its outa door department is enabled to reach 600 or more patients annu- ally, and the dispensary or out-door department of the College affords no less than from 20,000 to 25,000 patients each year, among whom almost every form of disease can be found. 22