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

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THE CLINIC Q Tlflnast Let us drink to the Seniors, a wise old class, Again to the Juniors, our friends to the last, Once more to the Sophs, no longer foes. Glasses together, let them go. Another Freshie, fill to the brim, All together, all in the Raise high our glasses, all Freshmen And drink to ourselves, the Class of ' 10. For who held the Sophs in that grand old fight? Who held the door, though they fought their might? And who gave their cheer when the ight was o'er? We Freshmen did, and the Sophs were sore. So let us pledge ourselves tonight To stand together in every ight. That no ill feeling shall divide our class Let us all drink to and drain our glass. -S JERRY BURNE, '10 23

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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

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THE CLINIC senior anim cffime President ........... .... G . F. BUXTON First Vice President .... .... P . W. OLIVI Second Vice President .... ..... N . W. SMITH Third Vice President ..... .... J . J. LYMAN Qiftzcutihe Qtommittzz C. B. BARRY, Chairman, C. C. HACKER, W. W. COLUMBUS, W. A. CARR, J. I. WISEMAN, Secretary, E. M. PERRY, Treasurev 24