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

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.HefL exiom ' 94t INIVKRSITY OF MAUVLANl). ANNUAL CIRCULAR SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, H, [, Corner lombarri and Greene S SLSSION tH84 t O umM ' ing these years of progress many new depart- ments were added and others were revised. Dissection was made a necessary part of the curriculum in 1848 and gas lights were in- stalled in the dissecting rooms so that the students could work at night. Separate chairs of gynecology and pediatrics were established In 1867. Ophthalmology and otology were instituted in 1873 as independent depart- ments. About the turn of the last century there were at least six medical colleges in Balti- more, none of which could satisfactorily meet the present day requirements of a class A school. In order that this situation be corrected several of the schools consolidated The Baltimore Medical College merged with the University of Maryland in 1913 and the College of Physicians and Surgeons followed suit in 1915. Several of the other schools gradually were discontinued and today there remain only the University of Maryland School of Medicine and College of Physicians and Surgeons, and that other school across town. The present day facilities of the university are the original building, the Administration Building, the Cray Lab, the laboratory building on Creen Street, the Frank C. Bressler Research Laboratories, the Medical Library, the Out-patient Department in the old hospital building, and the new 435 bed University Hospital which was completed in 1934. Added teaching facilities are made available to the students through arrangements with other institutions in and near Baltimore. The Baltimore City Hospitals are open to members of the junior class for clinical instruction in medicine, surgery and the specialties. The junior students also have access to the dis- pensary of the Baltimore Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital. The clinical ma- terial of Mercy Hospital is entirely under the control of the Faculty and one half of the senior year is spent there in the wards and classrooms. The James Lawrence Kernan Hospital at Dickeyville is used for instruction in treatment of orthopaedic conditions in children. Plans for the not too distant future envision enlargement of the capacity of University Hospital and erection of new laboratory buildings. 13

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Umtl l;iUlll n[4;lt til (III- i.xj.t ' .ii ii Tht- |in(t .-nU -iro uti.o.iiil U il . I ' A ' l nitwnl In ttf- Nurr. i-l I ' 9 m-i-iirlv becii orif i.,-.!, , tinijiiii..i . J ii. -.-.i4 « ' |amp fi.-tii iIm ' nw.iv ). EVf-iin rrom a ilhUnrr rcifuinnr rt iT.iiion«, will Jimi If..- I I ' ur[K.«-- Bruril iVom tlim lo ■iirnrninoblion- (•i- ' Idiom or m cfioot or l vleai eaiciyie On December 18, 1807, an Act was passed to create The College of Medicine of Maryland in the City of Baltimore. This institution, which was the forerunner of our present school, was the fifth medical college to be es- tablished in this country. The original building was erected in 1812 and was the one which is now nicknamed Chem Hall. It bears the distinction of being the oldest structure in the United States which has continuously grant- ed the degree of doctor of medicine annually since its erection. By action of the Legislature the University of Maryland was created in 1812. This uni- versity was composed of the Medical, the Law, the Arts and Sciences, and the Divinity colleges. The medical sessions were four months long and consisted almost entirely of diadactic lectures. Dissection was not compulsory. Clinical material became available in 1823 with the establishment of The Baltimore Infirmary — the present University Hospital. A regulation of the new hos- pital made it compulsory that the Bible should be ' ' ...- ■ read daily in each ward. The school continued to grow rapidly in size and scope for many years, with the excep- tion of a short period when administrative dis- orders between the Trus- tees and the Regents were responsible for a split of the college into two distinct camps. Dur-

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f f t 4- lid : fk ft f . e z . nLi erdltu ot ar f land LAni ti In 1941, upon the request of the Surgeon General ' s Office, the Univer- sity of Maryland Medical School formed a thousand bed general hospital. This unit — known as the 42nd General Hospital — was developed from repre- sentative members of the medical, dental and nursing schools. Following the out-break of war in December 1941, it was thought that with the newer tactical problems being demonstrated, General Hospitals, to be of value in the Pacific, should be more mobile and flexible. Accordingly — and again at the request of the Surgeon General ' s Office — the School con- sented to break the unit into two 500 bed General Hospitals. This was done in March 1942 by approximately dividing the staff of the larger unit into two units — known as the 42nd General Hospital and the 142nd General Hospital. Shortages in certain specialized fields that existed as a result of this division, were overcome from Army sources. About a year after activation, due to the need of more beds and in- creased staffs, each unit was independently re-expanded to a 1,000 bed General Hospital. Each retained its original designation. The units were activated on 20 April 1942; the 42nd General Hospital being ordered to Ft. Custer, Michigan and the 142nd to Ft. Riley, Ka nsas. Both units, after two weeks intergration and indoctrination, were then ordered to San Francisco, California. After a brief exchange of greetings 14