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

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THE OATH I SWEAR BY APOLLO THE PHYSICIAN, BY AESCULAPIUS, HYGEIA, AND PANACEA, AND I TAKE TO WITNESS ALL THE GODS AND ALL THE GODDESSES, TO KEEP ACCORD- ING TO MY ABILITY AND MY JUDGMENT THE FOLLOWING OATH: TO CONSIDER DEAR TO ME AS MY PARENTS HIM WHO TAUGHT ME THIS ART; TO LIVE IN COMMON WITH HIM AND IF NECESSARY TO SHARE MY GOODS WITH him; to LOOK UPON HIS CHILDREN AS MY OWN BROTHERS, TO TEACH THEM THIS ART IF THEY SO DESIRE WITHOUT FEE OR WRITTEN PROMISE; TO IMPART TO MY SONS AND THE SONS OF THE MASTER WHO TAUGHT ME AND THE DISCIPLES WHO HAVE EN- ROLLED THEMSELVES AND HAVE AGREED TO THE RULES OF THE PROFESSION, BUT TO THESE ALONE, THE PRECEPTS AND THE INSTRUCTION. I WILL PRESCRIBE REGIMEN FOR THE GOOD OF MY PATIENTS ACCORDING TO MY ABILITY AND MY JUDGMENT AND NEVER DO HARM TO ANYONE. TO PLEASE NO ONE WILL I PRESCRIBE A DEADLY DRUG NOR GIVE ADVICE WHICH MAY CAUSE HIS DEATH. NOR WILL I GIVE A WOMAN A PESSARY TO PROCURE ABORTION. BUT I WILL PRESERVE THE PURITY OF MY LIFE AND MY ART. I WILL NOT CUT FOR STONE, EVEN FOR THE PATIENTS IN WHOM THE DISEASE IS manifest; I WILL LEAVE THIS OPERATION TO BE PERFORMED BY PRACTI- TIONERS (SPECIALIST IN THIS ART). IN EVERY HOUSE WHERE I WILL ENTER ONLY FOR THE GOOD OF MY PATIENTS, KEEPING MYSELF FAR FROM ALL INTENTIONAL ILL- DOING AND ALL SEDUCTION, AN D ESPECIALLY FROM THE PLEASURES OF LOVE WITH WOMEN OR WITH MEN, BE THEY FREE OR SLAVES. ALL THAT MAY COME TO MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE EXERCISE OF MY PROFESSION OR OUTSIDE OF MY PROFESSION OR IN DAILY COMMERCE WITH MEN, WHICH OUGHT NOT TO BE SPREAD ABROAD, I WILL KEEP SECRET AND WILL NEVER REVEAL. IF I KEEP THIS OATH FAITHFULLY, MAY I ENJOY MY LIFE AND PRACTICE MY ART, RESPECTED BY ALL MEN AND IN ALL TIMES; BUT IF I SWERVE FROM IT OR VIOLATE IT, MAY THE REVERSE BE MY LOT. 14

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IHTTlll Here in the Bressler Building the courses in anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and operative surgery are taught. The building was named for Frank C. Bressler, an alumnus of this school who donated funds for its construction. 13

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. ■ ( iii hl: RoIrii ll( | kins, vitcprcsidciil; William IlsiiiuikI, president; Robert Artluir, treasurer; Theodore Lanning, student council representative. CLASS of 1951 The senior class averaged 28.18 years of age and 56.25% were married. Of the married students 61.11% had children, mak- ing 33 students in the class with children and 45 children in all, with more on the way. This averaged out to .83 child per married student, 1.36 per married student with children, and .47 child per student. The class was 82.29% veterans of World War II subdivided as follows: Army 46.84%, Navy 34.18%, Army Air Corps 11.39%, Navy Air Corps 3.80%, Marines 2.56%, Merchant Marine 1.27%. Class aspirations were as follows: In- ternal Medicine 14.58%, Surgery 9.38%, Ob-Gyn 6.25%, Pedia- trics 7.29%, Psychiatry 5.24%, Undecided 19.79%, General Prac- tice 45.83%, Academic Career 2.08%, Research 1.04%. 15