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

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Dr. Shipley discusses patient care. THE NEW HOSPITAL Early then in the 1920s, the budget of the University as submitted to the legislature allotted funds for a new hospital to be built in Baltimore. The legislature approved the huge financial request but the governor vetoed it. This was to be the pattern for almost a decade before the new hospital would be built. By the year 1932, the need for new pa- tient accommodations became critical. The University Hospital, located on the same site as the old Baltimore Infirmary of 1823, had a capacity of 250 beds. There were 25 obstetrical beds and an outside obstetrical clinic was conducted. In that year there were 406 hospital deliveries and 1303 de- liveries at home. The Out-Patient Depart- ment was organized in tlie basement of the hospital and facilities were cramped. The medical student ' s four years of train- ing consisted mainly of lectures. Twenty- six hours per week for ten weeks were spent on the wards as clinical clerks in the fourth year and each senior student was required to do at least twelve home deliveries. Fees were $350 per year for residents of the state and $500 for non-residents. The curricu- lum was organized under eleven depart- ments: Anatomy, Physiology, Bacteriology and Immunology, Pharmacology and Ma- teria Medica, Pathology, Medicine, Sur- gery, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Opthalmol- ogy and Otology. A number of notable names appeared in the faculty list: Dr. John C. Krantz headed Pharmacology; Dr. Hugh Spencer was Professor of Pathology, a post he would hold with distinction for 35 years. Dr. Carl L. Davis was Professor of Anatomy. In 1932 Dr. Gordon Wilson (lied and was succeeded by Dr. Maurice C. Pincoffs. Five years earlier Dr. Pincoffs had gained national renown when, togetlier with Dr. Shipley, he had participated in the first successful preoperative diagnosis and removal of a pheochromocytoma. 24

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Ward Scene — University Hospital, 1915. a wholly state institution in 1914, it was named the State College of Agriculture of Maryland and united with the School of Liberal Arts, School of Domestic Arts and the Graduate School Divisions. This incor- poration of the schools on July 1, 1920 created tlie modern University of Maryland and gathered control of the physically separated members of the University into one pair of hands. University Buildings, 1916. 23

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Construction of new University Hospital, 1933. 000 was available, a bequest from Dr. Frank C. Bressler, for the construction of a medical research building. The Bressler Research Building was first opened in the summer of 1939 and its six stories were put to immediate use. That same summer, Dr. Rowland retired and Dr. H. Boyd Wylie, Professor of Biological Chemistry, was named acting dean. THE ROAD TO AUSTRALIA The clouds of war were again rolling over Europe and preparations were begun in America in the event of involvement. In May of 1940 the School of Medicine was invited by the War Department to form a provisional group to function as the nucleus of an army hospital. The members of the unit were to be commissioned in the Medical Finally, it was in this year that money was granted by the state for the erection of a new hospital. Work began in June of 1933 on the southwest comer of Redwood Greene Streets and the first patient was admitted in November, 1934. The 400 bed capacity, ten story building cost $1.2 mil- lion. At the same time, a campaign was ini- tiated among the alumni to raise $170,000 to re-equip and convert the old hospital building into an out-patient clinic. The new hospital wrought many changes in the routine of the students. Ward work was increased and less time was spent in formal lectures. For the first time, hospital births exceeded home deliveries. Facilities for up-to-date surgery and radiology were provided and for the first time students were able to take advantage of a large number of out-patients. Research at the university, hitherto on a small scale, received great impetus by the announcement in June of 1937 that $500,- Col. Maurice C. Pincoffs, M.D. 25