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

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In Memoriam It ft. A 4 m JACOB E. FINESINCER, A.B., M.A., M.D. Jacob Ellis Finesinger. professor of psychiatry, chairman of the department, and director of the Psychiatric Institute since 1950, died in University Hospital on June 19, 1959 at the age of 56, after an illness of more than a year. He played a vital role in the placement of psychiatry in medical education through his stimulating classes at the school, and through the numerous channels in communication he explored during his lifetime, including movie making, writing, editing, and public speak- ing. Most recently, he was appointed editor- in-chief of the ]o ir hil of Nervous and iWoital Disease. He wrote over 100 scien- tific papers. Among numerous other accom- plishments, Dr. Finesinger served as con- sultant in psychiatry to the United States Government. Receiving his early training at Johns Hopkins, he continued at Harvard; then he studied psychoanalysis in Vienna in the Freudian school, and worked in Russia with Pavlov. At Maryland, he devoted himself to teach- ing. His mastery of interview technique and short term psychotherapy was undisputed. Students from as far as Europe and South America came to study his methods. As medical students, we shall never for- get the greatness of this man whose principle it was to expose the student to a wide area of human behavior by interviewing patients and demonstrating interpersonal rehuionships. Dr. Finesinger was understanding and com- passionate with his patients, and in class stirred much thought by his presentation of mental functions in a Socratic method. Kindly in appearance, and simply dressed, he not only made us aware of the subtleties in the doctor-patient relationship, but of those often unspoken ami important inter- actions which exist whene er two people are together. 12

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