University of Maryland School of Pharmacy - Terra Mariae Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Itcihi an early perioil of lii-; prnfessional career. Professor Miles devoted liimself to tlie study of diseases of tlie nervous system. It has already been mentioned tliat lie sought the in.struction of the great neurologists of London and I ' .iris. ( )ii his a|)])ointment as clinical l)rofessor of nervous di.seases at the University, in iX(i . he secureil oi)i)ortunities for observa- tion and study wJiicli lie had not prexinusly enjoyed. ;ind he entered U])on his work with en- thusiasm. His fre(|uent contributions of ])ai)ers and cases and exhil)ition of patients at the local societies show that he was utilizing his advantages to the fullest extent. The sub- ject was a new one. here or elsewhere, and Dr. Miles was the lirsi to teach it as a specialty in I ' .altiniore. and tiie tn t to briui;- l efore the Maryland profe - ion the niidern views and re- .searches regarding it. In .March. 1S71. at the re(|uest of ,1 number of ])ractitioners of this city, he delivered a course of lectures ujxin the I ' hysiologv and I ' athologv of the Nervous System. which continued three times a week for several weeks. Thev were intended cbielly fir ])hysicians. and were given at 5 P. .M. In 1 S74 he contributed a ])aper at the annu.-d nieeling of the .Medical ;nid C ' hirurgical h ' aculty of .Ajarvland. on the recent investi- g;itions into ibe functions of the brain by Ilughlings Jackson, l- ' errier. b ' ritsch. liitzig and .X ' othuagel. which atlracteil great attention. 1 le showed that the convolutions are not centres for ideas, as had been jjreviously thought, but for nioxements. and indicated the site of the arious centres of motion in the cerebral cortex, llis actixitv as a neurologist can be best judged by a perusal of his contributii ins. a list of which is a]ipended to this sketch. For a long time he has been one of the most prominent figures in universitv circles. V.u- dowed with a handsome face :md figure, and with that ease and ;;race of manner and dignity which cb.aracteri es the -Sduthern gentleman: he would be a marked figure in anv circle. He has a good oice. of medium register, and re.idy cotnniand of language: he never uses notes. He is devoid of .all v.anity. ])reteuse and prejudice. ;i hater of shaius. and modest as to his own achievements. He has always been a clo.se reader an 1 deep thinker in the dei)artments o er which he ])resides at the university. . n enthusiastic student himself, he has the happy tacailty ot im]),aiaing to his classes some portion of his own ])irit. and ;it ibe same time pre- senting a subject with so much eloi|nence. force and cleaiMiess as to make :i deep imi)ression U|)on his hearers. These (|u,ditics ha e rendered him one of the most po])ular teachers the university has e er had. and ;i worthy successor of Cocke. Daxidge. (iodman. (ieddings. Roby. Hammond, [olnison and Donaldson. Dr. Miles has one son. I,. W ' ardlnw .Mijes. who, although ;i medical graduate of our uni- versity, lias ab.andon ' jd nicdicine fur liler.ature. He is now cunnecled with the teaching staff of Johns Hopkins I ' niver-iiy. having recently t.ikeu the Doctor.ile of Philosophy in that in- stitution. The following is a nvre or less ci m|)lete li t of Dr. .Miles ' conlributious to literature: C ' ounter-irrit.atiiiii. hn ' tiiihirr Medical Journal. 1S70. ] ]). fi -jj : Notes of a Case of Cerebr.d Tumor. Maryland Medical Journal. sj . pj). ; Kindfleisch ' s Pathological . nat- 18

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Francis Turquand Miles M, D. Tr HERE is no noliler character in (iod ' s nniverse than the pliysician wlio lias Hved the life withont fear and witauut reproach. His experience is nnique and snch as to sound liuman nature to its ' ery depths. Tlie habitual [)ractice of self-denial, the fa- miliarity with all phases and degrees of suffering, the responsibility which rests upon him as the guardian of the secrets and the health and lives of his fellow-beings, develop in him the highest qualities of manhood. In the distinguished personage whose name heads this page we see an example of the model physician, the faithful teacher, the rehned and courteous gentleman, and one who bears with uKxlesty the honor of a long and ell-spent life. I et us seek to profit liy the lessons which the study of such a life affords. Francis Tnr(|uand Miles was born on a plantation near Charleston, S. C, about the year 1828. He receix ' cd his academic training and tlie degree of Bachelor of Arts at the Charles- ton College. His professional training and medical degree were ()btained,at the Medical Col- lege of the State of South Carolina. Shortly after graduation, in 1849, he went abroad and studied in Pans, under Charcot and Hirschfeld. Returning to Charlest(jn, he became con- nected with the teaching faculty of his Alma Mater, filling successively the role of prosec- tor, assistant demonstrator, demonstrator, assistant professor, and, in i860, full ])r;)fessor of physiological anatomv, as successor of Professor Holbrook. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the Confederate service as a private in the infantry. He soon rose to be lieu- tenant and later, captain. For a short time he had charge of Fort Sumpter during the at- tack upon it bv the Federal fleet. At the Battle of Secessionville, S. C, in 1862, he was shot throULvh the thigh, and he -was also wounded at Fort Sumpter the following year. This led to his retirement from active service and d;iing the last year of the war he held rank as full surgeon in the medical department. The war having closed, he resumed his chair in the Medical School. .Vbout this time he paid a second visit to Europe, attending the lectures of Claude Bernard and Ih-own-Sequard, in Paris, and studying diseases of the nervous sys- tem, under (lowers and Hughlings Jackson, in London. In 1868 he removed to Baltimore, and was immediatelv appointed ])rofessor of anatomy in the Washington University Medi- cal School. In 1869 he was called to fill the chair of anatomy and clinical diseases of the nervous system at the University of Maryland. In 1880 he was transferred to the department of physiology, which he continues to fill at the jiresent time. Dr. Miles is a member of the ] Iedical rmd Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland and has twice filled in it the office of vice-president. He was president of the American Neurological Association from 1880 to 1882. He is also an honorary member of the American Associa- tion of Physicians. He has been a consulting physician of the Johns Hopkins Hospital since its foundation, in 1889. 17

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omy. ( 7 ' m«j fl r( , with Dr. W. C. Kloman). 1872; Valedictory Address to Graduating Class, University of Maryland. 5(r !;norc .S ' ;r», March 7, 1871; Peripheral Paralysis, American Clinical Lcctnrcs, by Seguin. 1876. No. 12, Vol. 2, pp. 16; A Contribution to Regional Diagnosis in Brain Lesion. Translation, American Neurology Association, i%yy, pp. 7: Case of Extreme Muscular Atro])liy of the Lower Extremities, Neuritis (?) Recov- ery, Maryland Medical Journal. October, 1877, pp. 5; Electricity in Medicine, Mary- land Medical Journal. 8 S. pp. 17; A Contribution to Cerebral Localization, Arch, of Me Heine. Xew York. 1879, p]). 2 ; Tumor of the Pons Varolii, Arch, of Medicine, New York, 1881, pp. 3; Case of Vaso-Motor Paralysis, Trans.. Medical and Chirurgical Fac- ulty of Maryland. iSHi. ]) ). t,: Two Case?, of Neuritis of the LHnar Nerves, Maryland Medical Journal, 1881, pp. 3; Nutritive Alterations and Deformity of Fingers from Pres- sure on Nerves in the . xilla, Journal Nen ' ous and Mental Diseases. New York, 1883, viii., p. 2; Nutritive Alteration in the Hand from Pressure of the Head of the Dislocated Hu- merus in the . xilla, Journal Xeri ' ous and Mental Diseases. New ' ork, 1883. x., p. i ; Diseases of Peripheral Nerves, System of Practice of Medicine, by Win. Pepper, V., 1886, pp. 34; A Case of Accidental Litravertebral Nerve-Stretching, Xck ' Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, 1886-7, xiv., pp. 6; Resuscitation in Threatened Death from Chloro- form, Medical Record, New York. 1888, xxxiii., p. i ; Effect of Spinal Concussion on the Reflexes, Trans., Association American Physicians. 1888, ])p. 6; Hydrocephalus; Dropsy of the Brain, Vater on the E5rain. Encyclopedia of Diseases of Children, by J. M. Keating, 1890, iv., pp. 23; Facial Paralysis, Bell ' s Paralysis, International Clinics. 1891. ii., pp. 9. A Case Presenting the Symptoms of Landry ' s Paralysis, with Reco ery, Trans.. Associa- tion American Physicians. 1892, vii., pp. 3: Hemiplegia, witli Impaired Sensation from Lijury to the Rolandic Region, International Clinics, 1894, iv., pp. 6; Pseudo-Hypertro- phic Muscular Paralysis, American Text Book Diseases of Children, 1) - Starr, second edi- tion, 1898, pp. 6; Diseases of the Meninges of the Brain, Thrombosis of the Sinuses of the Dura Mater, System of Practice of Medicine, by Loomis Thompson, 1898, iv., pp. 26. 19