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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