University Medical College - Scalpel Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Ellrwhmnn '11 CLASS YEL L. Cross bones, skull! Yertebra, seven! Humerus I Scapula l Nineteen eleven! i OFFICERS. EUGENE R. LEXNVIS ............ ......... P msidezzt XXVILLIAM C. G.xDD1s. .. .... l 1'fe-President WALTER I. H.-xRR1soN. ................... 5ec1'eta,1'y HENRY C. ULLERY ...................... Treasurer G. A. AIKEN ..... .... .... C 0 l l'C'S1701ldl11g Sec1'ez'a1'y FRANK H. TTAIGLER .... ........ S crgcmzt-at-Affnzs -i The Freshman class has enrolled twenty-eight members, this small number possibly accounting in a measure for the unusual peace and quiet t'hat has reigned at the University this year. The effort of the class as a whole, is devoted to mental achievement, rather than physical prowess and the class of IQII will have enjoyed a wonderful growth in knowledge if not in numbers. VVatch us, -- Qllauan illnll Aiken, George A., Richmond, Kas. Johnston, Elza L., Caruthersville, Mo. Bumgart, Ernest F., Kansas City, Mo. King, W. N., Thompson, Mo. Lewis, Eugene R., Kansas City, Mo. Bunch, George, Beloit, Kas. Charlesworth, Fred W., Vinita, Okla. Lowe, Orion, Paola, Kas. Dawson, L. V., Belton, Mo. Davis, J. J., Waverly, Mo. Miller, Edward L., Kansas City, Mo. McElvain, W. G., Kansas City, Mo. Ewing, Harold C., Great Bend, Kas. Spray, G. A., Grenola, Kas. Egbert, Orville E., Leels Summit, Mo. Swaney, james L., Hickman's Mill, Mo. Farr, Fred D., Kansas City, Mo. Scott, D. R., Artesia, N. M. Gilliland, C'harles E., Kansas City, Mo. Shafer, I. N., Edgerton, Mo. Gaddis, William C., Mechanicsburg, O. Ullery, H. C., Girard, Kas. Harrison, Walter T., Kansas City, Mo. Uhls, Russell T., White City, Kas. Harvey, Leland H., Council Grove, Kas. Woods, Archibald D., Independence, M Hutchinson. Robt. B., Springfield, Mo. Woods, A. D., Independence, Mo. Haigler, Frank H., Lebo, Kas.

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Flhr Nanal Svurgenn RICHARD LIGHTBURN SUTTON, Ass't Sur. U. S. N. fRetired.j O the recent graduate or to the medical man who is not so fortunate as to inherit a lucrative practice in a congenial field, the career of a surgeon in the United States Navy has much to offer. Aside from the matter of sentiment doctors as a class, are far from immune to wan-derlust, while few men find a pair of shoulder straps unbecoming to their particular style of beauty-the material rewards are much greater than those which fall to the lot of the average civil practitioner of medicine. Of the three public services, the navy alone allows the assistant surgeon his pro- motion, with increased rank and emoluments, at the en-d of three years. The course -of preliminary instruction at the Naval Medical School in Washington, to which all newly commissioned men are ordered shortly after appointment, serves, among other things, to give the beginner an excellent idea of the work he will be ex- pected to perform in future. One of the instructors is la lieutenant of the line whose duty it is to look after the education of the student officers in matters nautical. 'So well does he perform the task assigned that few men graduate from the school without a thorough knowledge of at least a portion of the salt water sailor's alphabet. Notwithstanding this pre-fatory training, however, the enthusiastic embryo admiral from the great Middle Welst, who has had little experience with the Bounding Deep and all that pertains thereto, will find his initial experiences on board a man-'o-war more or less disconcerting. The younger ele- ment in the wardroom will strive- to make matters interesting for the newcomer in a variety of ways, and their well directed efforts are usually crowned with success. But it is all for the good of the service and the less-ons learned from these youthful tutors are frequently beneficial and seldom forgotten. ' The quarters over which the doctor holds direct sway consist of his cabin in the wardroom, the term applied to the after portion of the gun-deck, which is divided into -compartments, or rooms, for the personal use of the commissioned force, and the hospital or sickbay, with its appended dispensary. The private cabin is rather a minute apartment, about -six by eight feet in size, eq-uipped with a metal folding bed which shuts up against the bulkhead when not in use, several chests of drawers, a combined writing -desk and bookcase with a plate mirror set in the upper portion, la metal rack containing wash bowl, pitcher and towels, and a swivel chair. Ventilation is secured by means of blowers and, in hot climates, an electric fan gives additional comfort. The sickbay is generally located forward, on the upper or lower gun deck, and is a model little hospital, especially on the newer and larger vessels. The beds are of the shelf pattern, with a surrounding rail for additi-onal safety in rough weather, and are of metal, finished in aluminum or enamel. The smaller boats carry from four to six, the flag ships a dozen or more. The deck beneath, of polished or shellaced hardwood, is kept spotlessly clean. Leading out from the bay is a bath room, with tile floor and enamel tub. The dispen- sary, which is an apothecary's shop, a bacteriologic laboratory and a hospital steward's boudoir, all in one, is a marvel of compact utility. Many of the recently completed ves-