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

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Glruntee I T-MX i l I C. A. RITTER, M.D., TREASURER. Professor of Obsfcfzics. Graduate of Indiana Medical College, 1877. Post graduate New York and Chicago. Such has been the preparation for the practice of medicine of our treas- urer, Dr. Ritter. Thorough in preparation as he was, he has been no less efficient in his work. Taking up Obstetrics as a specialty, he was given the chair of clin- ical obstetrics on the faculty of U. M. C., and for the last ten years the graduates of the school have shown in their successful practice the indelible seal of Dr. Rita-- ter's tireless energy. As a student he was an active member of the Phi Delta Theta, being later elected to honorary membership in Aesculapian Society and CID B TI. VVatchdog of the Treasury would be expressive of his work as a trustee, for while no one could be more eager for up-to-date equipment, he has by his Won- derful financial capabilities protected the institution in every case and bor l U ue ier successfully through every crisis. As a member of the profession the doctor is identified with the Jackson County and Missouri State Medical Societies Academy of Medicine, A ' X. A merican Medical Association, and holds the chair of Obstetrics in the Unversity Hospital 1 raining School. T Q

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Ziruaivv SAMUEL C. JAMES, M.D. Professor of P1'Iillc'I'f7fCS and Pl'ClLNfl.CC of ilJcvdz'cz'710 and CfZ 1'l,l'CGl ll'fCC7TI'C'li7IC'. Mihile the founders of our school were struggling to build up an institution which should stand foremost in the ranks of medical colleges of the Middle VVest, Destiny was preparing one who, coming to us later, was to hold for six years the reins of government and, by his tactful and firm rule, guide through the second great crisis of her history this child of their labors. Dr. james graduated from Rush Medical College in 1882. Locating in Kansas City, his superior qualities were soon recognized by all, and he was given the Chair of Principles and Practice of Medicine of the .Voman's Medical College. Later he accepted the same chair in U. M. C., which position he now fills. Since coming to Kansas City he has served as president of the Association of American Medical Colleges, chairman of medical section Southwest Medical Association, dean of U. M. C., Igor-1907. He is also a member of the EE society, fb B II fraternity, State and Providential Boards of North America, Missouri Valley, Missouri State and Jackson County Medical Societiesg fellow of Kansas City Academy of Medicine and is an ex-member of the State Board of Health.

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Grantee A. H. CORDIER, M.D. Professor of P1'aCf1'c'c of SIZl'g'CI'5' and Clizzifal Szzrgcry. Not of foreign birth, but from among a people with as marked characteristics of honor and energy, comes another member of the lloard of Trustees. Dr. Cor- dier was born in Kentucky in 1859. Graduating from Medical Department of University of Louisville in 1881, he spent three succeeding years in Pelleview Hospital Medical College, where he graduated in 1884, after which he served an interneship there. Cfoing to Philadelphia he spent one year with Dr. -loseph Price in Clinical and Abdominal surgery. After practicing several years in McPherson, Kas., he located in Kansas City in 1892, teaching Abdominal Surgery in Kansas City Medical College for six years, being elected to the same chair in U. M. C. in 1899. ln IQO4 Dr. Cordier accepted the Chair of Principles and Practice of Sur- gery ancl Clinical Surgery, which he now fills in this institution. In 1896 he was elected presdent of the Tri-State Medical Society, also having been elected in ,QS as the First Vice-President of American Association of Gb- stetricians and Gynaecologists. Again in 1901 he was elected President of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, and in 702 was chairman of Secton of Diseases of Wiomen and Obstetrics of American Medical Association at ther meet- ing in Columbus, O. llesides his connection with the C. M. C.. Ur. Cordier is now Chief Surgeon out li. C., M. K U. Railway and Consulting Surgeon to Prisco System.