University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Dr. Arthur Kirschbaum, one of Minnesota ' s cancer doctors, do- ins research work on white mice. Dr. Wesley Spink perfecting the sulfanilamide drugs to male them more effective and less toxic. Research and Treatment THE George Chase Christian professorsliip for cancer research has greatly expanded this re- search program at Minnesota. The Citizen ' s Aid Society of MinneapoHs donated this gift of S5,500 per year which is the first endowed profes.sorship at Min- nesota. Dr. John J. Bittner, formerly of the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory at Bar Harbor, Maine and the winner of many research honors, joined Drs. Maurice B. Visscher and Robert G. Green in the study of mammary cancer in mice. Working on mice, these men will transfer that information to the study of cancer in man, the cause of the highest percentage of deaths in persons over 50. In this Minnesota trio, Dr. Bittner will study cancer as a geneticist, Dr. Vi.sscher as a physiologist, and Dr. Green as a bacteriologist especially interested in virus. Formerly an Australian bush nurse and now the foremost authority in the world on the treatment of infantile paralysis, Sister Elizabeth Kenny has revo- lutionized the former splint treatment by her suc- cessful hot packs and massage method. The length of treatment depends upon the individual case, but the time has been considerably shortened. Doctors, nurses and technicians from all over the U. S., and even from Puerto Rico and Hawaii, have Hocked here to learn the new Kenny treatment. Sister Kenny and one of her trainees applying the famous, though rev- olutionary, hot pack treatment which has given new hope to polio victims. Sister Kenny, the Australian bush nurse who has brought additional notice to Min- nesota ' s already famous medical school. 24

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Wartime Research William G. Clark — doing experiments of great current value on extending the use of the sulfa drugs, and en the treatment of gas gangrene and the treatment of burns. expected frequencies of the traits within the family and in the general population, the variations in the manifestations of the traits, and the genetic interpreta- tions of family histories. Because there is a shortage of quinine and because many of the men in the armed forces serve in the tropics where malaria is prevalent, Dr. Raymond Bieter, a professor of pharmacology, is working on substitutes for quinine in the prevention of malaria. Dr. Elexious T. Bell, head of the pathology depart- ment, completed a monograph on the diseases of the kidney. Austin Dowell — his plans and rerouting of overlapping rural dairy routes is saving pounds of rubber formerly lost from farmers ' tires. Dr. Elexious T. Bell, head of the pathology depart- ment who this year completed a monograph on the diseases of the kidney. James Winter specializes in the study of food preservation — specifically, preserving vegetables by freezing.

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ADMINISTRATION So it ' s Dcan-Dcan-Dcan — pages of ' em. Not the ferocious brow beaters that the quaking undergraduate fears but a fine gang — understanding, willing to help, interested in this year ' s 1943 student — a wartime stutlent. More care, more inter- est, more time is exerted this year by these capable and efficient directors of Minnesota ' s various colleges. Board of Regents FRED B. SNYDER President of the Board James F. Bell Minneapolis Daniel C. Gainey - - - - Owatonna Richard L. Griggs Duluth George W. Lawson - - - - St. Paul Albert J. Lobb Rochester E. E. Novak New Prague A. J. Olson Renville Albert Pfaender New Ulm Ray J. Quinlivan St. Cloud F. J. Rogstad . - . - Detroit Lakes Fred B. Snyder Minneapolis Sheldon V. Wood - - - - Minneapolis Back Row: Quinlivan. Gainey, Middlebrook, Willey, Grigss. Seated: Rogstad, Wood, Coffey, Snyder, Lobb, Bell, Olson. 25