University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Scope Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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H' f It ., ,r ii 92' 0,0 99 ILO QW W 65 'pau Ill llllllllllllllllllllllllllI I A ,W ENN dr, 57 IZ 13, 55 OBITUARY CD ohng Clark It is a genuine pleasure in response to the request of the SCOPE to recall for the sake of the University students some of my associations with Professor John Goodrich Clark beginning 111 the early 90s and lasting dovin to his recent all too early death I first knew Dr Clark as one of my earliest residents on the gynecological staff of tl1e Johns Hopkins Hospital warmly espoused by Sir XfV1ll1am Osler who ever remained his devoted friend With a preliminary training at the University of Pennsylvania he arrived full of zeal for his profession and particularly its surgical service During his incumbency as assistant and then chief resident in the johns Hopkins Hospital he exhibited the out standing quality of his l1fe that of an indetatigable worker persistent unwearying in pur su1t of an objective associated with a self CllSC1pllIlC in scientific methods which constituted the very atmosphere of the Hospital a11d 1tS several staffs with ii hom he ei er lived in 1nt1mate and affectionate relations It was also no small asset in his life that he was buoyant cheerful and co operative and had to an unusual degree that excellent gift of making friends and what 1S more of deserving and holding their friendships Some OI the original sc1ent1fic work he did about this time was of fundamental 1ITl portance notably that connected with the origin of the corpus luteum and the study of the absorptive powers of the peritoneum In those early informal days there was a delightful Splflt of camaraderie between chiefs and subordinates in all grades one of our regular customs was to make parties for bicycle rides for our da1ly exercise and take tr1ps lasting several days or more At this time also we greatly enyoyed the friendship of our beloved Tony Murray a gentleman of leisure and a skilled photographer who placed his services at the disposal of our staff and many were the delightful parties formed with M1 Murray Dr Williain Russell Dr Clark Dr G Brown Miller and others as the staff personnel changed Later on Dr Clark and I made a hegira to Idaho outfitted at Idaho City with some thirteen ponies and a prairiel schoonei and friendly oddities in the way of neighborhood characters altogether a fearsome look ing lot of desperadoes and trekked up through Rexburgh and Mormon terr1to1y 1nto the Yellowstone Park catching grayl1ng and trout and camping and in the adjacent Tetons securing a splendid elk head ap1ece in the Pacific Creek One of the outfit old Dad Spradling was quite a character who never grew weary of friendly argu1f1cat1ons and ratiocinations' on him we played many pranks. Dad was part1cularly rebell1ous to Doc Clark,s and my 'circumstitialv dictionary words with which we obfuscated our lucubrations. I recall especially one prank which we got off with special gusto. It was in the country of the spouting hot geysers where to display our inventive genius, D'r. 'Clark and I championed the hot springs as a deplorable waste of great sources of domestic economy-heating- herises, cooking or filling hot water bags. Dad, however, insisted that the temperature would not even boil an egg, while John Clark and I, in the opposition were emphatic in lauding the efficacy of the springs for every conceivableipurpose. So delicate a point natur- ally came to an experimental test, so in solemn procession, with our whole outfit as witnesses, we adjourned to the neighboring spring with an egg tied in a bag of mosquito netting on the end of a pole. It is necessary here to interpolate that previous to our journey, -Dr. Clark and I and that egg had had a seance with the kettle of boiling water over our own camp fire! The egg descended into the depths of'the bubbling waters and was hoisted up in five minutes, opened wiith great ceremony and found boiled to the great astonishment of Dad! Dr. Clark's own residents will testify- how much loved he was as their chief and of all he did to build up the gynecological service of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. lrVith such a gift for friendship, he also naturally cultivated men and their social gather- ings, was made president of the American Gynecological Society Cl9l7D, and President of the Clinical Congress of North America. His professorship in the University of Penn- sylvania Medical School extended from 1899 to 1927. It was particularly on the long trips across our own country and abroad that many of our best men came to know and appreciate l1im. 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