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

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41 1 if l r I in I I P l V EN . 1 as as as aa 9 A A A as he fa A ' ' rr or ., 1 gfi'Zi'552z-llllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllll III l l lllll 11 1 . 1 , . Q 55 tp W T33-F89 I oi A ' 2 o R IA M I cfohn Qoodrzch lark, M.D. 1 5 After a long illness, Dr. john Goodrich Clark, VVilliam Goodell Professor of-Gynecology , S in the University of Pennsylvania, died on May 4, 1927. Doctor. Clark was born in Economy, 1 E Indiana, June 4, 1867, the son of Thomas E. and Nancy Goodrich Clark. n E At fourteen years of age, he entered the preparatory school of Earlham College, Rich- 1 E montl, Indiana, remaining there. two years. He matriculated- in the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- E 1 versity where he became a member of the Beta Theta fraternity. At the completionl of his N E sophomore year, he entered a United States civil engineering art detailed for the survey , 1 . . . p y . . . 1 E of the Nez Perces Indian Reservation in northern Idaho. He later joined a partyr occupied ' I 5 in the survey of the Utah and Northern Railroad in the capacity of topographer and later , 1 5 that of levehnan. This event exerted a profound impression upon his life and remained l l' E as one of his fondest memories. Upon 'the completion of the survey, he entered the Medical 2 5 School of the University of Pennsylvania and was graduated with honors in 1891. 1 ' g Doctor Clark served as resgdent physician in the St. Agnes and Children's Hospital . g of Philadelphia and in the surgical wards of the Bellevue Hospital, New York. He then Q 5 entered .the ljohns I-Iopkms Hospital where he remained several years, serving' first as 1 : anest ietist, tien as assistant resic ent and finally as resident Oynecoloffist in the service of 5 E Doctor Howard A Kelly U 6 l -I . . , - 1 1 3 In order to carry out his investigation of problems dealino' with the histor : - l y of the . 5 corpus luteuin, he entered the anatomical laboratory of ,the University of Leipzig under , l E Pgolfiessor Hislangl fpcalteholz. PUpEJn the Ceompletion of this work he went to the University 1 A o rague ant s u ie unc er ro essor hiari. After his return to this country in 1899 I A 5 igeceived thePa1Epo1ntnie1itGof Associate in Gynecology at Johns Hopkins and later iii E ri E f 1211116 YCHF, IOZQSQOI o ynecopggy in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1922, he was I E i111p81nt.ed to. thet-VX Illia? Cioodelll Cfhair hof gynecology at Pennsylvania which he occupied . - u ns resigna ion a s or time Je ore' is eath. . 1 . -' D gi es eem in w ici e was e is s own b th 't' f l N 5 heftowecl Iupanlhmi by these societies. He was Chairman, Sectiiin sfpcaisitceltiiiiccs, diggii Q 1 Q cc? aiu nominal Surgery, American Medical Association, Vice-President and President . : o .ic 1 mexican Gynecological Society and President of the Clinical Congress of Suroeons 1 E 1 E 1i11r1SEnt11er w?r,1 he was a member of the Council of National Defence, to which heogave i 5 E 31,116 Migcficai SUS. ilfneplanfkellerfgy- 1 H6 was an honorary member of the 'Washington l E gcjcictv D ociey, tie ansas City Medical Society and the Edinburgh Obstetrical 1 1 . , , : 1 1 E As an author, Doctor Clark was a 131- C Cont -I t . . 7 - E 1 1 5 contributions reliect originality of thought agividve ring? iff igsimedicall literature and these E it 1 - W1111 , 1 . - - ' 1 '. i OH, 2111 2. sane conservatism 1 E . ci xx as so ciaxacteristic of the man. With vVerder and Ries he was a pioneer i d 't E .. 'Hg more radical measures in dealino' with carcin f 11 i - H 3' .voca ' - l E drainage focused attention u on tl? ' - Oma- O t 9 UWVUSQ his paper on peritoneal E l 3 the Cor Us I t - . ,P US 1mlJ01fl?1Ut'SUbJCCtg his studies on the life history of 3 F 5 mid p . u euni received international recognition and during- re . . . - E 4 2 X 1 f 1 , -- . s ,Cent years, his writings E Dcut?CS.1iin one o tie leading authorities on radiotherapy as applied to gynecologic therg- ' E Doctor Clark v- - ' - - - 1 I E knowledge with a ilfgllgltalai atrtgaregex,fcoinbming the. faculty of transmitting his E ,1 5 and Igespect of his students. C, I O Ciaracter which commanded the devotion . -L S uring his t f - ' ', - - - . , - ' 5 ii5in.i,2x1z2..r.tsixlirifssifsgxaiiizif5: 5h.i.5i2frr'a Hospital in Phe 1 .. was the pride of his heart. T 'f 1 ' . . 0 9 CICUCY- Wark K ' E in full measure the clevotion on? tlzgsgagicfge Egst that Washm 111111, and from it he received 1 g Chccl, and wmingnws to help those in amiciiogs efared This ward with its Spirit of good 1 Doctor Clark scaled the heights of professfoisaaii S es a monument to his personality, i - that wonderful personality and strength of character axiuiimeng' hilt even above this Stood 5 cstcelmd' He was one Of GOKVS noblemen a IO al fu 1521 ma e him universally loved and ' l Q lv? flllfl PHA' reyerent tribute to his memory hiit higle?1iii'iP CoO1inrad? We mourn his E zn uen ' A , - ' , ' , cas ' 1 E cc upon tie hxcs of those who prided themselves in his friendship. mg its beneflccnt ' S ,Q qw v . :Q ' f QM at 9 K' 1 Q 1' if til 9.9 W li etaezu W f f f Il 'i 42'-'vc' 'o'- liV'il i'1l'fW1w?l2Hi111l:11' mmmumm I D I 'o e A V .1 ,. he -re--A-H' a mum' 'mlmllmlllll lllllllllllll ll l lllll lllllfsag-ggggk 1 11 Twenty-four C W im' 11

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The impre s - - E ilgiieixiiiligietheeiielid of dermatologic-histolpgic segluorgs and pawtOg13DhS5uL:2r1lZ11g35gntg1f3gg' S3256 E - - ' ' favorany an 1 an a u1n - 3 books. I-Iartzells compare more 3 - 3 arranged his would constitute a line proportion. . . . , E 5 Dr. Hartzell's dermatologic career began ix lgllhas Assistant 1n Shel ?3141rgfDE113qiIEE13i E 3 f tl University Hospital. Professor Louis . u r1ng,.p1oneer all C E derngtology, was in charge, a11d doubtless .meant much-in the development of Haritzell. E E Even today a mastership of this sort is a suze qua 11.011, 111 such a subject as dermato Ogy- E E In l89l Df. Hartzell became Instructor in Dermaf3lJo5gyAxand'Ass1s1Ean5 in Cllaarge ofvgehskag E : Dispensary of the University Hospital, and m ssoclate o erma oogy. n - E retirement of Professor Duhring in l9ll, he became Professor of Dermatology. HIS other 5 E Heldg of activity are indicated as follows: -Clinical Professor of Dermatology, WomaHS E Q Medical College of Pennsylvaniag President of the. American Dermatologic Association, E E member of the Pathological Society and Dermatological Society, both-of Philadelphia, and E E College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He held membership int the. Union League for Inqlly 5 I years a11d was also a member of the Sigma Chi and Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternities. E E The Laboratory of Dermatological Research 1n this school was established through his E E efforts in 1917. Upon his retirement he was honored as Emeritus Professor of Dermatology. E E As to Dr. Hartzell's contributions to literature, it cannot be said! that they were abund- E E ant. It can be said, however, that all were valuable and stood 0-ut by reason of their E E direct, refreshing Anglo-Saxon style,-a remarkable thing 1n thetface of the German 5 3 infiuence on medical literature in those ears and his 1lLlI'I'1C1'OLlS V1S1tS to the Continent. ' 3 . . Y . 5 His textbook, Diseases of the Skin, 1S doubtlessly his opus magnum. I know that he E always took particular pride in the fact that his paper on arsenical hyperkeratoses and E E cancer was included in the Transactions of the New Sydenham Society. E E The readers of this SCOPE will naturally be interested Ill Dr. Hartzell. as he appeared E E before the eyes of the student body. I myself came under his tutelage in 1907, at that E 5 time he conducted ward class at the Philadelphia General Hospital, while Professor Duhring 5 E did all of the didactic teaching. Although my subsection met h11n blut a few times, I remem- E E ber the Dr. Hartzell of those days very well. I-Ie was probably at his prime at just about E E that ti111e, being President of the American Dermatological Association and at the heiffht : E of his literary production. His teaching was of the same energetic stamp' that characteriied E E him 111 everything else. tIt was his habit to visit the Continent on dermatologic quest, and E E there he was much IllHl1CIlCCCl by and absorbed much of the Viennese school.j I recall E 5 very well how dramatically he would attempt and usually succeed in making the dermatologic 1 E E diagnosis without resorting to questioning of the patient. Even more, he would delight in E E exercising the detective instincts which are eve11 today more or less affected by all der- 3 2 matologists. and I subsequently found out that I-Iebra was the instigator of 1nuch of it. E E Dr. I-lartzell later told me how Hebra would examine the person of a patient and then, E 3 rvithout asking alqusstioln, aipnoltinci tokhis hypjnotiged audience that the patient was a tailor E -Q my occupa ion. ,th eve opec t at ie 'new t IS y reason of certain creases or perhaps '- E callosities. on certain parts of the hand, whereas the callosities on the hand of a shoe- E E maker might be quite different. VVhile this of itself was quite puerile, it nevertheless had E E its effect lll bringing home. one of the cardinal principles in dermatologic diagnosis, namely, E 5 that the dermatologic specialist always first makes the attem Jt to envisa e th ener lii 5 . . . . ' I g C g 3. tes 1 E of his patient,-social, physical and whatnot, before asking for any history. Gnly there- E E after will he tri' to imake the diagnosis. Of course this is just the reverse of the usual E E orcer lll in erna ITICCICIIIC. E E I The extreme practicalness which characterized I-lartzell's makeup was exemplified eve11 E - in my own student days lll 1907, and I remember to this day how he would bring a stalling E fltllflentliilp with at roundeurnl whe11 lwe would indulge in generalities. such as we.had heard E E in F ments? HC-lC lexqfsire. Y ein emenh et us get' down-tolbrass tacks was one of .his frequent I E - .1 'tl iat jOl1ll1?X'C. Jeilpre you is an individual case,-a sick patient, There E lm rlztllliyl ttlor vieilge :nay ies :ln ft e case. The skin IS here for you to see. He made I 3 aiKIqh't.e't1a ue aegracfnate rom our second-year theory into our third-year practice ,1..:z,1.S.1'1,2?.,5.121i F2315 to assi to He H 2 , - ll ie war ' I as mixterials by the Potash technique. S or e express purpose of demonstrating fungus U, A . i up U9 U, N QQIE'-2E'2'72' 1 1 1 1 llU'llll?Il'V iflllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllll5536 . Qi Tzcwily-.ri.1'