University of Cincinnati College of Medicine - Annual Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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years ago. A mere village upon the bank of the river constituted the only white settlement in the region now known as Cincinnati. It is quite probable that the present site of our college and hospital was peopled by Indians and wild animals and was far removed from the ken of the white settlers upon the bank of the river. These hills were covered by the primaeval forest. Daniel Drake probably never dreamed of the possibility of a great city upon the hills. A Tribute to the Medical College Faculty til have always been impressed with the fact that medical beginnings in Cincinnati were associated with turbulent, even quarrelsome times among the Faculty. tDrake and his associates never seemed to live in peace and harmony together.' The interests of the college seemed lost in personal bickerings and actual hostilities. I am glad to say that this spirit has not survived in the present Faculty. No more harmonious body of men can he found throughout the length or breadth of the land. They work in perfect harmony with each other and sacrilice personal interests to those of the college. Daily examples of their love for the College occur and many financial sacrifices have been made in order to stabilize and safeguard the institution. ' Each member of the Faculty believes in the College and is doing everything in his power to bring about its highest development. An Expression of Gratitude We owe an immeasurable debt of gratitude to the citizens of Cincinnati for their unswerving devotion to our institution and for their most generous response to our appeals. I doubt whether any other community in the world has done as much for the advancement of medical knowledge as have the good citizens of Cincinnati. and we gratefully acknowledge our everlasting indebtedness to them. not only for the generosity displayed in constructing and equipping the Cincinnati General Hospital. but also for their jealous guarding 0f the institution from the adverse waves that sometimes engulf municipal undertalazings?q llWe wish to acknowledge our gratitude to those good friends of ours who have contributed from their private means to the various departments of the college. Were it not for their most generous aid this stately building with its full equipment would have been impossible. Without their liberal contributions many of the departments would be starved and inadequate. May I. on this centennial occasion thank them for their great interest in our work? In Conclusion, Dr. Oliver said, uTime will not permit me to even attempt to name the eminent men who have at various times taught in the College or who led their College as officers. Suffice it to say that the roll contains names which have left an indelible imprint upon medical affairsemen who have con- tributed their best efforts to maintain and inculcate the highest ideals. We take great pride in the past, we are modestly content with the present, and we are confidently hopeful of the future. ADDRESS OF DR. WILLIAM F. SEDGEWICK Dr. William F. Sedgewick, Professor of Biology and Public Health, Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology was the next speaker. llHappily, said Dr. Page One Hundred Seventy-four

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vinced that such a school was prnperly a part nf a university. The school. however, has justilied the action of the. Board, and has acquired a national reputation. The action of the Board has since. been followed by a large number of other Universities Later in 1916, the medical work and nursing in the Cincinnati General Hoapital were by the new Cincinnati Charter. placed under the direction of the Board of Directors of the University, and in effect, hemme a part of the work of the College of Medicine of the University: thus bringing about a union of a Medical School and a Hespital. cmnhining in such a school hnth the theory and practice of medicine. surgery. and nursing, a result of which all interested in medical education have always dreamed but scarcely hoped to see realizetlx tlln all at there later movements to which I have referred. Dr. Holmes was an active and forceful Figure, patient, tireless. sagaeious and CHCCtive. lt lb 21 sul'hcicnt eulogy of Dr. Holmes to say of him that at the time of his death. Cincinnatit in the judgment of the highest medical authorities has the Enest medical educational plant in the United States. A Look into the Future llhe hiatury nf all modern professional schools. bUCll as those of Medicine Law and Engineering shows that the bulk of the work Cannot be done. by prac- ticing physicians. lawyers or engineers. These men are too busy in their active. practice to give the necessary time In teaching: and the schools which have followed such a policy suffer in competition with their rivals who follow a diHerent policy. Full time men must and inevitably will fill most of the important Chairs. 'lOur educational circles in this country have in recent years made a fetish of numbers. The impression prevails all too generally that a university is to be judged like at factory- by the quantity of its product. Let us in this Medical School, hitch our wagon to 11 star. Better a dozen hrst-class physicians and surgeons, than a hundred fuurth-class ones. The former are benefactors of society; the latter are a menace to the community in which they practice. Tu the citizens of Cincinnatit I would say that they have within their grasp the opportunity to make of Cincinnati, one of the greatest, if not the greatest medical center of the Middle lNest. We must not. we cannot fail. ADDRESS OF ACTING DEAN OLIVER 'llt is not within my province on this occasion, said Dr. Dlivert to extol the virtues and merits of Dr. Holmes. but it is my pleasant duty to honor his memory by calling attention to the fact that he was a dreamer 0f magniticent dreamst an architect of noble planst and a man 01' aL'Cotlelislnueut His memory will ever remain as an inspiration to those who seek the heights. of medical possibilities. He and Dr. Daniel Drake will go clown in medical history as progreSssive. far-seeing and successful pioneerSeeach in his own way. Drake created something out of nothingiHolmes re-created a great institution out of material that was decaying. All honor to each one of them. A Glimpse of Early Cincinnati 'llt is almost impossible for any one of us. unless perchanee he he. upwards of ninety years of age. to conceive of the conditions in Cincinnati one hundred Page Om Hundred SeventEy-lkree

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Sctlgcwiclc, nmdcrn tnetlicttl Ctlut'ntimt has for tho 1110541 pttl't cultnncctl lumtl in hand with mntlern medicine Out host merliml svhnnla .tru tntltty tcmplus of medical science and training schools of medical cnginccringt 'l'ht-it' mursuh ttre long and arduouse. their stantlardz-s high. thcir illhlleClitJll htlllllfl. thnrtmgh. and conscientious. Thcy prepare thcir pupilh Lulmimhly for inst Inlinnztl serViCC and for privatt: practice. Their graduates itrt: wull qttztlitit'tl us minislt'r: of that uriginal anti funtlztrnenlal fltnt'litm hf the Diu'sit'iHIth-thtt zn'l nf htmlintg. Oppcrtunities in the Field of Public Health 'lThcrc is. however. one vast and impurtam l'lL'ltl nl' murlurn tm-rlivittt- Ihtts lair sadly neglected by all medical schools. even by the very hast. and that is the held of public health. W'e have outgrown the ancient pnint of Vitixt'lxt'hitth held that ithey that are whale need not El physician but they that are 5it'k,' fur virt'e ilPlitJVF'. that the maintenance Ur thv public healthhthe heztlth of HIV propit- -is no less important and often easier. than ii the cure of their disease. Tittlzty we have in every one of our forty-cight states Ll State Department of Public Health, for the proper administration of which at least fm'ty-L-ight experts in public health and sanitary science arc- neecled, with two or thrcc times its many more for field 01' labtn'atoty wut'k. Thu United States Public Health Service also requires srurcs ut' qualitiutl public huullh UITIFQ'IH. untl hzttls great difhculty in Obtaining them. Still nthers are needed by the Army and Th? Navy. while hundreds of Amcrican CUUlltiCL-E. citics. towns and rural rcgiunh. either already have or should have full-timrs, trained health OHiCE'Tr-L Private HH-lilh Agtlnt'itts also. such as the International Health Bttartl Hi the Rockefeller Foundation. Anti-TLtlJchLlloaiis Sticieties. the Red Cl'tlh'rh 11ml many others. HR: at prewnt seriously handit'appwl in their lwnt-Ftrtznt undertakings by finding it Llil'llllt-il impossible to till the placus which they have. with Competent. trained pcrmnncl. The Field of industrial medicine 11nd industrial hygicnt' is. also loudly Htlling fur trnim-tl workers. whilt: schtml physicians who are rually expert, mental hygienistm auciul hygienists and dental hygienists art- likewise greatly nt-t-tlt-tl. The Unique Position of the Medical College HI hrittgtr to you. Mr. President, Dr. Sedgewick suitl in Crmclllsinlt. :mtl In you. gentlemen nf the Bnnrrl nf Dirermrs. to you. Members of thc lit-tt'ully. illlli to the student hmly. 21ml uspurially to the citizens of Cincinnati tn whnm this College is :m ornament and a distinction, the congratulations: and felit'ittttinm of this other educational institutions of the land. If in the future you Hittlii make it possible In add to the excellent medical education which you nmv git'tu Utlttcatimt in public health. in preventive medicine. in preventive sanitation 21ml in prevt-ntive hygiene, opportunity for which is nowhere t-itJ great '45 in a muni- cipal university -ynu will not only deserve and win the applause,- nf a grateful community. but will brazc the way for El. rt-l'urtzt itnpcralivcly HCC'l'lel in rather ttwdiml colleges. Mutlcrn medicine must provide a training for the pz'utttittc uf ptthlic health no less rigorous them that fur the prztt'litre 0f medicine; for tht- public health is the health of the people, and att-j llIL' Lutin phrase put it sum papal! xttpremu t'ex. Puge' 0:10 Htmdrcd Sc't'cnty-jtt'e