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

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This. unusual trait was lnund 1'11 OTIC nf our Httfltty and an t-n'iclt'nl mus lllh worth that he was placed in charge of our great hospital rm the very day fl lwgnn In function. No mention uf his successful Career is required fur hr: stands lntlay 01H;- Uf lhl: lurmnusl lmspital superinlentlenls of the Nation. Public nHire, althnugh more nften given to the- lnw. has. :u't'nsimmlly unlicul the medical man to the extent that l'ICl'C 21ml tl'lL'l't' positions of gram lrust hzn'u hoen placed in his keeping without violence to his professional standing nr any Very great harm to the common weal. In other countries particularly in the great Natinns alpmetd IllCClical men have frequently been selected for high political pnsilinns. Their lumilittrity with the peculiarities of the human family made them valuable men. Onc of our honored guests leaving the medical forum cmnes to our National Capilul 10 represent his great nation as Ambassador; amt! may I not say for all nl L15 that we sincerely commend England for the wisdom Of his. selection anrl lcli- t'itute ourselves because the Ambassador is. a medic. Mr. President: The Alumnal Association of today views with tll'llglll the achievements of the school in the past and with happiness Thrice multiplied rejoices in the accomplishments of the present. Like a returning army it gathers all the shrinc eager in support the masters WllU are czllletl to lead whether from our nwn or distant ports, hailing all as comrades in 21 common t'ElUS-IQ. Cntl forhicl that envy should ever lift its malig- nant hcatl to feed rligmrrl or let crmlUSinn live to profane the temple lrnm whose turrets the light in relulgem splendor streams to guide Us to a greater and mum glorious future. LOUIS SCE-IWAB. Ncwemhcr ii, WELL Page One Hundred Eiglrly-M'z'm

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number for the support of investigations into the hidden mysteries of life that disease might be prevented or conquered if it appeared. In our midst. Sir: public spirited men and women have ungrudgingly given of their means that the institution of which you are the directing leader might successfully mmplete the mission for which its very department was designed and teach the gospel of a betterehigher and purer civilization. This very day a loving daughter in memory of her illustrious father lays her offering in your hands that every mother in her hour of travail may receive the most enlightened care. It is a pleasure to record thul an alumnus, near timl clear to me, was able to perform some little part in the unexpected bestowed ul' this weicome bequest. t'VVhateve-r I have that is of value will I give to my brother that he miiy administer it unto him who needs healing. This, Sir: is the religion which prevails among this llnselhsh family which int 50 many years in groups have left our clams. It is a part of that unwritten law handed down through the ages of the. past -;ll1ti so strangely precious that it will endure through the ages yet to come. It is the spiritual complement of the Science secretSebth finding their prisone-sets them free. It is the humane encouragement of that genius which the il-fasfer has given man to designate him the most intelligent of all his creatures; and by the mime token tti remind man that this genius he must employ for the good of Hie people without the power to perform the miracles recorded in the Holy Writ. Seven thousand five hundred graduates have been sent to the held of operation since the year 1820. Of this number many have long since passed to their reward-others hesitating to meet the exacting requirements of tluty drifted into more congenial callings. Hundreds still live who devoted to their work move among the suFfering applying their talents with good common sense to the entl that pain and sorrow may be driven from the home; and it is not infrequently observed in this connection that the humblest practitioner exhibits judgment in the application of his knowledge equal to and sometimes better than the one from whom he received his lessons. Remarkable activity is witnessed everywhere by the younger men. who prepared for work better than ever before in the history of the SCillJUlitiElHUll- Hti'ate their worth in all the numberle ramifications of the science. Some display pecuiiar abilities in the Field Of sanitation ancl by their wise and prudent direction keep our homes and stores and factories and schoolSe indeed ali places where people gather. immune from infection. Others toil unseen in silent laboratories patiently searching for secrets which still lie hidden in the Womb of Mystery in the hope always of discovering new antidotes for the poisons which destroy. By far the greater number serve faithfully in the home where trials begin traversing in their mercifui mission the lonely highways into crowded centers often where want peeps in at the window and grief too is lapping at the door. Still others more Finished in the science antl art of surgery correct btitlily injuries and other abnormalities and by their marvellous and successful skill in the operating mum attract the grateful approval of the world. Uttt'asinnttlly it neeurs that from the ranks, men of great executive uhility are discovered. that Science which has no Page Um' Hundred Eigi'u'y-nx

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