Wayne State University School of Medicine - Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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The Bcumann Archive

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Administration .... Cla. s'.s' 0f 7967 .... Class of 7968 . . . . Class of 7969 . . . . Class of 7970 . . . . . Research .... . Awards . . . . Actwities . . . . Organizations . . . . Conlribuiors . . . .

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OUR MEDICAL HERITAGE Our work re.s'l.s'-more, fzerhopx, Zhao llzal of any ollzer professiorz--on the acconzpllslzrnenls of our f1redece.s'.for.s'. A k?10ZUl6Il'g6fU. what lhey have given lo me1lz'cz'ne and lo lzzonanily .vlzozzld lherefore be por! :J our background, and no! for reasom' ofprofexyional senllnzenl alone, bu! for reo.fon.s' ofgood common .s-ense. Pursuing hzla' career, llze frlzyxzczan must of course slrloe lo maintain a forward lookg for il is ahead llzal bolh ofzporlznzily and dj0i'e11l!z'e.s' lie. fel despile modern conzlolexilies, mos! of our practical prohlezm' rexelrzble llzose rj our preclece.v.ror.s'. The problems ahead are recurrences, minor vorirznls' ofllzoxe in lhe frasl-lhe pos! of our elders not our own. Frorn our Iboinl of view lhey seem lo come al Zl.S fI'I1I7I in fronl, and lo bear a fresh label. Bu! benealh lhe wrappings lhere is zzsuolly an old frrohlem, already examined and even, sornelirnex, disposed rj. By borrowing ex- perience and wisdom from ,bredeces.s'or.x' we can view cerlaln .filualions as zf in relrospecl, and view them wllh L'llI1I'l7Z0l1.Y fmjil. l'lzy.s'ici11n.s' will do well lo look ahead for problems. Paraa'oxz'cally, however, lhey should look l1ehz'nd for guidance, and a .fludy :J medical hislory fJ70ZllI1'6.f an excellent rear-view mirror cj lheir medical heritage.