West Virginia University School of Medicine - Pylon Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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HIPPOCRATIC OATH 3 swear by ApoUo the Physician, and Aesculapius and Hyjreia and Panacea and by all I hold most sacred that according to my ability and judgment I will keep this oath and this stipulation:- III ' HAT I will be loyal to the profession of medicine and just and gen- erous to its members. ifl HAT I will follow that system of regimen which I consider for the benefit of my patients and will give no drug, j erform no operation, for a criminal purpose, even if solicited, far less suggest such a course. xl HAT I will lead my life and practice my art in uprightness and honor. IB HAT into whatever houses I enter it shall be for the benefit of the sick to the utmost of my power, holding myself aloof from wrong, from corruption and from the temptation of others to vice. n F IB HAT whatever, in connection with my professicmal practice or in connection with it, I see or hear in th » lives of men. which ought not . be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. I XSD HILE I continue to keep this Oath inviolate may it be granted to roe to enjoy life and the practice of the Art, respected by all men in all ttmea! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot! j From Hippocrates (b. 460 B.C.) 20

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The eight unique marble reliefs adorning the Pylons at the entrance to the School of Medicine are the work of the noted sculptor Milton Horn. Mr. Horn, born in the Russian Ukraine in 1906, studies the History of Medicine extensively before beginning work on the reliefs in 1954. The white marble tablets were installed in the Pylons in 1956. The plaues depict milestones in the History of Medicine, each relief being roughly divided into upper and lower halves. Photographs and descriptions of the sculptures were done by his wife, Estelle Horn, and are reproduced here. P X y ( Top: Ephraim McDowell (1771-1830) treating tumor of the ovary by the first re- moval of this organ. Bottom: gnaz Semmel- weis (1818-1865) insti- tuted methods of pre- venting childbed fever, thus saving the lives of thousands of mothers. Dissection and ana- tomical illustration in the renaissance when anatomy became a sci- ence through dissec- tion of the human corpse by Andreas Ve- salius (1514-1564). Top: The American Wil- liam Beaumont (1785- 1853) advanced physiol- ogy by his study of the di- gestive processes in the living stomach of Alexis St. Martin after a healed shotgun wound left a per- manent opening. Bottom: Wilhelm Roentgen (1845- 1923) discovered the X- ray in 1895. The panel shows the fluoroscope which uses X-ray in the examination of the interi- or of the living body. Top: The development of dentistry as a modern sci- ence began with the writ- ings and practice of Pierre Fauchard (1678-1761), who is depicted examing a patient. Bottom: Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) ino- culating a dog with rabies virus via a hole bored through the skull - part of an experiment to develop a rabies vaccine.

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CLASS OFFICERS Morgantown: Regis Haid, President Dave Cheney, Vice President Marquerite Bonaventura, Sec. Treas. Charleston: Burt Fazi, President Gina Busch, Vice President Glenn Goldfarb, Treasurer