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Medical CollegeBULLETIN

JeffersonALUMNI

Vol. I May, 1930 No. 14

Issued by the Executive Committee of the Alumni Asso cia tion through the Com­mittee on Publicity. Address all communications to the Edito r , Dr. E dward Weiss,1923 Spruce Street, Philadelphia

Dedicatory Address of George B. McClellan at Opening ofJefferson's New Medical College Building

I T IS a great honor to be per mitted to tak e part in the dedi cation of th e new buildin g ofJ efferson Medical College. It is a dist inction, of which I am ver y pr oud, th at I, the lastof his descendents to bear his name, should be permitted to join with you in honoring the

memory of the founde r, in completi ng a part of the wo rk that he began . Four McClellans havebeen associa ted with th e development of this institution, but the most distin guished was the first.

George McClellan was a great surgeon, a great orga nizer and a great execut ive. During aprofessional career of only twe nty yea rs he founded two medical schools, inv ente d th e clinicalmethod of teaching, and probably did more tha n any single individual in th e United States tobri ng the science of surgery from th e da rk ness of the midd le ages to th e light of modern t imes.

THEALUMNI ASSOCIATION

OF THEJEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE

THIS TABLET RECORDSTHE GIFT OF $100,000 BY THE

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AS IT SCONTRIBUTION TO THE ERECTION

OF THEDEPARTMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICI NE

CREATED AS A MEMORIAL TOA MEMBER, FRIEND, DISTINGUISHED

SURGEON, AUTHOR, AND T EACHERJOHN CHALMERS DaCOSTA

CLASS OF 1885AND THE ESTABLISHMENT O F APERMANENT ENDOWMENT F U N DALL DONE IN THE AFFECTIONBORNE BY ITS MEMBERS F O R

THEIR ALMA MATER

As a very ignorant layman I have read wit h constantly increasing sur pr ise and wond er thelong list of original operations which he perfo rmed . Amo ng others, of how he ext racted thelens of the eye, of how he couched for cata ract (whatever that may mean ) , of how he ext irpatedthe parotid gland, and all these before the discovery of anaest hetics .

Parenth et ically and fra nk ly my wo nder at the achievement s of the operator give place as Iread , to surprise th at in surgica l works the co-ope rat ion of the subject is always tak en as amatter of course. I have the most profound adm iration for the courage and heroi sm of th ecount less men and wome n who before the days of anaesthetics were willing to submit t o theknife , whose desire to live was so great that the y were willing to undergo th e indescribabl e tor ture

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of a major operation which, as often as not , ended in death fro m shoc k, sepsis, bad nursing andunspeakable hospital conditions. We hear a great deal of th e courage and coolness of the ear lysurgeons, but the real sportsmen were the patients. Truly, in the literal mean ing of th e word,th ere were patients in tho se da ys ; patients who suffered th at science might ser ve humanity.

As a surgeon George McClellan shares with Valentine Mott and J ohn C. War ren the creditof really crea ting modern surgery in thi s count ry, for it must not be forgotten that these threemen belonged to th e generation immediately succeeding that of J ohn Hunter, to whom is due theglory of the transmutation in 1745 of " the a rt and myst ery of barbers" into the su rgery wekn ow . Yet astounding as were McClellan 's surgica l achievements, his work outside the amphi­theatre appeals far more to me as a layman. I like to th ink of him as he was, unyie lding anduncompromising wh en he believ ed th at his cause was just , never kn owin g when he was beaten,pe rsistent, indomitable, unconquerable. At 25 he felt th e urge to teach, and as the only MedicalSchool in Philadelphia would hav e non e of him , he organized his own clinic. As his class outgrewhis facilities, he determined to organiz e a medical school of his own and at the age of J 1, in theteeth of the opposition of the Unive rsit y of Penn sylv ani a, and of almost a ll of the older men inhis pr ofession , almost single-ha nded he founded Jeff erson Medical College. He was a loyal andd evoted friend and an honorable, hard-hitting and hard-fighting enemy. When the cloud sgathered and he found that he had lost his hold on his colleagues. he resigned in 1838 and aton ce organized a Medi cal Department in Philadelphia of Penn sylv ani a College at Gettysburg,wh ere he lectured until th e spring of I8·B .

On May 9, 1847, McClellan died at th e ea rly age of 51, leaving to J efferson College that hehad served and loved so well the memory of his achievemnts, of his great force and unceasingenergy, of his devotion to high ideal s and of his marvelous ability to inspire th ose wit h whom heworked and tho se whom he led with his own enthusiasm and his own pu rpose, so that withdevotion and with love, when he called th ey followed. This ability was rea lized st ill mor eemphatically in his even greater son, th e Commander of the Army of the Potomac. If it istrue that the spirit of the dead can dominate th e livin g, th en th e spirit of George McClellan isas vital a force for righteousness in J efferson Medical College today as it was when he performedthe first operation in its amphitheatre 105 years ago. And th e spirit of J efferson Medical Collegeis nothing more and nothing less than th e spirit of th e medical pr ofession in th is cou ntry. Forus who are of the twentieth century a nd of th e United Stat es th e medical pr ofession stands apartfrom all others. In the se days of materialism and disbelief, it is the only one that we havecrowned with a nimbus of ideali sm, the only one in whi ch we believe. Most of us know or thinkwe know far more than our legal advisor . Most of us ar e perfectly sure th at we can build farbetter than can our architect, while our clergyman is alm ost constant ly an opponent in eitheran open or a silent and often sub- conscious joint debate. But our phys ician is the one ma n ofour acquaintance who is not only our great and good friend , he is th e one individ ua l with whomwe come in contact who is alw ay s right , wh o can never be wrong, th e one man we know in whomwe invariably, unswervingly and implicitly believe. If our lawyer tells us th at we sha ll lose ourcase we either think him pessimisti c and continue to hop e, or we pay him off and reta in some­one else. If our architect objects to the plans that we have dr awn for our house, we find onewho will carry them out. While if our clergyman disagrees with us on a ques tio n of eitherreligion or morals we ar e perfectly sure th at we are right and ar e equally sure tbat he is wro ng.But we go to the phy sician and from him receive a death sentence, and we accept it wit houtappeal, as we accept a reprieve without que stion.

The faith of the patient in his physician is as the faith of a little child in its mother, for itis the faith that passeth all understanding. And yet doe s it ? Is th ere not a very good reasonfor the faith that we have in our medi cal profession? It ca nnot be explained by t he suggestionthat the fear of death will make men take desperate chances, for where th ere is no questio n ofdeath involved we nevertheless obey our physicians blindly. I am perfe ctly sure th at were Dr .Evan M. Evans to tell me to eat powdered glass and drink nitric acid as a cure for a coldin the head I should cheerfully and promptly do so, and und oubtedly be cured. Th e faith thatwe have in our medical profession is due to the men who compose it and th e ideals th at inspirethem. I do not think that I am unduly urging the American Ea gle to spread his wings whenI say that the medical profession in thi s count ry out-ranks th at of any other country in th e world ,not only in actual achievements accomplished but in th e charact er and standing of the individualswho compose it. In Europe until comparatively recentl y the only pr ofessions ope n to the sonsof the ari stocracy were the army, the navy, politics, the church sometimes, and even less fre­qu ently the law , for th e church and the law were alm ost entirely recruited from the midd le class

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and until the middle of th e 18th cent ury the surgeon and the barber were professional colleagues.Eve n today on th e cont inent the churc h, th e law , and medici ne are distinctly middle class pro­fessions.

In this count ry socia l lines hav e never been strictly drawn and it has never been considereda socia l st igma to have brai ns or to work.

As G. K. Chesterto n has said : " Amer icans really respect work, rather as Europeans respectwa r. Th ere is a halo of heroism about it ; and he who shri nks from it is less than a man ."Th e learned professions hav e not only been rega rded with favor by all classes of the community,but they hav e confer red socia l distinctio n on th ose who had the ab ility to belong to them.Th ere was a tim e befo re th e day of big business, in the age of innocence when society was simplerin th is country, th at th e commu nity at large rat her do ubted t he ab ility of the mere businessman to rule <t he Sta te, rath er do ubted that th e possession of great wealt h was of itself alone·a guarantee of greatness and a passport to Heaven. Th e peop le turned instinctively to the pro­fessions for th eir leaders, and lawyers, physicia ns, soldiers and clergymen occupied most of the·posi tions of t rust. Th e professions were recr uited from the pick of the men of ambition and ofbrains, and the best of th em went into medicine.

Th e men who jo in the medica l profession today are quite the equal s of th eir pred ecessorsfor present day requi rements and sta nda rds are so high that only the ver y fitte st survive. A

FranklinChestnut

andMusic

Annual BanquetTime: Thursday, June 5,

7.30 P . M., Daylight SavingTime.

Place: BenjaminHotel, Ninth andStreets.

Cost: Six and a half dollarsper plate.

Entertainment :the speakers.

Occasion: The annual AlumniBanquet of the Jefferson AlumniAssociation with the graduatesof the Class of 1930 as guests.

clod may slip into the law; the re have been soldiers and sailors who were not geniuses, and evenin the church men are sometimes found who are not model s of wisdom. Think for a momentwhat the req uireme nts a re for the practice of med icine. A college or University degree, four yearsof medica l schoo l, and two years of intern wor k in a hospital, or ten years in all of educati onaf ter leaving schoo l before th e successfu l aspirant is even ab le to begin to earn a living ; a longercourse of prepara t ion for any human activ ity except perhaps that for qualifi cation in th e com­pa ny of J esus, th e J esuits. Is it any wo nde r that man y are called but few a re chosen in a pro ­fession which requ ires for its acquisitio n not only brai ns and ability but self-sacrifice, determina­tion, and pluck . On becoming a member of a profession the lawyer, the soldier, and th e sailorswear to sup port th e Const itut ion, th e clergy ma n swears to support the articles of religion govern­ing his churc h, if any th ere be, and no other profess ional man, except the phy sician , takes anyobligation at all on receiving his license to pract ice. The physician is bound through life, if notin this count ry by the actual wo rds, certainly by the spirit of the Hippocratic oath that epito­mizes in a few sentences th e ideals, the hopes and t he standards of his profession .

Th e oath reads : "T he regimen I adopt shall be for th e benefit of my patients according tomy ability and judg ment and not for their hur t or for any wrong. Whatsoever hou se I enter,there will I go for th e benefit of the sick, refraining from all wrong-doing or corruption .Wh atsoever things I sec or hear concerning the life of men in my attenda nce on the sick or even

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apart therefrom which ought not be noised abroad, I will keep silence thereon count ing suchthings to be sacred secrets."

I t is this guidi ng rule of honesty and discretion that has given th e medical profession its in­fluence throughout our land . Robert Louis Stevenson has eloquently paid his tribute to thephysician in say ing :

" T here a re men and classes of men tha t sta nd above the common herd : the soldier, th e sailor,a nd the shepherd not infreq uently; the art ist rar ely ; rare lier sti ll the clergyman; the physicianalmost as a rule. He is th e flower (such as it is) of our civilization; and when that stageof man is do ne with ; and only rememb ered to be marvelled at in history, he will be thou ghtt o have shared as littl e as any in the defect s of the period, and most notably exhibited th evi rtues of th e race. Generosity he has, such as is possible to those who practise an art, neverto those wh o drive a trade ; discre tio n, tested by a hu ndred secrets; ta ct tried in a t housandembarrassments; and what are more important , Heraclean cheerfulness and cou rage. So it isthat he bri ngs air and cheer into the sick room , and often enough though not as often as hewishes, bri ngs healing ."

Stevenson was speaking of and describing his family physician .The posit ion of the old-fashioned fami ly physician was quite unique. He was not only

th e advise r of his pat ients in all matt ers relati ng to their health, but he was far moret ha n that, he was th eir guide, their councillor and their ow n fam iliar friend in most of th eordin ary affairs of life. The famil y physician was called in agai n and again merely for th esat isfact ion his presence brought in moment s of dep ression or unhappiness. His influence wasgreater th an th at of th e clergy ma n, for because his contacts with sorrow and sufferin g were usuallymore int imate, his t ra ining and his expe rience made him more human. He was the concreteexp ression of honesty and discretion, the messenger of good will. In these da ys of int ensivea ct iviti ty, of extreme divis ion of labor, and of utmost specializat ion the family phy ician , alas, isvery rapidly disappearing. He st ill su rvives in the smaller communities, still ready night an dday, win ter .or summer to answer the call of rich and poor alike, at a moment 's notice to curea cold or red uce a fever, to set a broken ar m, or take out an appendix. and in hi few momentsof relaxation to di ne with the fami ly, to advise whe re the boy shall go to school, or the girlt o college, ever ready with help, and sympathy and friendship.

With the marvelous progress of med icine and surgery in thi s count ry during the last year,specializat ion has probably been necessary . We are doubtless better off physically today th anwe re our fathers befo re us. Th ey went to the family physicia n who not only diagnosed theirailment s, but t reated them, operated upon th em, advised t hem , cheered them, and often curedt hem. We, in our superior modernity , go first to the diag nost ician, who then sends us to aspecialist, a differe nt one for each orga n of the body, from the lordly ha ir specialist at the top tothe humble chiropodist at the foot. Th e natural and inevitable consequence of this specializationis a loss of the huma n to uch , which is greatly to be deplored.

Unhappily in this busi ness age specialization has tended to mak e of some physicians andsurgeons noth ing more tha n successfu l tradesmen , thi nking of th eir patients not as friends but aslines of goods to be exploited for reve nue, charging for thei r ervice s what the t raffic will bear ;occasio na lly it has been rumored maki ng a pra ctice of charging ten per cent of the patient' san nua l income for a major operation, I kno w that tho se who are in th e habit of charging wha tthe traffic will bear, defe nd the practice on the ground that oth erwise they could not afford towork in hospitals Iot noth ing ; in other words, that their prosperous patients must pay theircharities, altho ugh We laym en have always had a suspicion that it is on cha rity cases thatmost of th e great and successful experiments have first been tried.

The old delightf ul relati onship between physician and patient in the great cities at least ,is becoming consta ntly more ra re, and even among the most altruistic and exalt ed members ofthe profession we patients , are becomi ng more and more mere laboratory subjects, who if notexperimented on are at least treated with the detachment and impersonality that must resultf rom an abse nce of persona l acquainta nce.

The progress of cience has doubtless made thi s condition unavoidable. but we can ta kecomfort in the tho ught that whi le our souls have lo-t the old friendly commu nion with ourp hysician s our bodies have gained by their greater knowledge and skill. And more than th is,we can tak e comfort in the thought that wh ile the family phy sician is joining th e company ofthe di nosaurs, his mode rn successor is st ill ruled by the old sense of honor, by the Hipp ocrati cstandard of righ t and discret ion,

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Of course the medical profession has had its black sheep. It has had its Dr. Webster, its Dr.Neil Crea m, its Dr . Lam son, its Dr. Wait e, its Dr. Pritchard, its Dr . Crippe n, its Dr. Buchanan,and its William Burke, who while not a memb er of the profession in the techncal sense at leastdid what he could in his modest way to help it. Black sheep that so discouraged the saint lyMahatma Ghandi as to cause him to exclaim " Medical science is th e concentrated essence of blackmagic." But black sheep dw ell in every fold, and th e Mahatma is an orienta l and a poet aswell as a saint.

Taken by and large, it is a sa fe assertion to mak e th at medicine and surgery , despite themean s and opportunities ready at hand , have pr odu ced fewer black sheep tha n any other pro­fession in the world. Th e profession is held in more esteem, and its members are greater scient istsand the y ar e as good men as ever before, whose ideals are as high and whose purposes are asexalted as at an y tim e in the world's history.

Th e medical and surgical commercialists are few and far betw een . Th ere is no profe ssionin whi ch material success is less frequent, in which material reward is lower in proportio n to theamount of ability and time expended in th e att ainment of result s, or in wh ich pro fessional fameis so often acco mpa nied with financial sacrifice. Professional progress will continue and loftystanda rds will be maintained as long as th e profession is recruited with men who hold to theold ideals, th e sons of institutions like this.

May th e new building that we are inau gur ating tod ay help forward the great wo rk ofJeff erson Medical College. As it has served mank ind in th e yea rs that hav e been. may it con­tinue true to its mission in the years that are to be. May th e influence of the great dead andof th ose alive today alwa ys rul e th eir successors so th at centuries fro m now even should theirnames be forgotten, the spirit of th e McClellans, th e Grosses, th e Pancoasts, t he da Costa's, ofMutter, Brinton, Keen , Rogers, and Patterson sha ll still inspire and govern the graduates of thefuture in th eir unselfish and successful efforts to make this world a better and a happier dwe llingplace for hum anity.

DEAN ROSS V. PATTERSON , GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, ALBA B. J OHN SON

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MR. ALBA B. JOHNSON

President of Board of Trustees-Jefferson Medical College

A Portrait by Benedict A. Osnis, of Philadelphia

Pr esent ed to th e College at the Recent Alum ni Smoker

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ROSS V. PATTERSON, M. D.

Dean of Jefferson Medical College

A Portrait by Benedict A. Osnis, of Phil ad elph ia

Pr esented by Alumni to Th eir Alma Mat er at t he Ann ual Smoker

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Death of Professor Hiram R. Loux

P ROFESSOR HIRAM RITTENHOUSELO UX died suddenly on February 27,1930, a t his Germantown home. Death

brought to a close an illustrious career ofa son of J efferson who graduated in th e c1asof 1882, and at th e tim e of his death was Pr o­fessor of Geni to-Urin ary Surgery in his AlmaMater .

Pr ofessor Loux was born in Bucks County,Penn a., July 16, 1859. Before matriculating atJ efferson in 1879, he taught school for threeyear s in Mont gomery and Bucks Count ies. Heearly came und er the personal tutelage of Pr o­fessor Samu el D. Gross, who urged him to pur­sue the three yea r course in medicin e rath erthan one of two yea rs which was th en offeredth e student. Upo n graduation he mov ed 10Souderton, Penna. , where he was engaged forten years in th e ~enera l practi ce of medicin e,and upo n returning 10 Philadelphia in 1892,entered th e surglcal service of Pr ofessor W. W.Keen as an assistant in the Surgical Laboratory.

Th e same vear he was appointed a Demo n­strator of Su rgery and Demonstr ator of Frac­t ures and Fract ure Dressings, a posit ion whichhe filled for fifteen yea rs. In I 94 when theDepar tm ent of Urology was founded withProfessor Orville Horwitz as chief, Doctor Louxbecame affilia ted with it , remaining until thedea th of Professor Horwitz when he becamehead of the department in 1913.

He was for many yea rs a su rgeon to thePhiladelphia Genera l Hospital, and upon hisresignation in 1925, was senior surgeon to thisinsti tut ion.

Doctor Loux was a Fellow of the AmericanMedical Associati on, the American College ofSurgeons, th e American rological Associat ion,the College of Physician s and Surgeons of Phila­delphi a, and num erous local , medical and scien­tific clubs. He was a member of th e Art Club,th e Union League and th e Ph iladelphia CountryClub .

Three Jefferson Graduates Appointed Professors

T H E Board of Trustees have announced and 1915, His long associa t ion with Dr . Chev-appoint ments of three graduates of J ef- alier J ackson has made him well known in thisferson to full professorships to succeed important field . In addit ion to J efferson Hos-

vacan cies by dea th or resignati on. pita I he also has connect ions wit h Pennsylvania,Dr . Louis Clerf, Class of 1912, becomes Pr o- Germa ntown , J ewish a nd t . j oseph Hospitals

fessor of Bron choscopy and Esophago scopy to in Phil adelphia.succeed Pr ofessor Chevalier J ackson . Dr . J . Professor Keeler has lone been connectedClarence Keeler , Class of 1896, becomes Pr o-fessor of Otology to succeed th e lat e Dr. S. with both J efferson Medical College and theMacCuen Smith . Dr , Th omas C. Ste llwago n, Hospital. He was Associate Professor of Otol-Class of 1903, is to be Professor of Uro logy, ogy until his appointment as head of the de-succeeding Professor Hiram Loux, who died par tm ent.recentl y. Professor Stellwagon has been associated with

Pr ofessor Clerf served his int ern ship at J ef- J efferson since his graduati on and saw exten-ferson Hospit al and was chief resident in 1914 sive service during the World War.

AA Jefferson Song

SONG of J efferson which can be usedat ente rta inments of Alumni and stu­dent gat heri ngs is now being sought

by a special song committee head ed by Pro­fessor Fieldin g O. Lewis, Th e committee offersas a prize th e sum of $100 to the graduat e orundergraduate of J efferson Medical College whopr odu ces th e words and music of a Song ofJ efferson .

New Course for JeffersonA course for the study of Eugenics is now be­

ing plann ed for J efferson. It was made pos­s.ble by the gift of $70.000 by the late Dr .J. Ewing Mea rs, Philadelphia surgeo n. It was

originally created as a ~i f t to Harvard, andupon being declined was awarded by J udgeHenry C. Th ompson, j r., to J effer on as trus­tee under the provisions of the will.

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President Johnson's Address at Dedicatory Exercises *As we purs ue life's -course fro m infan cy to age, we disco ver th a t its pa thways are not

stra ight and level but ar e a series of hills to climb, obs tacle to overco me and achieve ments towin. In youth there are lesson s t o be learned , tasks to be perf ormed and exa minations to bepassed ; in manhood there are experiences to be ga ined, business probl ems to be mas tered andsuccesses to achieve. Each victo ry sinks int o insignificance in cont rast with the new problemspresenting themselves for solutio n and each victory gai ned upplies the experience and powernecessar y to win new ones. This is life. With inst itutions the sa me condit ions prevail. Such hasbeen the history of J efferson Medical Colleg e during th e more th an a century of its exi tence,yea rs of st rugg le and honest effort to do well th e work to wh ich it has ded icated itself. Th esehave resulted in cont inuo us growt h and successive enlarge ment both of the work and ofth e facilities necessar y fo r its acco mplishment.

The ra pid advance in medi cine and th e growth of our work a re consta ntly pressi ng newrequirements, and th e Trustees hope and trust th at ways and means will be provided forcarryin g forward th e grea t work necessa ry to keep pace with th e deve lopments of medicalscience and mak e better provision for th e acco mmodation and comfort of student.

On behalf of th e T rustees I desire to mak e certain acknowledg ments.

Mr. Martin, Ch airman of th e Building Co mmittee, has wit h great sk ill man aged the detailsof th e work of const ruct ion of thi s new building. T o him and to Mr. Horace Tru rnbauer, theArchitect , and his associates, specia l recogni tion is due.

Dean Patterson has faithfully labored to plan t he buildi ng so as to make it most modernand best adapted to its purposes, and provide in it the best ap pliances for medical teaching.Recogn ition of his valuable work is especia lly meri ted .

Doyle and Co mpa ny, Builders, d id their work well.

I desire to exp ress deep gra titude to those wh ose gifts, la rge and small, contributed tomak e thi s buil din g possibl e. These gifts were actuated by man y motives, among which weredoubtless the desire to pr omote th e teaching of medicine, t he ed ucation of medical practitionersand to advance the boundaries of medi cal kn owl edge. Man y were doubtless influenced by gratitudefor th e medical skill and kindly ca re whi ch has eased or cured t he sickness of loved ones. Othershav e been influ enced by civic pa t riotism, by pride in preser ving the long established primacyof Philad elphi a as a medical center, and mem bers of the Alumni have made generou contribu­t ion s actuated by loyalt y to th eir Alma Mat er . T o a ll of th ese our sense of obl igation is deepand sincere.

Wh o ca n pred ict the future of J efferson ? Th e old bui ldings which have been its home in thepast acq uired at mosp here and t rad itio ns which were cherished by those who studied within itswalls. They hon ored associat ion with those wh o ha ve successively const ituted its faculty andprofited by th eir instruction. They regar d them as models of th e medical profession to beimita ted and so far as possibl e emulated. May we not believe tha t t his J efferson spirit willbe st rengthened in th ese new surro undi ngs, th at t he teac hing of the future will excel that ofthe past, th at th e bo unda ries of medical science will be ad va nced and that the future of ourbeloved College will be eve n more bri lliant t ha n its past?

It is gra tifying to have a gra ndso n of th e founder of thi s inst itution as our speaker on thisoccas ion. Not only is he th e grandso n of our Dr . George McClellan , t he fou nder, but he is theson of General George B. McClellan , who occu pie a large place in the history of the CivilWar as Co mma nde r of the Army of th e Pot omac. He has occupied ma ny public positions of trustinclud ing tha t of Pr esident of th e Board of Aldermen of New Yor k City. He served as anOfficer of Ordnan ce in th e United States Arm y in Fran ce thro ugho ut the Great War. He is awriter of books and a cont ributo r to current litera tu re. Since l Ql2 he has been Professor ofEco no mic Hi stor y at Princet on Univers ity. I have great pleasure in presenting H onorableGeorge Brinton McClellan .

*EDITOR'S NOTE.-Becau se of lack of space and red up lication of historical events, Mr. Alba B.J ohns on's address has been condensed in this pu blicat ion.

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LOUIS CLERF, '12

Alumni Banquet

7.30 P. M.

Daylight Saving Time

June 5, 1930

Tenth Reunion, Class of '20A unique two-day program

has been prepared for the tenthreunion of the Class of 1920, de­tails of which have been mailedto the members. The luncheonwill be held at the UniversityClub, Sixteenth and LocustStreets, on Thursday, June 5, at1 P. M., Daylight Saving T ime.One of the largest class reunionsin the history of Jefferson isforecasted.

Don't Forget

Alum ni Clinics,

Class Reunions

and

Annual Banquet

June 4 and 5

Silver AnniversaryThe Class of 1905 will wear

gala colors during the annualbanquet in June, for it will bethe tw enty-fifth anniversary ofits graduation . Already a com ­mittee has been planning for thecelebration ; it consists of D rs.Maier, M illi ken , McCullough,F riedenberg, Shea, Bloomfieldand Schneid er .

THOMAS C. STELLWAGON, '03

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DR. J . CLARENCE KEELER, '96

D aCosta Honored

Professor J ohn Cha lmers DaCosta washonored by more tha n 1500 Medica l As­sociates on 'April 30, 1930, at a banquetin his honor at the Bellevue-StratfordHotel, Phil adelphia. Th e occasion wasunder the auspices of the Ph iladelphiaCounty Medical Society and was desig­nated " DaCosta Surg ical Night."

On th e program was Dr . Walter E.Dandy, of J ohns Hopkins ; Dr . RudolphMatas, of Tulane University, and Dr.J ohn B. Dea ver, of Ph iladelphia.

At the testim onial dinner a subscrip­tio n of ten dollars was requested for theestablishment of a fund, to be known asthe DaCosta Foundation, which sha ll beused by th e Phil adelphia Cou nty MedicalSocie ty for educational purposes. Withthe nucleus thus esta blished in honor ofDr . DaCosta, it was hoped that theFoundati on will event ua lly reach suchproport ions that its use will have a de­cided bearing on the future post-graduateeducation of the physicians of Philadel­ph ia.

Annual Alumni Smoker and Business Meeting a Success

T HE Smoker and annual business meetin gof th e Alumni Association was held atthe College on February 22, 1030. It

was the largest atte nded and most successfulsimila r ga thering in th e history of th e AlumniAssociation of J efferson Medical College. Itwas the first tim e that the smoker and collat ionwas held within the College wall s and the 700or more wh o attended approved th e occasio nand entertainment with marked rejoicin g.

It was held in conjunction with th e dedi­cation of the new college buildings and th e verypopular alumni clinics. Professor George B.McClellan, of Pri nceton, a grandson of th efounder of Jefferson , gave the dedi cat ory ad­dress, which appears elsewhere in thi s issue ofth e Alumni Bulletin.

At t he an nual business meeting Dr . Elm erL. Myers, the president , who presided, an ­nounced the activities of th e Association dur­ing the past year. He reported that the ent iresenior class and 296 additional graduates hadjoined th e Alumni Association .

A specia l report by Dean Ross V. Patt ersonof th e College Endowm ent Committee reportedth at a bro nze ta blet was to be erected as aMemorial to P rofessor J ohn Chalmers DaCosta, in whose honor the Alumni of J effersonhave established th e new Department of Ex­periment al Medicin e. Th is move was approvedby the Alumni gathered at the business meeting;it will set aside th e sum of $100,000 to estab­lish th is Department on the sixth floor of thenew college building, and an additio nal sum of$100,00 0, th e income of which will help to main­tain the expenses of the depar tm ent.

Dr. Edward J . Klopp , Class of 1906, waselected President of the Alumni Association forthe ensuing yea r. Vice-Presidents elected wereDrs. Elm er H. Funk, William H . Kraemer,Clifford B. Lull , and Louis H. Clerf. Dr. RossV. Patterson was elected Vice-Chairman. Otherofficers elected were Dr. J ames L. Richards,Corresponding Secretary; Dr. Carroll R. M ul­len, recordin g secretary; Dr. Harold W. J ones,tr easurer.

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Board of Trustees Approves Alumni Fund Activitiesnew Coll ege Building, as a mem orial to thedist ing uished alumnus, J ohn Cha lmers DaCost a , a nd al so in creat ing a per ma nen t en­dowment fund to be kn own as t he AlumniEndowment Fund , the incom e fro m wh ich isto be used for the payment of sala ries of full­time laboratory teachers a nd resea rch workers,pr eference being giv en to gra dua tes of TheJefferson Medical College.

" T he ac ts of th e Alumni Associat ion in per­forming thi s service to th eir Alma Mater are aninspirati on a nd 'source of great encouragementa nd promise t o th e Boa rd of T rustees."

N MOTION mad e, seconded, and unani­mously carried , th e Secretary was di ­rected to incorporate in the record of

this meeting the fo llowing Mi nute:" T he Boa rd of Trustees of The Jefferson

M ed ical Co llege of Ph iladelph ia desire by thi sMinute to express their appreciation of the everloyal activities of the Alumni Association, par­ticularly marked by the generosity of its mem ­bers in contributing to the future dev elopmentof the College in providing the funds to meetthe cost of the erection of the Department ofExperimental M edi cine on the sixt h floor of th e

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Alumni Chapters Are Active

T H E North Carolina Chapter of the J ef­ferson Alumni Association held it s an ­nual meeting in Pinehurst, April 29,

1930, at the Carolina H otel, during the meet­ing of the Medica l Society of th e tate ofNorth Carolina. Alumni from every sect ion ofthe State were in attendance ; th er e were ap­proximately seventy-five of them who attende dthe dinner, presided over by the President , Dr .Thurman D. K itchin , Cla ss of 1908. The Col ­lege a nd Genera l Alumni Association were rep ­resented by D r . R oss V. Patterson.

At t he business meeting officers for th e fol ­lowing year were elected as follows:

President-Dr. Oliver L. Sharp, Gre ensboro,'22.

Vice-President-c-Dr, Ch arles R. Sh arp, Lex­ingt on , '14.

Secretary and Treasurer-Dr. D. R . Perry,Durham , '19.

The meeting for 1931 will be held at Durham.X orth Car olin a .

An inf ormal ga the ring of Jefferson Alumniwas held pri or to th e a nnua l meeti ng and ba n­quet of th e Allegh eny Co unty Med ical Societyon April 8, a t th e Pittsbu rgh Athletic Club, atwhi ch there were in attendan ce fifty-one J effer­son graduates. The meeting was p resided overby the President of th e So ut heas te rn Chapterof th e Jefferson Alumni Associati on , Dr . J a mesH. Corwin , Washingt on , Penn sylva nia . '03. andhad as its hon or guest, Dr. Ross V. Patt erson,President-elect of th e Medical ociety of the

tate of Pennsylvani a .

Alumni ClinicsClinical Amphitheatre

Two DaysJune 4 , by Ex-Lnternes

June 5, by Genera l St aff

T H E Alumni clinics, sta rted last year wer eso well attended both last June a nd atthe dedication of the new building

that they have been arranged for this year .If attendance is an evidence of popularity theyhave received the stamp of a pprova l. Everyone is inv ited for the two days. Arrange tobe present.

GolfWednesday, June 4th.

A FT ER the clin ics on Wedn esday, J un e4th, golf has been a rranged at the Roil­ing Green Golf Club . Th of you

wishing t o play should communicate with Dr.Ro y H . M ohl er , 323 South 20th St reet, byJ une 2nd.

ANNUAL A,LUMN I BAN QUET7.30 P . M., Daylight Saving Time

JUNE 5, 1930

199,965.033,361.953,841.00

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Alumni ClinicsIn the Clinical Amphitheatre-June 5, 1930

10.00 A. M.- "The Treatment of Colitis"- Dr. F. J . Kalteyer,10.15 A. M .- "Balance in Relati on to Health."-Dr. J . T orrence Rugh.10.30 A. M .-"The Significance of Hematuria ."-Dr. Willard H. Kinney.10.45 A. M.- "The Prevention of Acquired Deafness."-Dr. J . Clar ence Keeler.11.00 A. M.- "The Forms of Nephritis."-Dr. Th omas McCrae.11.15 A. M.- "Problems Relative to th e Diagnosis and the T reatment of Sterile Women."-Dr.

Brooke M. Anspach.11.30 A. M.- "C oronary Th romb osis."-Dr. Ross V. Patt erson.11.45 A. M .- "C onditions in Which Splenecto my is Indicated ."- Dr. J ohn H. Gibbon.12.00 No on.-"T he Treatment of Pneumonia."- Dr. Hobart A. Hare.12.15 P. M .- "Chron ic Focal In fection Experimentally Produced ."- Dr. Virgil Holland Moon.12.30 P. M.- "Hyperthy roidi sm- Surgical T reatment."- Dr. Th omas Shallow.1.00 P. M .-Class Lun cheon.3.00 P. M.-Baseball-Phillies vs. St. Louis.7.00 P: M .-Alumni Dinn er-Benjamin Franklin Ho tel.

Ex-I nternes' Day- June 4, 19309.40 A. M.-Dr. W. E. Burnett , '23. Serum Treatment of Gas Gangrene.9.50 A. M .-Dr. Benjamin Ha skell, '23. Th e T reatm ent of Chr onic Ulcerati ve Colitis with

Calcium and Parathorm one.10.00 A. M .-Dr. George Willauer , '23. Th e T reatment of Vari cose Veins by In ject ion .10.10 A. M.-Dr. Guld en Mackmull , '25. Th e Human Constitut ion and Practical Medicine.10.20 A. M .-Dr. Bruce Fleming, '21. Th e Cholecystogram in Surgical Diagnosis.10.30 A. M .-Dr. J ohn Eads, '26. Th e Regulat ion of Gast ric Acidity by Duodenal Regurgitat ion.10.40 A. M.-Dr. V' C. Garn er, '20. Modern Treat ment Problems in Syp hilis.10.50 A. M .-Dr. T . L. Mont gomery, '20. Syphilis as an Obstet ric P roblem.11.00 A. M.-Dr. M . J . Sokoloff, '20. P ulmonary Syphili s.11.10 A. M .-Dr. L. C. Scheffey, '20. Th e Role of th e Positive Wasserman in Gynecological

Surgery.11.20 A. M.-Dr. A. Cantarow, '24. Th e Relati onship betw een Calcium Metabolism and Hepat ic

Insufficiency.11.30 A. M .-Dr. Henry Seelaus, '18. A New Meth od of Making Spin al En cephalograms.11.40 A. M.-Dr. Ralph Ty son, ' 15. In fan t Feeding Simplified.11.50 A. M .-Dr. Edw ard J . Klopp, '06. Diagnosis of Ca rcinoma of th e Colon and Rectum.12.00 Noon .-Dr. W. H. Perkins, ' 17. Coronary Ath erosclerosis in Native of the T ropics. .12.10 P. M .-Dr. Elm er H. Funk, '08. Primary Carci noma of th e Lun gs. Clinical Man ifestat ions.12.20 P. M.-Dr. Louis Clerf, '12. Prima ry Car cinoma of the Lun gs. Fr om a Bronchoscopic

Sta ndpo int.12.30 P. M .-Thomas Stellwagon, '03. "T he Pre-Prostat ic."1.00 P. M .-Buffet Lun cheon.

Golf-Rolling Green Golf Club. Baseball-s-Phillies vs, St. Louis Cardi nals.7.00 P. M.-Ex-Intern es' Dinn er-Art Club.

(Program me is arranged accord ing to Daylight Saving Tim e)

Alumni FundTh ere follows a General Financial Statement of th e Fund ; a table showing in each State the

number of graduates, th e num ber of those who are members of th e Alumn i Associat ion, and thecont rib uto rs to th e Alumn i Fund ; also a statement of th e amounts cont ributed by vario usclasses, and th e number in each who have alread y cont ributed.

General Financial Statem ent , May 1, 1930T otal Amoun t of Fund, December 31, 1929 .Cash Contributions During 1930 .Interest from J anu ary 1, 1930 .

T otal Amoun t of Fun d May 1, 1930 $207,167.98

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CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATESHaving

Contributed Amoun tto Fund Contributed

$5.00

1 3.001,660.001,200 .00

180.00

115.003, 109.00

279.001,375.00

890.00198.00484.00120.00121.00670.0030 ·.00250.00249.0035 .0050.00

290.00218.00

1,04 2.00150 .00683.00

85.00400.00

2,026.00125.00

105.007.063 .68

20.002,749 .00

707.00111.50

1,626.00120 .00125.00

108,252.23199.15168.0085 .00

110.00173.00100.00

1. .... .....

8 ..16 .17 .4 ..

4 ..50 .13 .38 .22 .10 .32 .3 ..6 ..

12 .5 ..5 ..6 .2 ..1 ..5 ..5 ..

29 ..4 ..

16 .2 ..

14 .4 ..4 ..

3 ..99 .

1. .48 .34 .10 .32 .

3 ..7 ..

734 .7 .4 ..3 ..2 ..4 .4 ..

Num ber of M embersGraduates of As-

in St ate sociation24 . . . . . . . . . . 8 .12 . . . . . . . . .. 4 .21. . .. .. . .. . 3 ..

195 . . . . . . . . . . 53 .37.......... 5 .71 .. .. .. . .. . 48 ..4 1 . . . . . . . . . . 29 .30 .. .... . .. . 12 .. ' .35. . .. .. . . .. 20 .36.. . ..... .. 6 .18 .. .. .. .. .. 9 ..91 . . . . . . . . . . 22 .47 . . . . . . . . . . 16 .50 . . .. . . . . .. 8 .44 .. . ... .. .. 11 ..30 . .... ... . . 8 .11 .. ... .. ... .. ..31..... ..... 10 ..43 .. .. .. .. .. 12 ..92 . . ... .... . 4Q .34 .. . . . . . . . . 13 .39. . .. . . . . .. 14 .22 . . . . . . . . . . 8 .51 . . . . . . . . . . 13 .24 .. .. . . .. . . 10 . . . . . . . . . •24 . . . . . . . . . . 13 .2. .. ....... 2 .8.. ..... .. . 1 ..

399 . . . . . . . . . . 211 .8 . .. .. .. ... 2 .

226 . . . . ... . . . 115 .256 . . . . . . . . . . 112 .

7 .. ... .. ... 3 ..228....... .. . 29 ..

24. . . . . . . . . . 11 .37.......... 14 ..

2,702 1,567 .32. . . . . . . . . . 12 .20 .. .. .. .... 12 ..9 .. .. .. .. .. 4 ..

26 . . . . . . .. . . 7 .8 1 . . . . . . . . . . 13 .4 1 .. .. . .. . .. 17 ..

1. .. .. .. ... .. ..52 . . . . . . . . . . 15 " .57 . . . . . . . . . . 26 .83 . . .. 43 .24 . . " . . . . . . 12 .

8 .. .. .. .. .. 3 ..

Alab am a .Ariz ona .Arkan sas .California .Co lorado .Connecticut .Delaw a re .Dist rict of Columbia .Flor ida .Geor gia .Idah o .lIlinois .Indian a .Iow a ' .Kan sas .Kentucky .Louisia na .M ain e .M arylan d .M assachu setts .M ichigan .M inn esota , .Mi ssissippi .M issouri .M on tana . . ... ..... .. .. .... ...•Nebraska .Nevad a . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. .. . ....•New Hampshire .New J ersey .New M exico .New York .North Ca ro lina .N orth Dak ot a .Ohi o .Oklah om a .Oregon .Penn sy lvani a .Rh ode Isla nd .Sout h Carolina .South Dakota .Tennessee .T exas . ...... .... . .. ... . ..... . •Uta h , .Vermont .Vir ginia : .Washington .West Virginia .Wisconsin .Wyoming .

Amount$9,320.15

6,170.66

Rank of Classes According to Percentage of Contr ibutors Since January 1,1922L iving

Ran k Class Gradua tes Co ntributors Perce ntage1 1904 139 74 53.23 .2 1912 139 66 47.47 .

3 1876 .

4 1918 .

5 1920 .6 1906 .7 1921 .8 .. " 1919 .9 1917 .

10 1869 .11. 1916 .12 1913 .13 1922 .14 1915 .15 1903 .16 1902 .17 1870 .18 1908 .19 1911 ..20 1879 ..21 1909 .22 1919 .23 1886 .24 , 1862 .25 1868 .26 . . . . . . . . . . . 1874 .27 1872 .28 1897 .29 1896 .30 1910 .31 1887 .32 . . . . . . . . . . . 190 7 .33 1895 .34 1881 .35. . . . . . . . . .. 1867 .36 1901 .37 1884 ..38 1894 .39 1905 .40 1900 ..41 1875 .42 1899 .43 1865 .44 1892 .45 1888 .46 1891 .47 1923 .48 1890 ..49 1925 .50 1880 .51 1877 .52 . . . . . . . . . . . 1882 .53 1883 .54 1889 .55 1898 .56 1885 .57 1893 .58 1878 .,; .59 1924 .60 1926 .61 1927 .

3 1 14 45 .16 .

93 42 45.16 .

158 69 43.32 .165 71 42.42 .110 . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . . 40 .90 .137 54 39.41 .131 50 38 .16 .

11 . . . . . . . . . .. 4 .. . . . . . . . . . 36.36 .149 53 35.5 7 .108 36.. . . .. .. .. . 33.33 .83 28 33.73 .

129 42 32 .56 .137 44 32.11 .118 36 30.50 .10 3 30.00 .

148 43 . . . . . . . . . . . 29.05 .101 29 28.71 .47 13 27.65 .

121 33 27.27 .132 36 27.27 .98. . . . . . . . . . . 26 . .. ... ... . . 26.53 .

4 ... .. . .. . .. 1. 25.00 ..8 2 25.00 ..

28. ... . ... .. . 7 25.00 .13 . . . . . . . . . .. 3. .. ... . .... 23.0 7 .85 19 22.35 .

117 26 22.22 •. . ........132 28 21.21 .

78 16 20.50 .114 23 20.17 .95 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 .60 12 20.00 .

5 . . . . . . . . . .. 1 20.00 .107 21 1 ~ .60 .

68 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . .. . . . 17.64 .102 18 17.64 .137 24 17.51 .82 14 17.07 .24 . . . . . . .. . . . 4 16.67 .66 11 16.67 .6 1 16.67 .

68 11 16.17 .82 . . . . . . . . . .. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . 14.63 .90 12 13.33 .

145 19 13.10 .93 12 12.90 .

141. 17 12.05 .51. .. .. ... . .. 6 11.76 ..37 . . . . . . . . . .. 4 10.81 .74 .. . . . . . . . . . 8 10.81 .79 . . . . . .. . . .. 7 .. . . . . . . . . . 8 .86 .99. . . . . ... . . . 8 . . . ... .. . . . 8.80 .37 3 8. 10 ..62 . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . 8.06 .

104 . . . . . . . . . .. 8 . . . . . . . . . .. 7.69 .44 3 ... .. . .. .. . 6.81. .

137 8 5.83 ..141 . . . . 7 . . .. . . . . . . . 4.96 .138 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .72 .

15

729.00

4,425.00

9,726.009,275.002,137.00

3,964.75500 .00

4,443.002,405.00

998 .503, 157.305,633 .006,108.00

141.006,090.003,689 .00

974.671,708.001.952.002,9 18.002,100.00

126.004,210 .00

90.001,283.333,244.002,948.00

917.002,307.00

991.005,247.00

10.005,201.002,955.002,254.002,584.16

495.45580.00

2,863.002.00

774.00446.00

2,389 .00929.00956.00493.00106.00245.00

2,755.001,545.00

192.00253 .00105.00

2,315.00137 .00176.00140 .0040.00

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OtherE. J . G. Beardsley, M .D .Mitchell Bernstein , M .D.Charles W. Bonney , M.D.Lawrence S. Carey, M .D .W. J . Carrington, M .D .Harold S. Davidson , M .D .Warren B. Davis, M.D.John T . Farrell, M .D .Bru ce L. Fleming, M .D .Vau ghn C. Garner , M .D .R . S. Gr iffith , M .D.Burgess L. Gordon, M.D.

ALABAlIlA-Lewis C. Woodson ,ARIZONA-George W. Pursell.ARKANSAs- Ch arl es WallisCALIFOR, 'IA-H. M . Haw kins .COLORADo-Jam es E . Weather ford .CO, 'NECTIC T-Da niel P. Griffin..DELAWARE-William N. Fenim ore.DISTRICT OF COLUJ-I BIA-Edward L.F LORIDA-Wilbur E . BurnettGEORGIA-George P. Kinn ar dIDAHO-O. F. Swindell.I LLINOIs-Frederick Ew ens.INDI ANA-Law rence Sh inab erry .IOWA-Paul H. Beppl er,KANSAs-Geor ge B. M orrison .K ENTUCKy-Virgil G. Kinnaird .LOUISIANA-Thomas E. Williams.M AINE-Har old S. Bab cock.MARYLANo--Lysle R. Everhart.MASSACHUSETTs-Eugene Beau cham p.MI CIlIGAN-Matthew M . Smith, Jr.M INNESOTA-Fred A. Thysell.M ISSISSIPPI-Willard H . Parsons.M ISSOURI-Walt er S. Love.MONTANA-EYon L. And erson .N EBRASKA- Carroll D. Evan s, Jr.N EVADA-William L. Sha w.NEW H AMPSIIIRE-W. L . Co lema n.N EW J ERSEy-Hen ry Or ton .

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFTHE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE, PHILADELPHIA

Officers for 1930-1931PRESIDENT-Edward J. Klopp, M .D., 1611 Clifford B. Lull, M.D., Inl Pine Street,

Spruce Street, Philadelphia , Pa. Philadelphia, Pa.VICE-CHAIRMAN-Ross V. Patterson, M .D., 2126 Louis H . Clerf, M.D., 1216 Walnut treet,

Spruce Street, Philadelphia , Pa. Phi ladelphia, Pa .VICE-PRESIDENTS- CORRESPONDING SECRETARY-James L. _Richards,

E lmer H. Funk, M .D., 269 S. 19th Street, M.D., 1930 Chestnut Street , Philadelphia.Ph ilad elph ia , Pa . RECORDING SECRETARy-Carroll Mullen, M .D.,

William H. Kr aemer , M .D ., 7 West Te nth Bywood, pper Darby, Pa,Street, Wilmington , Del. T REASu RER-Har old W. Jones, M.D., 1930

Chestnut St reet, Philadelph ia , Pa.

Mem bers of the Executive Committeew. H . Kinney, M .D . R ober t P . Regester, M.D.F. W. Konzelm ann, M .D. Lewis C. Scheffey, M .D.Fielding O. Lewis, M .D. Cha rles E. G. Shannon , M .D.I. Charl es Lintgen , M .D. Henry K. Seclaus, M .D.M. G. Ma ckmulI, M.D. Clyde M . Spa ngler, M.D.E. L . Meyers, M .D. Aust in T . Sm ith, M.D.H enry K. Mohl er , M .D . I. P. Stritt matter, M.D.Roy W. M ohl er , M .D . Ralph M . Tyson, M .D.Th ad L . M ont gom ery, M .D . A. A. Walkling. M .D.C. W. Xi ssler ; M .D . Ed ward Weiss, M.D.Alan P. Pa rker , M.D. Herbert A. Wid ing, 1\1'.0.J ohn D. Reese, M .D . G. A. Willauer, M .D.

Stat e Vice-PresidentsJ r. l':EW MEXICo-William R. Quinn.

NEW YORK-J ohn H. Moss.• ' ORTH CAROLINA-C. V. Timberlake.NORTH DAKOTA-Ed mu nd C. Stucke.Omo-Charles W. Wassman.OKLAUOMA-Ma urice J . Searle.OREGON-George R . Vehrs,

M orrison . PENNSYLVANIA- G. F. Wheeling.R UODE ISLANo--Jam es H . Bart ley, Jr.SOUTH CAROLL"A- Hugh S. Black.SOUTH DAKOTA- Car roll F . Crain.T ENNESSEE-George I. Baker .T EXAs- Allan G. Flythe.Uran-e-Dcan A. Harvey,VERMONT- Eugene A. Sta nley.VIRGINIA- George M . Maxwell.WASm NGTON-Alphonse N. Codd .WEST VIRGINIA-Arthur K. Hogc.WISCONSIN-William C. Becker.WYOlllING-John D. Shing le.U. S. ARJ-I Y-John Th omas AYdelotte.U. S. NAVy-Rollan d R. Gass~r .U. S. P UBLIC HEALTU ERVICE- John Kirkland

R oss.CANADA-William A. Dobson .PORTO RIco-A. J. Barreras.CHINA-Yu Ying Chiang.H AWAII-Min Hin Li.