Second Junior Annual of The Detroit College of Medicine Recollections and Touches from the Lives of the Various People Connected With the Detroit Colle.ge of Medicine Published By the Class of 191 4 Foreword o THE loyal friends, faculty and alumni of the Detroit College of M-edicine, we Toffer this, our second Annual. vVe crave \) your indulgence if this does not come up to your expectations, but, having been a medical student yourself, you will know the amount of work the Junior is subjected to, and appre­ ciate the amount of effort necessary to produce a publication of this kind. Oui·task has not been an easy one; difficulties have continually cropped up to deter us from our plans. But with the later day encourage­ ment of the other classes and with the moral support of the faculty, we have succeeded in putting this Annual before you. It is, as we have tried to make it, an improvement on the last Annual, and we here wish to thank the \ I Class of '01 for the precedent which they have set, and which we hope will be followed by the succeeding Junior Classes. vVe wish to thank all those who had any share whatever in the building up of our Annual, and we wish to ex­ tend special thanks to Dr. Frank B . 'Valker, who has so kindly written our History , and to NIl'. ' Vo odworth, without whose exceptional talent this book would have been incomplete. That we have made errors will be obvious, but on the grounds of inexperience, ,ye ask that ?OU see onl~T the good and thereby feel good. THE EDITORS I Board of Editors EDITOR I N CHIEF: .-\rthur E. Schiller, '14 I .-lSSISTANT CLASS EDITOR: F, C, Thiede, ' 14 j EDITOR SENIOR CLASS: Robert Moehlig, ' 13 EDITOR SOPHOlllORE CLASS: L A. P yle, ' 15 EDITOR FRESHMAN CLASS: Gerrit G, vVarnshuis, ' If) EXECUTIYE COl<Ii\IITTEE: Howard B , Haynes, '14 Fredrick A. Baker, ' 1-1< Bror H. Larsson, '14 ARTIST : Wm. P. Woodworth, ' 15 SCIENCE EDITORS : Benjamin H. Priborsky, '14 Bernard O. Harris, '14 Eldwin '~T ittwer, '14 /' HOSPITALS .-\ND B UILDINGS: ,I' F. P. Seabury, ' 14 ADVERTISI NG CO:-OIITTEE : Gerald A. Wilson, ' 14 Charles Morris, ' 14 FIN.-\NCE CO:-HIITTEE : A. C. Tiffany, ' 14 S. R. Ashe, '14 A. B, Toaz, ' 14 Sli13SCRlPTIOK CO:-DIITTEE : Paul Klebba, ' 14 Allen B. Bower, ' 14 Audrey Brown, ' 1-1< Howard B. H aynes, ' 14 :Montrose Bernstein , ' 14 Board of Editors 6 Dedication K truly anxious compliance with a custom as old as A.nnuals themselves, we choose, in dedicating this book; a patron, friend and public character. To I accurately depict this character would indeed require a genius; but the basic qualities of a sterling worth and a steadfast devotion to duty stand out in t he personality of the man, sufficient alone to extol his eminence. A.dd to these yirtues, deep interest in his fellow-men, a heartfelt sympathy from which kindnes'l itself radiates and a glowing cordial demeanor, and you have the man whom we call our friend indeed: TUEoDouE A. lVl eGuAw , 1\1. D., LL. D. Dn. l\1eGuAw was born in D etroit Kov. lIth, 1839. His early education \ya s obtained in t he public schools of this city and with the exception of six months at the Cornell University, New York, his academic course was pursued at the University of M ichigan, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1859. Du. MeGlu W then ,,·ent to Germany, primarily to study Economics and Law, but, having to fa miliarize himself with a foreign language occasioned his presence in the medical clinics. H e became intensely interested in this subtle subject, and took up t he work in the University at Bonn. Remaining for two years, he then returned to his native land and \ya s graduated with the degree of M. D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of N . Y. in 1863. It was at t his hour that the young man answered the call of his country and '1, yolunteered as assistant surgeon. He served throughout the remainder of the war; at its close he returned to D etroit and began his eventful practice of medicine and surgery . In 1866, he married l\1iss Alice Simpson. For the time following he was a professor of surgery at the U niversity of l\1ichigan, but in 1869, together with a small number of faithful colleagues, he founded the D etroi t College of Medicine. In 1881, he was made Dean of the Faculty and president. Throughout the fin ancial strife of the College, D u. Me GnAw ga ve his whole energy in its upbuilding and it is to him that a large portion of credit is due in making our college our pride. It is indeed a privilege to meet him in the clinic or classroom and feel the lasting inspiration he gives with his discipline, earnestness and lo ve. '~T ho of you ha ve not felt a greater desire to be more accurate, alert and studious because of PnoF . .MeGuA w, yet realized an ever ready source for assistance in times of discouragement? Our D ean is the embodiment of classicism. His manner and appearance are t hose of the old school and he is never too busy nor too absorbed in his serious philosophy to speak a pleasant word to all who have t he joy of knowing ·him. For forty years medical graduates haye gone forth with the stern impress of his personality upon their liYes and wherever an alumnus is fbund, t. here Du . .MeGu ;\ w has a friend. Thence, our honored sage, we dedicat.e this volume t.o you as a slight. token of our est.eem. The class of 1914 sees in you, after t he exhaustion of all or any adjective to which we haye access, A lVL-\'N. May your declining years be not unlike the closing of a soft autumnal day with its rich full sun refl ecting all its glory and \yhen students no longer look to you for guidance, may the Great Theodore A . McGraw, Sr ., M. D ., LL. D. T eacher welcome you \yith His-"vVell done, thou good and faithful servant; enter into the JOY S of Thy Lord." 8 9 Detroit College of Medicine It is interesting to observe first that the Preparatory School was started not as a commercial enterprise, but rather as an educational proposition. There was a large army hospital with hundreds of soldiers back from the war, affording HE Detroit College of Medicine was the resu~t o.f the amalgamation in. 1.885 abundant clinical facilities for teaching that would otherwise have gone to waste. of the Detroit Medical College and the J\lIIchlgan College of Medlcille. A handful of doctors-only five- grasped the opportunity and made much of it. TThe former, organized in 1868, was the logical successor of the Detroit They taught anatomy, chemistry, physiology, practice, surgery and obstetrics Preparatory School of Medicine which was conducted in 1865 and 1866 in the and incidentally learned much themselves. All became not only successful but army hospital located then near the present site of Harper Hospital. prominent. The first session began February ~, 1869, and was held in two of the Harper During the first twelve years of its existence the Detroit Medical College Hospit~l buildings that had been remodeled for that purpose. Clinical facilities accepted all applicants without regard to their fitness and graduated them after were afforded by Saint :Mary's, Harper and Saint Luke's Hospitals and the free two sessions of five months each. The country was growing rapidly and any dispensaries connected therewith . During that early period, the last named doctor or student was everywhere welcome. The course of study included the institution was centrally located and furnished educational ad vantages. In 188~ subjects of anatomy, chemistry, physiology, medical botany , materia-medica the College acquired the property of the Young l\1en's Christian Association on and therapeutics, pra.ctice, surgery, obstetrics, and diseases of women and children, Farmer Street, in the rear of the Detroit Opera House, and occupied it in Septem­ ophthalmology and otology and medical jurisprudence. Practical courses were ber of the following year. also given in anatomy and chemistry. Gradually the curriculum was extended In the meantime the Michigan College of Medicine was organized in June, to include special instruction in diseases of the brain and nervous system, of the 1879, and on November 17th, the school was opened in the three-~tory br!ck genito-urinary organs and rectum, laryngology, orthopedic surgery, diseases of building still standing on the southeast corner of Cat~lerine and Smnt Anto~ne the skin, histology, pathology, pharmacy, and optional courses in histology, Streets. Clinical advantages depended upon a free dIspensary connected WIth pathology and physiology. A three-years' course was offered and recommended the College, upon hospital accommodations provided the next year .on the s~c~nd and the clinical features improved. floor of the College building and a free emergency ambulance put III commISSIOn Beginning with September 1880, the whole course was lengthened to three in August 1881. ' ._ terms of six months each and a preliminary examination was exacted. Hitherto The two institutions competed livelily for patronage until June 188b, when, the work of a student consisted in an attendance upon two courses of lectures, by articles of agreement, they merged into one . .~ The new sch.oo~ was cond~l~ted each a repetition of the other, and a final examination at the end.