CORNELL UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Volume XXVI Number 3 Announcement of The Medical College for 1934-35 at 1300 York Avenue, New York City and the first year, also, at Ithaca, N. Y. Ithaca, New York Published by the University August 1, 1934 Printed by The Cayuga Press Ithaca, N. Y. CONTENTS Calendar . .... 5 Board of Trustees 6 New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College Association 7 Medical College Council 7 Officers of Administration 8 Faculty and Teaching Staff 9 Executive Faculty and Committees of the Faculty z6 New York Hospital Staff . ... 2.8 Bellevue Hospital, Staff of Second Division 39 Memorial Hospital Staff ... 41 General Statement . 44 Requirements for Admission 49 General Information: Fees, Scholarships, Loans, Prizes 53 Educational Policy and Description of Courses : Anatomy ... 6o Biochemistry .... 63 Physiology 64 Bacteriology . 65 Pathology . 65 Pharmacology ... 67 Applied Pathology and Bacteriology 68 Medicine and Medical Specialties 69 Obstetrics and Gynecology 73 Pediatrics 76 Psychiatry ... 77 Surgery and Surgical Specialties ... 79 Public Health and Preventive Medicine . 83 Radiology Medical Jurisprudence Schedule of Courses 85 3 PAGE Special Students 89 The Graduate School 90 The Ithaca Division: Faculty of Medicine at Ithaca 91 University Calendar 93 General Statement 93 Plan of Instruction 95 Anatomy 95 Histology and Embryology 97 Physiology and Biochemistry ... 99 Summarized Statement 101 General Information 102. Schedule of Instruction 105 Graduate Work at Ithaca 106 Combined A.B. and M.D. Degrees 107 Interneship Appointments 109 Register of Students, 1934-35 I09 CALENDAR r934 Sept. 17. Monday Examinations begin for admission to the first year of all departments of Cornell University at Ithaca, N. Y. Examina tions are held at the Medical College, New York City, for the convenience of residents. Sept. 19. Wednesday Examinations begin for conditioned medical students. Sept. 24. Monday Registration Day.* Sept. X5. Tuesday Classes begin. First quarter and first trimester begin.** Nov. 6. Tuesday Election Day. Legal holiday. Nov. xo. Tuesday First quarter ends. Nov. n. Wednesday Second quarter begins. Nov. z8. Wednesday 6 p.m., Thanksgiving recess begins. Dec. 3. Monday 9 a.m., Thanksgiving recess ends. Dec. xi. Friday 6 p.m., Christmas recess begins. First trimester ends. J935 Jan. 3. Thursday 9 a.m., Christmas recess ends. Second trimester begins. Jan. 30. Wednesday Second quarter ends. Jan. 31. Thursday Third quarter begins. Feb. xx. Friday Washington's Birthday. Legal holiday. Mar. 9. Saturday Second trimester ends. Mar. 11. Monday Third trimester begins. Mar. 30. Saturday Third quarter ends. Apr. 1 Monday Fourth quarter begins. Apr. 18. Thursday, 6 p.m., Easter recess begins. Apr. xx. Monday, 9 a.m., Easter recess ends. May X5. Saturday Third trimester and fourth quarter end. May X7-June 1. Final examinations. May 30. Thursday Memorial Day. Legal holiday. June 6. Thursday 4 p.m., Commencement. *A11 students must register in person at the office of the Dean on or beforeSeptember 2.4. No student will be admitted after Registration Day without special permission of the Associate Dean. Upon registration all fees must be paid at the business office. **The first year of the medical course is divided into trimesters; the second, third, and fourth years into quarters. BOARD OF TRUSTEES The President of the University .... \ Ithaca The Governor of New York State 1 Albany The Lieutenant-Governor of New York State / Albany Speaker of the The Assembly Ex- ^*aY ) Officio31 The State Commissioner of Education . Albany The State Commissioner of Agriculture . \ Albany The President of the State Agricultural Society I Albany The Librarian of the Cornell Library / Ithaca Charles Ezra Cornell, A.B., LL.B. Ithaca *August Heckscher .... (B) New York *Henry R. Ickelheimer, B.L. (B) New York *Charles M. Schwab ... (B) New York ?John B. Tuck, B.L., LL.B. (A) Syracuse *Maxwell M. Upson, A.B., M.E., Eng.D. (A) New York ?Horace White, A.B., LL.B. (G) Syracuse Frank H. Hiscock, A.B., LL.D. (B) Syracuse Nicholas H. Noyes, A.B (B) Indianapolis, Ind. J. DuPratt White, B.L. (B) New York Maurice C. Burritt, M.S., Agr. (A) Hilton Robert E. Treman, A.B (A) Ithaca Stanton Griffis, A.B. (G) New York Robert H. Treman, B.M.E. (B) Ithaca Mynderse Van Cleef, B.S. (B) Ithaca Roger H. Williams, A.M. (B) New York Archie C. Burnett, LL.B. (A) Boston, Mass. Mary M. Crawford, A.B., M.D. (A) New York Peter G. Ten Eyck (G) Albany Frank E. Gannett, A.B. (B) Rochester Franklin W. Olin, C.E. ... (B) Alton, 111. Ezra B. Whitman, C.E (B) Pittsburgh, Pa. Bancroft Gherardi, M.E., M.M.E. (A) New York Jacob F. Schoellkopf, Jr., A.B. (A) Buffalo Myron C. Taylor, LL.B., LL.D. (G) New York Jervis Langdon, B.L (B) Elmira Cuthbert W. Pound, LL.D (B) Lockport Walter C. Teagle, B.S. (B) New York Charles H. Blair, B.S. (A) New York James W. Parker, M.E (A) Detroit, Mich. George R. VanNamee, LL.B. (G) New York Ithaca Howard E. Babcock, Ph.B. (Gr) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES Ithaca George Young, jr., B.Arch Julian P. Bretz, Ph.D Ithaca Herbert H. Whetzel, A.M Ithaca *Term of office expires in 1935 ; the next group of six on 1936, etc. B, elected by the Board; A, elected by the Alumni; G, appointed by the Governor; Gr, elected by the State Grange. 6 THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL-CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE ASSOCIATION The Association was formed by an agreement between New York Hospital and Cornell University in order to associate organically the hospital and the medical college and to effect a complete cooperation of the medical, educational, and scientific activities of the two institu tions. The Association is operated under the supervision of a Joint Admin istrative Board, composed of three Governors of the New York Hospi tal, three representatives of the Trustees of Cornell University, and one other member elected by the appointed members. The Joint Administrative Board is composed of the following mem bers: Wilson M. Powell, Chairman Livingston Farrand Frank L. Polk J. DuPratt White William Woodward Walter L. Niles J. Pierpont Morgan MEDICAL COLLEGE COUNCIL The Council was established by action of the Trustees of Cornell University for the purpose of making recommendations to the Board of Trustees or the Executive Committee in relation to the business man agement of the medical college. It is composed of the President of the University, the Provost of the University, the Director of the Medical College, three members of the Board of Trustees elected by the Trustees, and two members of the Medical Faculty elected by the Faculty. The Council at present consists of the following members : Livingston Farrand, President of Cornell University, Chairman ex officio. Albert R. Mann, Provost of the University. *G. Canby Robinson, Director of the New York Hospital-Cor nell Medical College Association. Henry R. Ickelheimer, ) Myron C. Taylor, \ of the Board of Trustees. Roger H. Williams, J William J. Elser, 1 c . ^ , of the Oscar M Schloss, ) Facult^ Wallace Lund, Secretary. * Absent on leave, 1934-35. OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Livingston Farrand, President. Albert R. Mann, Provost. G. Canby Robinson, Director* William S. Ladd, Associate Dean. J. S. Ferguson, Secretary of the Faculty. Margaret Barry, Registrar. Wallace Lund, Secretary of Council and Business Manager. Josephine G. Nichols, Librarian. * Absent on leave, 1934-35. THE FACULTY AND TEACHING STAFF THE FACULTY Livingston Farrand, M.D., President of Cornell University. A.B. 1888, A.M. 1891, Princeton; M.D. 1891, Columbia; Ph.D. hon. 1914, Rensse laer; L.H.D. 192.2., Hobart; LL.D. 1914 Colorado College and Denver, 1917 Michigan, 1919 Colorado, 192.2. Union, Princeton and Colgate, 1923 Yale, 1925 Pennsylvania and Dartmouth, 1927 Toronto, 1929 Columbia, 1934 Syracuse. Albert R. Mann, A. M., Provost of Cornell University. B.S.A. 1904, Cornell; A.M. 1916, Chicago; Sc.D. 1928, Syracuse; D. Agr. 1929, Rhode Island State; L.L.D. 1930 California and 1934 Wisconsin. G. Canby Robinson, M.D., Professor of Medicine; Director, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College Association.* Attending Physician, New York Hospital. A.B. 1899, M.D. 1903, Johns Hopkins; LL.D. 1928, Washington University; Sc.D* 1932, George Washington. PROFESSORS EMERITI J. Clifton Edgar, M.D. Professor of Obstetrics, Emeritus George Woolsey, M.D. Professor of Clinical Surgery, Emeritus Irving S. Haynes, M.D. Professor of Clinical Surgery, Emeritus John Rogers, A.B., M.D. Professor of Clinical Surgery, Emeritus Frederick Whiting, M.D. Professor of Clinical Surgery, Department of Otology, Emeritus Charles L. Gibson, M.D. Professor of Surgery, Emeritus Charles L. Dana, M.D. Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Neurology, Emeritus William L. Russell, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus George Gray Ward, M.D. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emeritus PROFESSORS James Ewing, M.D., Professor of Oncology. Director of Cancer Research, Memorial Hospital. Consulting Pathologist, New York Hospital. A.B. 1888, A.M. 1891, Sc.D. 1923, Amherst; M.D. 1891, Columbia; Sc.D. 1911, Pittsburgh. Robert A. Hatcher, M.D., Professor of Pharmacology. Ph.G. 1889, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; M.D. 1898, Tulane; Sc.D. 1929, Columbia. Charles R. Stockard, Ph.D., M.D., Professor of Anatomy. Director, Experimental Morphology Station. B.S. 1899, M.S. 1901, Mississippi Agr. and Mech. College; Ph.D. 1906, Columbia; Sc.D. 1920, Cincinnati; M.D. 1922, Wurzburg. William J. Elser, M.D., Professor of Applied Pathology and Bacteri ology. Director, Central Laboratories, New York Hospital. M.D. 1895, Bellevue Hospital Medical College. * Absent on leave, 1934-35- IO THE MEDICAL COLLEGE Stanley R. Benedict, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry. Director, Department of Chemistry, Memorial Hospital. A.B. 1906, Cincinnati; Ph.D.