Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-03
STUDENTS AT WORK
Opening Exercises of Various Col
leges Monday Evening.
COLUMBIAN MEDICAL AND DENTAL
The Increasing Roll Of Students at
Georgetown Medical College.
OTHER INSTIT TON

The seventy-third session Of the medical
| and dental departments Of Columbian UNI
| versity opened Monday night at the medical
| college, 1425 H street northwest. large
number Of students and friends Of the col
| lege were present and the main lecture room
| was crowded when the exercises began. The
faculty, headed by the new dean, DR.. d. X.
Shute. and Rev. DR.. Green. the acting presi-
dent of the university, occupied seats on the
platform. AS each familiar face was recog-
| nized the students yelled with pleasure. DR..
Shute received an ovation. and Prof. De
Swenitz, who is a great favorite, was loudly
| applauded after delivering his excellent ad-
dress. Nor was the dental faculty for
gotten. DR.. ]. Hall Lewis, the new dean Of
| that department, was heartily congratulated
and DR.. Noble received unstinted applause
after his address.
AS soon as the students had cheered them
selves hoarse DIR. Shute introduced Rev. DR..
| Green, the acting president of the uni
| versity. The latter. after paying hand
some tribute to the late DR.. J. c; yelling.
spoke highly Of the university. its bright
prospects and brilliant past. The medical
department had made name for itself, he
| said, that was second to none in this broad
land, and he wished for 1t the same success
that had characterized 1t for nearly CEN
fury.
The boys were clamoring for DR.. Shute.
and he finally consented to address them.
He referred to the resignation Of Dr: A. E.
| whose fidelity and loyalty to the college had
contributed SO much to its success. Getting
down to business. he said the faculty had
prominent professors DR.. q. Wythe Cooke
had accepted the chair of clinical professor
of medicine; DR.. A. r. Stands, professor Of
| orthopedic surgery; Prof. John Van Rens-
/ gal fhnI nN q
gan. professor Of practical pharmacy; DR..
Albert l.. Stavely. demonstration of patho-
| logical anatomy; DR.. Edward Morse, demon
strator Of obstetrics; Drs. Chas. r. Clark
and H. w. Rolling, demonstrators of his
tologyi DR.. e. q. Seibert, demonstration of
| chemistry, and Drs. p. G. Hunt Frank
Leech and +. b. Nash. assistant demon
| In addition to these a modern pharmacy
had been added to the college, where
students would receive special instructions
| in compromising prescriptions and learning
the use Of drugs. The chemical laboratory
| had also been enlarged and a number of
| minor improvements made which would be
or great service to the students 1t was also
provided that the students should attend a
| clinical course at several Of the hospitals.
He stated in conclusion that the first lecture
would take place Tuesday afternoon. He
| then introduced Prof. De Sweinitz. the treas
urer-secretary Of the college.
Prof. De Sweinitx's Address.
It vas some time before the professor
could proceed. The students broke loose
| and their cheers shook the building. Prof
De Sweinitz. who had been selected by the
| faculty to deliver the opening address. then
proceeded. He spoke Of a new branch Of
| science, the important relation of which to
| preventive medicine and therapeutics, he
| said. Is just beginning to be appreciated
namely. the study of biochemistry. Now
| that the microbic origin Of most diseases
ha hnr lyy Stohl hal fha II
er said, It has also been shown that the
chemical products Of these germs are the
direct causes In most instances Of their
fatal effects. When, however. the germ Of
disease has been discovered the door has
been opened to the study Of the most In
teresting chemical as well us physiological
| problems that can well be imagined. He
spoke Of the culture Of germs. and said
that the first step in the study Of biochem-
| tstry Is to discover the best means Of feed
ing the germs so that they will yield the
largest amount Of their distinctive products,
Just as a beekeeper would endeavor to select
| a loca ton where the bees would have &C.
cess to those blossoms which would give
the largest and most delicious yield Of
| which are injurious were dwelt upon by
the speaker, and he outlined the results Of
the discoveries which have been made.
with diphtheria," he said, ut has been
found possible to immunize animals with
| the poison elaborated by the growth Of the
germ. But a step In advance has also been
made. The blood of these immune animals
| possesses the property Of making other
animals immune to diphtheria and curing
the disease already begun.
mot only in the lower animals is this the
case, but many experiments abroad have
shown that the blood from immune animals
will also prevent diphtheria in man or cure
1t IL its use is begun In time. This curative
and minimizing principle is found In the
and the solution thereof used as an i'm
munizing or therapeutic agent and Is CALI
ed diphtherin. The blood Of dogs. cows,
sheep and goats have been found the most
satisfactory sources for the preparation Of
this active poison. Perhaps some over-fas-
tidious patients might prefer the disease
rather than have the substance obtained
from the blood Of goat injected into their
aristocratic veins. Such should be satis-
fed with certificate to the effect that in
oculation does not convey any Of the pc
culiar characteristics OF the animal from
which the serum has been derived. In like
| manner by the germ poison can animals
be made immune to tetanus, and, by the
way. this germ Is one Of those which does
not like oxygen. and the serum from such
animal has minimizing and protective
properties against tetanus. The independ-
ent character Of these bacteria is shown
again, In that the diphtheria germ is not
incommoded by the tetanus poison nor the
tetanus germ by the diphtheria poison"
DR.. Henry B. Noble of the dental depart
ment was then introduced and delivered the
address to the dental students. His re-
marks were complete ana nllle0 with good
advice to the student in dentistry.
At the conclusion Of his remarks the
faculty held a reception and the students
| were heartily received. This promises to be
the banner year in the history of the col
lege.
Georgetown Medical College.
The forty-sixth session Of the medical de-
partment Of the Georgetown University also
opened Monday evening under the most ia
vorable circumstances. DR. g. L. Magruder,
the dean Of the faculty, was busy all the
afternoon registering the names Of intend
| ing students. who reported in unusually
large numbers. Judging by the attendance
last evening the number Of students this
year will be considerably in excess of what
| 1t was last year. During the summer q
number of important additions and i'm
provements have been made in the hand
some home Of the school on H street and
the equipments Of the various laboratories
have been SO materially increased that the
facilities for practical work are far greater
than ever before.
The Georgetown medical school has al
ways laid special stress upon the value of
practical work in the laboratories and
clinics, and DIR. Magruder assured a Star
reporter that this would be more than ever
the case this coming year. A gratifying
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