The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25

ment OF well-trained hands, skilled in the
necessary manipulation, is required to
give the best results.
''In this respect we claim that the meth
DDS pursued in the California Medical Col
lege are much better than former customs
of hospital instruction, so called, in which
scores or hundreds of students of all classes
sat in q great amphitheater and observed
at distance, perhaps through opera
glasses. few professors and attendants
perform some minor operation. In adolf
ton to the students practicing on the
cadaver, my rule is to take with me in
rotation two or three members of the
senior class, or fourth year students only,
to the patients bedside, whether in prl-
vate residence or hospital, where, under
my personal supervision, they observe and
assist in some of the most important oper-
atoms.
''For instance, in the last year or two, in
addition to amputations and minor sur
gerry, one or more of the students have
taken part in the successful operations of
hysterectomy by both upper and lower
methods, ovariotomy, cystoomy, herniot-
omy. perineorrhaphy, colporrhaphy. ex-
cision of the appendix and various tumors,
removal of the lower rectum, cure of
hemorrhoids b. incision or injection; of
structures by incision, dilation and electro
lysis; of diseased bones by curettement and
injection; of unlimited fractures by drilling
and mailing, and OF fistulas ulcers and fis-
sures of the rectum by variety of methods
and OF deformities by plastic operations, and
many others. The application of the vari-
Gus forms of electricity also is shown to be
effective in many cases which formerly
would have been subjected to cutting
operations or tedious and unpleasant medi-
cal treatment, often without avail"
DR.. Fl. Kylberg. professor of osteology,
California Medical College, and secre-
tary of the San Francisco County Society
of Physicians and Surgeons. contrasting
American methods of education with those
of European countries, says:
1.-THE American medical education is
decidedly practical, and course of four
| years studies, in conjunction with con-
slant clinical work. as required by the
| California Medical College. is surely tend
| ing to the development OF practical med
| icos. And when the American seeks for
scientific attainments in the profession he
| invaria bly, finds them.
"This I must say for the American
| that, being myself foreigner, having re-
ceived my earlier education across the
| pond, and consequently somewhat partial
! to the institutions of my native land
were l seriously i'll to-day and had the
consciousness tosdirect who should be my
! physician, my preference for safety and
hopes of recovery would remain with the
| American eclectic NJ. d. How does the
! education of the medical man in America
| compare with that of the European?
eve must consider that there are two
sides to the question; and it must be con-
ceded that our European confrere has the
advantage of more thorough ground
work of classical education. Then, taking
| for example my own native country,
! Sweden, where it requires from eight to
ten wears OF constant medical studies to
qualify for graduation, the question arises,
Are they OVERRIDING a good thing? 1
/ frankly believe they are. All these very
scientific pursuits and studies will GER
tainly develop corps of scientists of the
highest order; but the practical, every
day successful bedside physician is hardly
| ever developed on these lines"