The sun., 1910-06-16
MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN BAD WAY
MANI ARE DESGRACEFUL. SAYS
DR. ScHURMAN OF CORNRLL.


graduated aixty-Sight studsntu. among
them seven women. at its tWolfth annual
commencement. held yesterday afternoon
In the collage a. First avenue and Twenty
eighth street Presidsat Jacob Gould
Schurman addressed the graduating GLASS.
The Rev. Dr. william n. Yibbsrt
opened the exercises with prayer. After
ward the dean Of the medical college.
Dr.. W, N. Polk. presented the candidates
for degrees and President Sohurman
gave out the diplomaa There followed
the reading Of TIE honor rOa Of TIE. class
Of 1910 hy Dean Polk. list limited 20 ten.
In which four Of the seven young women
were found. Various prizes were an
nomced. after which President Sohurmnn
addrassed the graduating claas on sPrOg-
ruas IN Medical EducatiOn.' He said:
There b much to deplOrS In the con-
dition of medical sducation IN the United
States. Tho numbor Of our medical schools
b greater than an the rest % the civilized
world put together. The character Of the
schools may b Judged By the fact that
nearly half Of them have incomes below
$4,000. And the valuable and reliable 70
port on -hsdlcal Education N the United
states and Canada publlshed By the Car
nagis Foundation shows that IN both coun-
tfies thsfo are only twenty-thrss medical
schools having q total annual Income Of
more than $4,000. and of these oaly aix
have q total annual ino.ms Of over siOo, 600:
and of those slx only three have an annnal
income of over e1no. 900. while 0f these three
ne Suadical nchools Of Cornell University
and Harvard Univeraity alone have an In
como Of over e1so.09o These financial rs-
turns demonstrate in q very impressive way
the fact that q great number Of our medieval
schOola are dlaRraceful, the majority Of
tham lhferior and only very small number
q thsm frse class Institutions.
President achuPman aaid there are
four stages In medical education. Nrut
u the stage Of Apprenticeship, which
bring the pupil IN direct contact with |
patients. The second stage 10 that Of
didactio lectures. with guizaas. its defect |
and lectures for actual 8xperianoe. 1hs
third introducsd DE laboratory, bringing .
the student into direct contact with the /
phenomena Of his profession. The fourth /
a just coming In IN tkis country: tbs /
recognition Of the hospital a. an indis- |
pena1bls adjunct 70 medical education.
Concerning the hospital stage President |
Schurman said:
No FIRST class medical school Ia the United |
States to-day Possesses q hospital Of Ia |
Own. The Johns Hopkins hospital. though |
separate organization has. however.
formed an alliance with the medical depart |
ment Of Johns Hopkins Unlveraitv. And
this medical department with q total annual
inrOme Of Slu. ,:s has been greatly strength |
envd by this reinforcement Of hospital
'..ue-
ine treAeesi need ot our nf-t ciasa medlcal
Nhooas "-aag - me i've ana uhhampWeu
W e"s n"-p''-ir " ncn tnsS "Nn OF aoro.apeiy
oou"ol ON the msana Aed edueauohai
-''ls lns "niy way w "hleh taeae Shooia
can uu'iNe h"apHeis - " appointing 70
'hei i"uitles kehuemeh VINO are alreaay
meihneiS OF no-pital stahs. but thia fatally
unt- tne "h"ice oi the euthofitles ol tne
hh'vef.sy w se'ect'ng pr"iessofs ior their
meoicai ~nooi
IN sfery 7'her PROFESSIONAL scnool OF
OorneH lhrertiiy We seiect tne Rest men
We can bna IN the niteo states OF IN 'hs
Honu 20 w !faT'es hut IN the taae
!" ouF metl'A -ch"ol We are imiteu' not
msre'y 20 me Ntate OF NeN iorA nut 70 me /
e,V % NeH tofN; Aha hot merely 20 the /
chy OF Nrw tors nut 20 me comparatively |
Hnsu hWhoet OF pnySFlais ana sarseons
rho are aiready on hospital ytahs IN the ,
city o. NeN TOYS Inc system y sA'togsther
VICIOUS
me way 70 es'ahfsh medical s'ssraaion 1
ana medical research on h'gh piane IN the
ehy lot ths hcs' hospitala 70 oner posi-
hons On t1e'r stass TO tAe professors In our |
best medical shoois. " The Roosevelt. /
New NOTk. ~, lakes. the Presbyterian.
or Mount sinai hospitals would ADOPT such 4
policy they would IN short time win
place In medical education and reseanch /
mat would renk mem WIN GUS and ~.
BarthoiomeN = IN London. tho Royal In
Urinary OF hdtnourgh. the Charite oi Berlin.
NE Hotei-Disu OF Paris. snd that. too.
without aarriicing. bWt on the contrary 4
while enhancing their reputation a. humane
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The mnst vital question In cOnnectlOn
with medical edueation IN thls sta,s ana in
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me greaI pHvateiF eudoWed hospitals
cs this city viii recognize the immense
opportunity which nov Elands omen 70
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