Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-05
PREVENT DISEASE AND
SAVE NATIONS LIFE
IS MEDICAL IDEAL
DIR. Victor G. Vaughan, Re-
cipient of Honorary De-
gree, Tells las Jefferson
College Graduates to Be
Honorable.

tbe absolute eradicauoh OF usease' ihe
,,,~host ambition Of the medical man who
s..orvss the name Is TO prevent disease
-, ,yarnins his patients and his friends
before It is too late.
rh,s message was given to the 145 grad
...ns of the Jefferson Medical College by
mr victor G. Vaughan, president OF the
1,,srican Medical Association and dean
- tbe University of Michigan Medical
Collere, at the 9Oth commencement OF
~ Iefrerson Medical College In the Acad-
Wy, Wy, ~ Music this afternoon. Doctor
Sia;,oben received the only honorary de-
- given this year. The degree Of Doc
- ~ Laws was conferred upon him by
tvulIam Potter, president of the Board
~ trustees, on behalf of the college.
yoon Tarnes w. Holland presented Doc
tor Vaughan for the honorary degree.
arbe medical profession has for It's
,aoai the eradication of disease" Dr.
Voughan said "Sixty thousand ply
.,oians and the American Medical Asso-
c,otIon are trying to teach the people Of
this country how not to get sick. The
ossoclatlon spends $4,000 annually to at.
toin this purpose alone.N Already we
have succeeded wonderfully In this direc-
ton
Dootor Vaughan presented figures 70
show the progress that has been made,
,oo1 had continued since then. 100000 more
invalIds in the United States alone woul1
nave died from that disease" he said.
..gach year an average of 10000 have
bepn saved The death rate of typhoid
fever since 1880 has decreased so per cent,
and other vlrulent diseases proportion
atelv. This country has the longest aver
age Of life and the smallest death rate Of
anv other nation In the world.
nN a1-
dressing the graduates, "is to make some
contribution to medicine, no matter how
small The United States has done much
IN this way, and we have nothing to be
ashamed Of II matters little If you are
not in a large city, for many of medi-
cInes greatest discoveries have been
made in places far removed from the
centres of population.
Every doctor In the United States has
n great duty to his country No nation
can be great that is not healthy. Epi-
denies have undermined civilization and
disease has overthrown nations. Disease
today Is responsible for the weakness OF
certain nations
Eighty OF the graduates are residents Of
Pennsylvania, while one is e native OF
Porto Rico. Almost every State In the
Union was represented in the class of
1915 The graduation exercises were held
al the Academy of Music, and the de-
grees conferred by william Potter presi-
dent Of the jefferson Hospital board Of
trustees.
CHEERS FOR CRIPPLED HERO.
The graduates gave a loud cheer when
Dr. James w. Keath was wheeled into
the Academy A year ago he was taken
to Jefferson Hospital with a broken spine.
Despite this terrible injury and other
bodily hurts, Keath recovered. For
months he had studied in his room in
the hospital. Several days ago he sue
ceeded In passing the exams
"Hurrah for Jim Keath," shouted sew
eral of the graduates when Keath put In
an appearance today.
During the exercises Keath sat in a
hospital armchair, which was on the
stage. His wife and little boy were
alongside of him.
Philadelphia hospitals will receive 81 of
the graduates. They will become at
tached to IS different institutions. Thirty
eight dctors will be connected with "a
different hospitals and institutions in
other Pennsylvania cities and towns. New
York will get 1S graduates, while the
State Of New Jersey will receive the
same number. The remaining graduates
will be attached to hospitals in Ohio,
Delaware. Missouri Florida, Washington,
California and Panama
coNFERRING = DEGREES.
Graduate degrees We're conferred as
follows:
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY.
Chester Charles Fowler, b. S. Univer-
slty Of Illinois, 1909; NJ. S. University Of
Illinois. 1913.
John oliver Halverson. b. A. Univer-
slty Of Minnesota. 1906; B. s. Univer-
slty Of Minnesota, 1907, and II. A. Uni
Versity OF Missouri, 1918.
MASTERS OF SCIENCE.
H. Rodell Fshback, A. B., University
OF Illinois, 1912; Marshall sillman, B. s..
University of Pennsylvania. 1911.
Inc honorary degree OF Doctor OF Laws
vaughn, Nj. D., Sc D., LII. r., professor
Of hygiene and physiological chemistry
University OF Michigan. and president OF
ue American Medlncal Association.
Ihere are now 1928 names on the list
ot graduates Of the Jefferson Medical
college Many of the graduates TODAY
are praetieing medicine throughout the
country Many of them are prominent
practitioners In cities, towns and villages
IN Europe.
The award of prizes was made by DR..
Ross v Patterson, subdean OF the col
iege a prayer was offered by the Rev.
pr' John H. Chapman, rector OF ST.
fanls Church. Chestnut Hill
Inc Following prizes were awarded:
Inc Henry III, Phillips prize of s75-
awarded upon the recommendation OF
he professor OF medicine to the grad
esle IN his opinion most worthy, TO John
Ayatlek' with honorable mention OF Sam
esi eorson and Joseph Aspel.
Ihe Henry NJ. Phillips prize OF S75-
a"ass5d upon the recommendation OF
me professors OF surgery to the graduate
A Poux.
" peqnest Of DR., Francis W. shain
~ ~ tae pest essay or the best examina-
eol on subject pertaining to physiology
Zen 70 undergraduates Of the second
ssafl 70 Edward Weiss.
A. iaetiee Prize-A gold medal awarded
es9uest OF DR.. Francis w. Shain for
~ ossl essay on a subject pertaining 10
~, practice OF medicine, to Mitchell p.
fss With honorable mention OF Asa
sn'nan and Charles A. Pryor
therapeutics Prize-A gold medal for
u 9eat examination In therapeutics. TO
oF X Marsteller, with honorable
Fon Or John l.. Hydriek and Joseph
oeatstries PFize-A gold medal for gem
excellence In obstetrics, TO Harold S.
pn with honorable mention Of
7sph n Dolphin
Hsfy Prlze-A gold medal awarded
~ Anest OF DF. Francis w Skaln for
q essay on the subject pertaining
sefg. 10 Samuel o. Black
iatfy Prize-A gold medal for the