The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-08-03

pltal with whom we have the sano
afiiliatlon.
President Brookings Gave Millions.
AR. Brookings long had cherished
tie hope that the Washington Univer-
sity Medical School might become an
institution of the first rank, and, In
fact. is said to have contributed toward
the realization of that hope several
million dollars.
The officers of government and in
struction of the Washington Uniyer-
sity Medical School include about 100
medical specialists. many of the fore
most of whom devote to the school
their entire time.
Besides the General Faculty, there is
an Executive Faculty. those members
OF which, in addition TO Chancellor
David Franklin Houston, who Is on
leave OF absence in order that he may
serve as Secretary OF Agriculture In
President Wilson's Cabinet, and Acting
Chancellor Frederic Aldin Hall, are DR..
Philip A. Shaffer, whose election as
dean has Just been announced; DR..
George Dock, DR.. Joseph Erlanger, DR..
Fred T. Murphy, Dir. Eugene H. Opie
and Or, Robert J. Terry, secretary.
Records Of Heads Of school.
Or. Shaffer, who is professor of
biological chemistry, received his
training at Harvard and his subse-
quent experience in several important
positions, including that of chemist to
the Huntington Fund for Cancer Re-
search, which he occupied from 1906 to
1910, and that of pathological chemist
and head of the Chemical Section OF
the Laboratory of Bellevue Hospital,
which he filled in 1909-l0.
Since the bestowal of the degree OF
M. D. upon DR.. Dock by the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania, in 1884, both his
alma mater and Harvard have con-
ferred honorary degrees upon him, in
recognition of his contributions to
medical science. DR.. Dock served as
professor of pathology and clinical
medicine at Texas Medical College
and Hospital, 1SSS-91; professor OF
medicine at the University OF Mich
igan, 1S91-190S; professor Of medicine
at Tulane University, 190S-l0; and
dean Of the Medical Faculty of Wash
ington University, 1910-12 Besides be-
ing member of the Executive Faculty
of the reorganized medical school, he
is professor of medicine there, con-
sulting physician to the st. Louis City
Hospital and physician-in-chief TO
Barnes Hospital.
Following the conferment OF the de-
gree of M. d. upon DIR. Erlanger at
Johns Hopkins University IN 1899, he
became resident house officer of Johns
Hopkins Hospital, and from 1900 to
1906 he served Johns Hopkins Uni
versity as fellow in pathology, assist
ant, instructor, associate, and associate
professor of physiology. DR.. Erlanger
was professor of physiology at the
University of Wisconsin from 1906 to
1910 and now, besides being member
of the Executive Faculty and pro-
fessor of physiology at the Washington
University Medical School, is a member
of the Editorial Committee of the
American Journal of Physiology.
DR.. Murphy has brought to Washing
ton University the benefit of years of
experience as teacher at the Har-
ward Medical School. His record, fol-
lowing his graduation from Harvard in
1901, with the degree OF nj. d., follows
Inferno and graduate assistant, Mas
achusetts General Hospital, 190l-O2;
assistant in anatomy and Austin teach
ing fellow in surgery, Harvard Medical
School, 1903-05; assistant surgeon, In
fants' Hospital, Boston. 19O4-oS; sur
geon to out-patients, Massachusetts
General Hospital, 1907-11; visiting
surgeon to clinic, Harvard Medical
School, 1909-11; assistant in surgery,
Harvard Medical School, 1901; pro-
fessor of surgery at Washington Uni
versity Medical School and surgeon-in-
chief to Barnes and st. Louis Chill
dren's Hospitals. issS~eA
DR.. Opie is a Johns Hopkins man AL
the way" having received at that uni
versity his A. B. as well as his M. D.
degree. His record since his acquire
ment, in 1897, OF the latter degree, fol-
lows: Resident house officer Johns
Hopkins Hospital, 1928; assistant
resident pathologist there, 10000;
fellow, assistant. instructor and as
soeiate in pathology, Johns Hopkins
Medical School, 1S97-04: associate and
member of the Rockefeller Institute Of
Medical Research. New York, 1904-l0;
pathologist to the Presbyterian Hos
pital Of New York, 1907-10; co-editor
OF the journal of Experimental Medi-
cine, i9O4-10; professor of pathology of
the Washington University Medical
School and DR.. Shaffer's immediate
predecessor as dean; pathologist to the
Barnes and st. Louis Children's Hos
pitals.
The professor of anatomy, DR.. Terry,
is Washington University man. Be
sides having received his A. B. de-
gree at the university, he is a graduate
of the Missouri Medical College, which
the university absorbed. Following
years service as inferno at the st.
Louis Female Hospital Dr. Terry
served as demonstrator in anatomy at
the Missouri Medical College. 1S96-99:
assistant professor and professor of
anatomy at Washington University,
1Sg9-l9Ol; Austin teaching fellow in