The Harrison times., 1915-09-04

the hope that the Washington Uniyer-
sity Medical School might become au
OF the first rank, and, IN
fact. is said TO havs contributed toward
the realization OF that hope several
million dollars.
The officers OF government and IN
struction OF the Washington UnlVer-
sity Medical School include about 100
medical specialists, many OF the Tore
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 Adm Hall, are Dr
Philip A. Shaffer, whose election az
dean has just been announced; Dr
George Dock, DR.. Joseph Erlanger. Dr.
Fred T. Murphy, DR.. Eugene l.. Opie
and DR.. Robert J. Terry, secretary.
Records Of Heads Of School
DR.. Shaffer, who is professor OF
biological chemistry, received MS
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 l9O9-lO.
Since the bestowal Of the degree OF
NJ. D "pOn DR.. Dock by the Uniyer-
Sly OF Pennsylvania, in 1894, 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, 1S8S-9l; professor of
medicine at the University of Mich
igan, 1S91-190S; professor of medicine
at Tulane University 1908-lO; and
dean of the Medical Faculty of Wash
ington University, 191O-12, Besides be-
ing a 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 DR.. 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 a member
of the Executive Faculty and pro
fessOr Of physiology at the Washington
University Medical School, is 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 a 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, Mass
achusetts General Hospital, l9Ol-O2;
assistant in anatomy and Austin teach
ing fellow in surgery, Harvard Medical
School, 1993-05; assistant surgeon, In
fants' Hospital Boston, l9O4-O8; sur
geon to out-patients, Massachusetts,
General Hospital, t907-tl; visiting
surgeon to clinic, Harvard Medical
School, t909-11; assistant in surgery
Harvard Medical School, l9lO-ll; pro
fessor of surgery at Washington Uni
versity Medical School and surgeontn
chief to Barnes and St. Louis Chill
dren's Hospitals.
DR.. Opie is a Johns Hopkins man al
the way" having received at that uni
versity his A. B. as we'll as his M. ID
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 aud as
sociate in pathology, Johns Hopkins
Medical School, 1S97-O4; associate an(
member of the Rockefeller Institute o
Medical Research, New York l904-lO
pathologist to the Presbyterian Hos
pital of New York, 19O7IO; coedito
of the Journal of Experimental Medi
cine l904-10; professor Of pathology o
the Washington University Medica
School and DR.. Shalter's immediate
predecessor as dean pathologst to th
Barnes aud st. Louis Children's Hos
pitals,
The professor of anatomy, Dr. Terry
is Washington University man. BE
sides having received his A, b. dc
gree at the university, he is gradual
of the Missouri Medical College, whicl
the university absorbed Following
years service as inferno at the 81
I Louis Female Hospital, Or. Terr
served as demonstrator in anatomy a
the Missouri Medical College, lS96.99
assistant professor and professor O