Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-19
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MEDICAL SCHOOL
SET FOR TODAY
College Has Been Erected in
Peking BY the China Med
iCaI Board of the Rookie
Teller Foundation.
(By The Associated Press.l

Pekin, Sept. 1S.-The great Pc
kin Union Medical college, which
has been erected by the China
medical board of the Rockefeller
Foundation, is to be dedicated to-
morrow and noted scientists and
medical men from many countries
are here either to take part in the
ceremonies or to attend an inter-
national medical conference to be
held in connection with the dedi-
cation.
The Pekin Union Medical col
lege has been in process of cree
ton and construction since 1915.
1t is the chief agency through
which the Rockefeller Foundation
aims to promote the progress of
western medicine in China. 1t is
an outgrowth of the Union Medical
college, which was founded by the
joint effort of six British and
American missionary societies in
1905, afteh the boxer outbreak.
The China medical board of the
foundation has assumed the full
support Of the college which is
ltItu ulutE bllt laws VI lAlS
state of New York.
Purpose OF the Board.
The purpose of the China medi-
cal board is to make the college
a rallying point for scientific med
ical training and research not only
in China but throughout the far
east. 1t will maintain constant re-
lations with Europe and North
America through system of visit
ing professors. Graduate students
from other medical colleges are
expected to resort to it. Practic-
ing physicians and medical mis-
sionaries IN China may receive
from it stimulation and support.
The campus OF the college which
is located near the heart of Pc
kin and the Forbidden City, was
formerly the site of the palace and
garden Of Chinese prince.
Fourteen hospitals and labora-
tory buildings have been erected
thereon and these have been
decorated in the conventional Chi
.nese fashion in bright colors and
with the elaborate cornices typical
of imperial palaces and temples.
The college plant consists Of
laboratories of anatomy, physiolo-
gy and chemistry. pathology
building, a 250-bed hospital with
about thirty private rooms. large
out-patient department, a hospital
administration unit with quarters
for resident physicians and in
ternes, a nurses home and plants
to supply water, heat, electric
light and power and fuel gas. The
buildings are fireproof and mod
ern in every detail of interior ar
rangement and equipment and yet
are in harmony with the best ira
ditions Of Chinese architecture.
The cost Of the buildings has not
been made public but as they were
constructed during the war, 1t Is
to have been very
large.
Graduate Requirements.
Graduation students that sue
cessfully complete a fiye-year's
course In medicine and, at the
present time, English is the me-
dunn of instruction but ultimately
the chinese may De Ieuuifeu' opc-
cial courses in all departments are
open to medical graduates OF all
Tho faculty has been assembled
from among men of high standing
In the United States, Europe and
China. DR.. Henry 8. Houghton.
Its director, was formerly profess
sor of tropical medicine and dean
Of the Harvard Medical school OF
China. DIR. Ralph B. Seem. acting
superintendent of the college hos
pital, is now director of the AL
bert Merritt Billings hospital OF
he University Of Chicago, with a
eave of lbsence for this year.
Others Of the college faculty are
DR.. r. Dwight Sloan. formerly SUI
perintendent of the University OF
Marking hospital; DR.. Davidson
Black. a graduate of the UNIVERSE
y Of Toronto and formerly of the
Canadian army medical corps; DR..
Ralph G. Mills, formerly of the
staff of Johns Hopkins Medical