Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-30
MINIATuKE ALMANAC.

University a: North Carolina, sccu tho
weakness rf N" divided school: MS
president 81 Tulane University. the
weakness of the type detached from
the university by even nNo miles OF
space. For hftccn years have
Thought over the problem her. az
virginia. Ten years ago pcrrciViur
the Medical Department or III" Uni
vcrsity without adcuuat" mcanE Of
support, ana fearing that tho proper
clinical services could no, be AS
semhl"d here, advocated taking con
irol OF the Richmond site. ion az y
choice nf difficulties in II complicated
,rnblctn. During that decade. the
whole medical situation hnV changed
ana my mind with It, have pride
in, and not apology for, this reversal
of Judgment. Mere consistency. re-
gardleSs Of facts ana TIA. growth or
knowlcdEc. in anything specially in
modern medicine, Is IL wooden virtue
II is now conceded by everybody.
even by the commission. that given
appropriate legislation ANA fair APP
Precipitation. IN" necessary clinical
facilities are as availabl. at the Uni-
vcrsity Us at itichrrunl Tile growth
/ the university hospital has de-
monstrated that, and the actlou OF
great States Ike Iowa. Wisconsin,
Michigan. in locating their great
schools in small towns with com
plctc success, has acccntuntcd IL.
"rhc medical curriculum has been
extended 10 a point where the four
year course can, 80 most. ground
students chiefly in the la sic medical
ana technique of diagnosis ThiS
curriculum no longer prctonGs TO pro-
IL, = IN a =,
10 give training in the knowledge and
use of 81 technique which. through IN
tcrneship aud experience may. ia
time produce physiciIns and sur
rcons The conception of medical
education. as after All education aud
not merely varlcgat"d. ha"ty contact
with vast ranges Of disease. has IS
tabiishrd itself in the best Thought
OF the world
IntrrInrl<a With Oihrr Sciences.
'onc OF tho greatest developments
in the majestic march Of the scicnc"
OF medicine is It's closer intcrlocking
with all other sciences Medical
science is based on many sciences ana
partakcs Of their fortunes. The iUti-
mate relation OF medical sclcnc" is
nttcstcd by tho fact that the rounda
tion.; Of some OF The greatest ad-
mcdicaI men. int hS men IKE
pastcur. q chemist, the father "f
asrps.s and by Stlca, Il zoUlo%ist. the
conUucror Of hookworm Already
,ihcrc arc SiGus that the present
sharp division between tito prcinedi-
cal college worh. tn" work in tho
preclinica! medical sciences. and tho
clinical instruction OF the last two
years "i the medical course may not
he permanent some nt the present
subjects 81 The first Nv" years of tho
medical course may be proiita bly,
given III the prcmcdical years. and
electives in purely scientific subjects
--parasitology, for eXampic-may he
offered in tho clinical years. Even
some cultural subjects may become
necessary as parts of the medical
course OF the future. Such signs
serve TO give warning Of the dangers
OF complete separation
Il hav. scrupuousiy sought not to
influence this commission by mere
persuasion or clamor. have tried
to keep my mind open to new bodies
of fact. 1t is my deliberate judy
mcnt that the decisive weight of this
contention lies heavily with the re-
port signed by MHasrs. Hall, llough.
Prince and woodson. and that IL
tnt state ubpS UOl ltiloW upSdnilai-
~ It's suggestions, 1t Will COM
nit itself To policy OF reaction
in medical education and positive in
jury 20 it's ancient university which
i, Will regret for all time. II tx
Significant that this Judgment is Sus-
taincd by the unanimous opinion Of
the medical faculty. the general fac
uity. and the student body of the
university itself. by an over.
"a hcl mi fN Al a m, n;
and general alumni of the
institution, by an impressive ma
jority of the experts in mcdicai
education In America and concrete
~ by world authorities in this field
like Abraham Flcxncr and William ".
WEIGH who were asked to give coun-
sci 10 the commission. The action OF
states like Nebraska. Texas, Ten
ncsscr. most Of them taken years ago
ana under varied conditions. consti-
turcs no just precedent. Ir the choice
lay before them today. II Is doubtful
u any one of them. unless forced by
inexorablc conditions, would repeat
the step, or are conscious OF n serious
handicap as a result of the scpara-
ton OF their medical schools from
their universities. States like Ala
ban,a, California and Texas have al
ready reconsidered or arc debating