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SPECIAL MEDICAL SCHOOL EDITION
VOL. 9 LOUISVILLE, KY., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1940 NO. 7
Med Educators
Discuss
Internships
Problems confronting medical
education were the business of the
Association of American Medical
Colleges convention at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, October 28-30, attended
by Dr. John Walker Moore, Dean
and professor of medicine, and
Dr. S. I. Kornhauser, professor
and head of the departments of
anatomy, histology, and embry-ology
A discussion of internships and
methods of selecting internes for
hospitals filled the first morning
of the convention. The idea of
having one set day on which hos-pitals
would notify applicants for
internships was debated. Accord-ing
to the proposed plan, the ap-plicant
would receive all notifica-tions
of acceptances or rejections
on one day and would then be
able to pick an internship to
better advantage. November 15,
1941, was set as the tentative date
for such notification.
Many hospitals have accepted
the plan though not all approved
it, especially those in New York
being opposed. The matter of
hospitals “jumping the gun”—that
is, setting an earlier date, Novem-ber
I—was also discussed; the
student would get an acceptance
before he received others and
would be forced to accept or re-fuse
and gamble on the chance of
getting another offer.
Hospital Inspection
Stricter inspection of hospital
facilities was proposed, and a
better set of rules concerning
what constitutes a good internship
was laid down. At present, many
hospitals do not give good train-ing—
the interne is given routine
rather than constructive work.
The evening of the 28th fea-tured
the showing of two reels of
films of all medical schools in the
country and their hospitals and
deans. Dr. Sidney Johnson took
the movies of the University of
Louisville Medical School.
The problems of pre-medical
training were put before the
house and discussed from the
standpoint of the College and the
School. Two opposing theories
were presented: first, the giving
of extensive work in strictly
FREE!!
Sweaters Given
At L. A. Dance
A large number of free sweaters,
guaranteed to be worth at least
$5, will be given away as door
prizes at the Liberal Arts Student
Council second annual Sweater
Dance next Friday night, at the
gym on Belknap Campus. The
Kentuckians will play. All pro-fessional
school students have
been invited.
Male students in all Belknap
Campus schools will be eligible to
vote for the Freshman Sweetheart
at the Annual Freshman Sweet-heart
dance on December 6, the
L. A. Council election committee
voted at a special meeting last
Tuesday.
Heads S. M. A.
Dr. Arthur T. McCormack. Pres-ident
of the Southern Medical As-sociation,
speaks on "The Great
Physician," Wednesday night, No-vember
13, at the Brown Hotel,
and on "The Practice of Medicine:
A Glorious Adventure." Monday.
November 11, at the Kentucky
Hotel. •
Medical,Campus
Annual Picture
Schedule Given
Wednesday, November 20, has
been set as the tentative date for
Medical School pictures in the
1941 Thoroughbred. One dollar is
required when the picture is
snapped; this can be used as the
down payment on the cost of an
Annual, leaving a balance of $2.00
payable upon receipt of the year-book
in May.
All seniors, juniors, and mem-bers
of organizations contracting
for a page in the Thoroughbred
should have pictures made, ac-cording
to Maurice Tenenbaum,
business manager. This also holds
true for campus pictures, deadline
being set for next Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday, when the
photographer will again be in the
basement of the Physics Building
from 9 to 2:30 daily.
Co-editors Charles Randolph
and Glenn Eudaley, Speed sen-iors,
have promised “the best
annual yet,” and have chosen a
unique type of cover—white pad-ded
leather with a photostatic
view of some local or campus
scene—to replace the convention-al
maroon leather binder.
Thirty-Fourth Southern Medical Meet
To Convene Here Next Tuesday
Dr. Abell Extends U. L.
Welcome To Convention
By DR. IRVIN ABELL
Former President of American Medical Ass'n,
Member Medical School Faculty. Member U-L Board of Trustees
The Cardinal takes pleasure in joining in the welcome extended to
the Southern Medical Association which holds its 34th Annual Con-vention
in Louisville, November 12 to 15.
The Medical School of the University throughout its career of more
than a century of service in education has given medical training to
many members of the profession in the territory of the Southern Med-ical
Association. To such of these as are now living and who attend the
Convention, an opportunity is afforded to visit their Alma Mater and
to note her present stature, not alone in the field of medicine but in the
activities pertinent to a well rounded University of which they, as its
graduates, may be justly proud. The names of teachers and of grad-uates
of the Medical School, from the time of its foundation in 1838,
are to be found on the mile stones of progress in the ever advancing
field of medical science, indicating a contribution of no little magni-tude
to the profession which has for its prime object, “The service it
can render humanity.” The Sou-thern
Medical Association, second
in size only to the nation wide
American Medical Association,
brings to its members at the
annual meeting a critical review
of the newer thoughts, concepts
and discoveries; the newer meth-ods
of diagnosis, technique and
treatment; and the results of re-search
both in the laboratory and
in clinical practice, thus fulfilling
an avowed objective in the ac-quisition
and dissemination of
medical knowledge to the end
that its members may give better
service. The education of the
doctor is a continuing process
throughout his career. Medicine is
not static: it accepts, adopts and
conforms to knowledge garnered
by a multitude of workers in
many and diverse fields. It com-prises
a democracy of intelligence
that knows neither racial nor
geographic boundaries. As fellow
students we congratulate the
members of the Southern Medical
Association upon their achieve-ments
and attainments and ex-press
our sincere wish that the
meeting in our city will but mark
another epoch in the continued
progress of the Association.
DR. IRVIN ABELL
L. A. Elections
L. A. class elections will be held
Tuesday, November 12, in the
Alumni Rooms. The polls will be
open from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Stu-dents
will vote for president, vice
president, secretary, treasurer,
and sergeant-at-arms.
A. M. A. Favors Federal Health Agency
Asks Allotment of Funds For Prevention of Disease
The American Medical Association Advo-cates:
1. The establishment of an agency of the federal
government under which shall be coordinated and
administered all medical and health functions of the
federal government exclusive of those of the Army
and Navy.
2. The allotment of such funds as the Congress
may make available to any state in actual need, for
the prevention of dise: the promotion of health
and the care of the sick on proof of such need.
3. The principle that the care of the public health
and the provision of medical service to sick is pri-marily
a local responsibility.
4. The development of a mechanism for meeting
the needs of expansion of preventive medical services
with local determination of needs and local control
of administration.
5. The extension of medical care for the indigent
and the medically indigent with local determination
of needs and local control of administration.
6. In the extension of medical services to all the
people, the greatest utilization of qualified medical
and hospital facilities already established.
7. The continued development of the private prac-tice
of medicine, subject to changes as may be neces-sary
to maintain the quality of medical services and
to increase their availability.
8. Expansion of public health and medical
services consistent with the American system of
democracy.
Notables To Attend
Gathering; City
Doctors Host
The thirty-fourth Annual Meet-ing
of the Southern Medical As-sociation
will be held in Louis-ville
Tuesday through Friday,
November 12-15. Numerous gen-eral
and clinical sessions, scien-tific
exhibits, social activites. and
golf and trap and skeet tourna-ments
will fill the week’s program
for visiting and local doctors and
their wives.
The Convention will open with
a general public session at the
Memorial Auditorium Tuesday,
November 12, at 8:00 p.m., Dr.
Arthur T. McCormack of Louis-ville,
President, presiding after an
introduction by the General
Chairman, Dr. E. L. Henderson,
also of Louisville. The address of
welcome will be delivered by the
Honorable Keen Johnson, Gover-nor
of Kentucky.
Talk on Syphilis
Following the Governor, Dr.
James E. Paullin, Atlanta, Ga.,
will discuss “Syphilis Control in
National Preparedness,” and Dr.
Irvin Abell, United States Co-ordinator
of Medical Prepared-ness,
will speak on “The Respons-ibility
of Medicine in War and
Peace.” The meeting will con-clude
with a discussion of “So-ciety’s
Debts to the Doctor” by
Rev. Alphonse M. Schwitalla,
Dean of the St. Louis University
School of Medicine.
Wednesday. November 13, the
President’s Night Session will
convene at the Brown Hotel at
8:00 p.m., at which time the Asso-ciation
will be greeted in behalf
of the Jefferson County and Ken-tucky
State Medical Societies.
Following the introduction of
officers and the presentation of
the research medal, Dr. Arthur
T. McCormack will deliver his
address on “The Great Physician.”
and the incoming president. Dr.
Quitman U. Newell of St. Louis,
Mo., will be installed. The meet-ing
will adjourn in time for the
President’s Reception and Grand
Ball at the Crystal Ballroom.
A total of 341 papers will be
presented in the morning and
afternoon sessions of the different
specialties, the Association being
composed of about twenty-five
various sections representing
every phase of medicine. The As-sociation
will be on the air over
the four Louisville stations each
day of the convention with out-standing
speakers, and eighty-two
scientific exhibits will be dis-played
in the Armory, head-quarters
of the convention. Spe-cial
motion picture programs
Wednesday and Thursday will
feature the showing of twenty-two
films. The City Hospital and
the Medical School will be open
during the convention to visits by
members to inspect facilities and
methods.
Thursday noon has been set
aside for Fraternity Luncheons at
the various hotels; those who
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