c £< ! 1 1 ! m I II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 ! 1 1 ! I ! ! ! ! 1 1 1 ! i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1± Tke University of Nebraska College ol Medicine and Hospital Omaha Irving S. Cutter, B. Sc., M. D. Dean Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates https://archive.org/details/universityofnebrOOcutt University Hospital. Tlie University of Nebraska College of Medicine and Hospital Irving S. Cutter, E>. Sc., M.D., Dean Probably the most important phase of the educational activities of the larger State Uni- versities is the training of competent medi- cal men. This activity bears a vital relation to all the people. Rapid progress has been made in Nebraska in the last ten years. The beginnings of the University Medical School date back more than thirty years to the time when the College of Medicine was or- ganized at the University in Lincoln, under the direct supervision of a most able Dean, Doctor A. R. Mitchell, now a resident of Lincoln. At that time the Medical College comprised three departments: Regular, Ho- meopathic, and Eclectic. The early strug- gles of the University of Nebraska coupled with the vicissitudes of the several schools of practice, brought about the abolishment of the College of Medicine. In 1903 the Uni- versity reorganized a two-year school and continued on that basis with an affiliation with the Omaha Medical College until 1913, when the University of Nebraska formally took over the four years of medical instruc- tion and removed the College to Omaha. The function of the State Medical School is two- fold: first and foremost, that of training competent medical practitioners; second, the discovery and promulgation of new facts contributory to the science of medicine. These functions the University Medical School of Omaha is endeavoring to fulfill. The progress of the school during the past six years has been more rapid than many of those most actively interested can realize and its influence over the State in the dis- semination of ideals of accurate medical practice is well recognized. New Buildings. With the construction of the South Lab- oratory Building and the Central Power Plant, the total cost of buildings on the Uni- versity of Nebraska Medical Campus will ex- ceed a half million dollars. The South Lab- oratory Building will be completed and oc- cupied at the beginning of the fall session, 1919, which opens September 19th. This building is in every way an ideal structure. In general architecture it is an exact dupli- cate of the North Laboratory Building, which was occupied in 1913. The new build- ing will house the Departments of Biological Chemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Uni- versity Free Dispensary, and the Depart- ment of Experimental Surgery. Each of the departments named will occupy an entire floor, and each laboratory embodies the lat- Corner in Medical Library. est and most modern improvements condu- cive to effective teaching. Commodious quarters for animals are provided, and the several floors are reached by an automatic electric elevator. There is also provided a general amphitheatre and lecture room, which will accommodate two hundred and fifty. Correlation of the departments in the new building will be rendered much more ef- fective by contiguity ; all departments in this building naturally grouping around the central subject of Physiology. The Teaching Staff of the College of Medicine. The instruction of the first two years in the College of Medicine is in the hands of full time teachers as follows : Anatomy, Charles W. M. Poynter, B. Sc., M. D., Wil- liam A. Willard, Ph. D., and assistants ; Phy- siology, August E. Guenther, Ph. D., and as- sistants; Biological Chemistry, Irving S. Cutter, B. Sc., M. D., Amos W. Peters, A. M., Ph. D., A. S. Rubnitz, B. Sc., M. D., and as- sistants; Pharmacology, Maurice I. Smith, B. Sc., M. D., and assistants; Pathology and Bacteriology, Harold E. Eggers, B. Sc., M. D., A. A. Johnson, Ph. B., M. D., John T. Myers, A. B., M. S., and assistants. The several departments of the first two years of medicine are provided with equip- ment not only for routine teaching but for specialized research work. In most depart- ments, the active teaching is confined to a portion of the year. This enables the de- partment to carry on investigations on re- search problems, having a definite bearing upon the general subject of medicine. Re- search investigations are in progress in practically every department of the Medical School. In the clinical years the professors and instructors are men who not only are leaders in their several specialties, but who have shown a special aptitude for teaching. The University Medical School is exceeding- ly fortunate in its careful selection of clinical teachers. Operation During War Period. During the war, the University operated the junior and senior classes on the continu- ous session plan. This seemed advisable from the standpoint of the needs of the Ser- vice and followed directly the general recom- mendations issued by the Council on Medical Education of the A. M. A., the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the State Federation of Licensing Boards. Practically all of the instructors absent in the Service have returned. This list includes Lieutenant- Colonel A. C. Stokes, Major E. L. Bridges, Captain LeRoy Crummer, Major J. P. Lord, Major A. A. Johnson, Major J. Clyde Moore, Major James M. Patton, Captain John B. Potts, Captain John R. Nilsson, Major C. A. Hull, Major Harold E. Eggers, Captain L. T. Hall, Major W. N. Anderson, Major Amos Thomas, Major Robert E. Schrock, Major A. B. Lindquest, Lieutenant E. G. Davis, and others. The University Hospital. The University Hospital which was open- ed in 1917, provides one hundred thirty teaching beds. Since the opening of the hos- pital approximately three thousand cases have been admitted for treatment. Cases are received from the several counties of the state, and the hospital days are apportioned to the counties in accordance with their pop- ulation. The hospital building is largely of ward construction, each ward accommodat- ing sixteen beds with three adjacent isola- tion beds. The hospital and other buildings of the medical group are wholly fire proof. In the teaching of medicine and surgery, the University Hospital has proven of inest- imable value. Cases as received are prompt- ly assigned to members of the attending staff, and are first carefully worked up from the standpoint of diagnosis. Treatment is instituted with the object, if possible, of Nursery — Pediatric Department. restoring the individual to earning capacity. Cases received cover almost every phase of medicine and surgery. There is a large chil- dren’s department, and the daily average number of cases in this department is be- tween twenty and twenty-five. Ample pro- vision is made for Obstetrics, Organic Neur- ological cases, all phases of Surgery, and In- ternal Medicine. Cases may be sent to the hospital by any legally qualified physician practicing in Nebraska under the following hospital rules: Regents’ Rules. The Hospital of the University of Neb- raska at Omaha is not founded with the idea of receiving patients who are able to pay for medical and surgical care. Worthy sick except as hereinafter speci- fied shall be admitted upon receipt by the hospital authorities of a written application, stating that the patient needs medical or surgical attention, and that he is unable to pay for professional services at the hospital. The application shall also state whether or not the patient is able to pay for board and nursing while in the hospital. The applica- tion must be signed by a physician legally qualified to practice in Nebraska and by either the County Attorney, County Judge, or one member of the Board of County Sup- ervisors. In emergency cases the signature of a legally qualified physician only is re- quired. No member of the hospital staff shall under any circumstances receive compensa- tion for professional services from any hos- pital patient. The admission of patients to the hospital will necessarily be limited to the number of unoccupied beds. If admission is desired by a patient from a district which already has its full quota at the hospital, admission may be granted by the hospital authorities only when in their judgment exceptional condi- tions so warrant. The following diseases will not be treated at the hospital: Insanity, Epilepsy, Acute Contagious Diseases, Pulmonary Tubercu- losis, and Leprosy. The hospital authorities are empowered to refuse admission to such chronic cases as cannot in their estimation be benefited by hospital treatment. This power also applies to cases requiring institutional treatment and to such diseases as the hospital authori- ties may see fit, in the best interests of the public, to exclude. Persons desiring to secure admission of patients to the hospital, should communi- cate by letter or telephone with the hospital superintendent and secure approval of the application for admission before sending pa- tient to the hospital. Patients must! be accompanied by suffi- cient funds to enable them to reach the hos- pital and to provide for their return home. Patients should come supplied with at least two nightgowns, one pair slippers, one bathrobe and an ample supply of handker- chiefs. Patients shall be dismissed whenever in the judgment of the attending hospital phy- sician it is not essential to their welfare that they remain in the hospital. The attending staff is composed of the professors, assistant professors, and instruc- tors in the College of Medicine. Special ef- fort is made to add a human element to the treatment of all cases. Equipment of the University Hospital. The University Hospital is equipped with every substantial appliance necessary for the medical and surgical care of the cases admit- ted. A special laboratory is provided for each floor where routine pathological exam- inations are made. Electrocardigraph outlets permit the taking of heart record of any case in the hospital without moving the pa- tient. The operating room floor provides three commodious operating rooms, a special treatment room, an X-ray department, clini- cal amphitheatre, sterilizing rooms, store rooms, etc. All doors in the hospital are bed wide, permitting the ready removal of cases from one point to another. Medicine and supply cases are built into the walls, giving an added touch of convenience. The system of signal lights for patients’ and internes’ calls renders attention promptly available. Nurses’ Training School. Beginning in October, 1917, there was or- ganized the school for nurses as an integral part of the University. This school is under direct supervision of Miss Charlotte Burgess as superintendent. The school numbers for- ty-five. The minimum requirement for ad- mission is graduation from a four year high school. Since the school has been open, many Women’s Surgical Ward. students have been admitted with two or more years of college work. The demand for well trained women in administrative hospi- tal activities is very great. Time and sub- ject credit is allowed to candidates who have had the requisite amount of college work. Under certain conditions and by following a definite collegiate course, the degree of Bachelor of Science in nursing is given for three years in the Arts College of the Uni- versity and two years in the Nurses’ Train- ing School. Instruction in the Nurses’ Train- ing School is given by highly trained, expert nurses, and by the professors and instruc- tors of the College of Medicine. Senior Neurological Clinic. Teaching Staff. Charlotte Burgess, Superintendent of Nurses. Myra Tucker, General Instructor of Nurses. Nannie Montgomery, Instructor in Surgi- cal Technique. Mabelle Shields, Supervisor of Surgical Nursing. Nettie Fitch, Supervisor of Obstetrical and Pediatric Nursing. Hazel Laub, Supervisor of Medical Nurs- ing. Grace Randall, Night Supervisor. Adeline Wood, Instructor in Dietitics. The several laboratories of the College of Medicine are used for the training of nurses in Anatomy, Physiology, Bacteriology and Pathology, Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Che- mistry, etc. The University Free Dispensary. This institution has been located for the past six years at 1716 Dodge Street, but will be removed in September to the ground floor of the South Laboratory Building. The Dis- pensary receives over twelve thousand visits per year, and under instruction, the students are trained first hand in the routine work of the out-patient department. The Dispensary is under the general supervision of Doctor A. A. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Clini- cal Pathology, and is in charge of a trained nurse with assistants. The Library. The library of the College of Medicine is housed in the administration wing of the University Hospital. The library contains over twelve thousand bound volumes and re- ceives regularly over one hundred thirty standard medical periodicals. The library is particularly fortunate in having complete sets of the standard American, English, French, and German medical and surgical journals. The growth of the Medical Library dates from the advent of Doctor John S. Bil- lings, who was Professor of Pathology in the University thirty-five years ago. Doctor Bil- lings started many of the foreign sets which have been continued without interruption. The foundation laid by Doctor Billings has been added to from year to year until the li- brary as a whole represents a most valuable working collection. The library is in charge of a full time librarian. The Student Body. Since 1909 the University Medical School has) required two pre-medical college years for admission to the freshman class. In 1913 the North Laboratory Building was occupied on the removal of the Medical College of the University from Lincoln to Omaha. Since that time there has been a steady growth in the student body. The attendance for the past year was one hundred eighty-six. Stu- dents; who pursue the pre-medical, medical course receive the Bachelor’s Degree at the end of the sophomore medical year, and the M. D. Degree two years later. Practically ev- ery student graduating for the past five years has received an acceptable interne ap- pointment. Interneships are available in spe- cial hospitals in New York City, Philadel- phia, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Providence, Boston, Detroit, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Denver, Los Angeles, and in addition approximately fif- teen interneships are available in affiliated hospitals of Omaha. The graduating class of 1919 numbered thirty-one. The Graduating Class of 1919 Max Block, Omaha, Neb. Roland G. Breuer, Lincoln, Neb. Frederick D. Coleman, Ulysses, Neb. Albert L. Cooper, Fairbury, Neb. George M. Cultra, Lincoln, Neb. Victor R. Dacken, Harlan, Iowa, William F. Deal, St. Francis, Kan. John S. Deering, Sutton, Neb. Rudolph O. Griess, Sutton, Neb. Lloyd 0. Hoffman, Orleans, Neb. John W. Hough, Republic, Kan. Philip Kline, Omaha, Neb. Emil J. Krahulik, Clarkson, Neb. Harry E. McGee, College View, Neb. -Glenn H. Miller, Harlan, Iowa. Ernest H. Morris, Omaha, Neb. Arthur L. Nielson, College View, Neb. Martin J. Nolan, Alliance, Neb. Laurance C. Northrup, Platte City, Mo. Samuel A. Osheroff, Omaha, Neb. Abram Puris, Omaha, Neb. Clarence E. Rodgers, Osmond, Neb. Carl F. Rusche, Columbus, Neb. Robert L. Sands, University Place, Neb. Elvin L. Sederlin, Elk Mountain, Wyo. Mary J. Sheldon, Scottsbluffs, Neb. Harry M. Shipley, Rippey, Iowa. Howard L. Updegraff, Omaha, Neb. Ernest S. Wegner, Omaha, Neb. Joseph A. Weinberg, Council Bluffs, la. Earl V. Wiedman, McCool Junction, Neb. Reprinted from the Nebraska State Medical Journal, August, 1919. Vol. IV, No. 8, p. 247 South Laboratory Building. University Hospital. North Laboratory Building.