DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS. P. V. K. JOHNSON, A.B., M.D., Professor of Pediatrics. P. O. SUNDIN, M.D., Instructor in Pediatrics. FACILITIES The College Dispensary offers exceptional facilities for the study of the various medical and surgical diseases of children, the number of patients attending the children's clinic being unusually large. Course I. Pediatrics. COURSES Dr. SUNDIN. A course of recitations on the general diagnosis, symptomatology, and therapy of diseases of children. The special characteristics of the normal infant and child are considered, the symptomatology, diagnosis, and treatment of pathological conditions then being taken up. Dispensary teaching in addition. Junior year. One hour a week throughout the year. Course II. Lectures on Pediatrics. Dr. JOHNSON. A course of lectures on methods of examination of the infant and child, history taking, and the general care and feeding of the growing infant. Senior year. One hour a week throughout the year. DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. W. W. RICHARDSON, M.D., Professor of Surgery. WM. R. MOLONY, M.D., Instructor in Surgery. ELLIOT ALDEN, M.D., Instructor in Surgery. W. T. MCARTHUR, M.D., F.R.S.C. Edin., Instructor in Surgery. E. C. MOORE, M.D., Instructor in Surgery. J. E. COLLORAN, M.D., Instructor in Surgery. J. J. A. VAN KAATHOVEN, M.D., Instructor in Surgery. E. SWIFT, M.D., Instructor in Surgery. CHAS. E. ZERFING, M.D., Instructor in Surgery. FACILITIES In addition to a thorough course of didactic teaching and recitation the clinical facilities of the Selwyn Emmet Graves Memorial Dispensary and of the Los Angeles County Hospital afford ample opportunity for practical observation. The course in Surgery is graded. The third-year students are given a thorough drill in Recitations and Dispensary Clinics covering the whole field of Surgery. The fourth year is devoted to clinical work at the Dispensary and at the County Hospital, where abundant opportunity is afforded for observation and demonstration both at the bedside and in the operating amphitheater. COURSES Course I. Recitations on Surgery. Professor RICHARDSON, Dr. ALLEN, Dr. COLLORAN, Dr. MOORE, Dr. VAN KAATHOVEN. To cover the entire field of Surgery, general and special. Course II. Dispensary Surgery. A clinical course in minor Surgery. Junior year. Dispensary Staff. Ten hours a week for half the year, in sections. Course III. Surgical Anatomy. Dissections from a surgical standpoint. Junior class. One hour a week throughout the year. Dr. MOLONY. Course IV. Operative Surgery upon the Cadaver and Dog. Dr. COLLORAN. Junior year. Four hours a week for half the year. Course V. Surgical Clinics at the County Hospital. Professor RICHARDSON, Dr. MCARTHUR, Dr. MOORE, Dr. VAN KAATHOVEN, Dr. ZERFING. Senior year. Two mornings of each week throughout the year, in twosections. Half of the morning is devoted to the observations of operations in the amphitheater and half to bedside demonstrations and examinations. Course VI. Lectures and Demonstrations upon Fractures and Dislocations. Professor RICHARDSON. Senior year. One hour a week throughout the year. DEPARTMENT OF GYNECOLOGY. CARL KURTZ, M.D., Professor of Gynecology. JOHN C. HOLLISTER, M.D., Instructor in Gynecology. FACILITIES The clinical teaching is at the County and the Sisters' and various private hospitals with which members are connected and at the College Dispensary, the range of conditions treated and witnessed by the students. being very great. Course I. Didactic Gynecology. COURSES A text-book quiz course on the principles and practice of gynecology. Course II. Systematic Lectures. A Dr. ANTON. Professor C. KURTZ. systematic course of lectures covering the various medical and operative procedures in connection with diseases of women. Senior year. One hour a week throughout the year. Course III. Clinical Gynecology. Professor C. KURTZ and Dr. HOLLISTER. A practical course in which the examination of patients, and the methods of examination, diagnosis, and treatment are considered. In the Dispensary opportunity is given students to become familiar with the necessary technique, and at the public and private hospitals the students have an opportunity to witness and assist in almost every operation in this branch of surgery. DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. H. BERT ELLIS, A.B., M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology. J. Ross REED, M.D., Clinical Assistant. L. W. MANSUR, M.D., Clinical Assistant. FACILITIES In addition to manikins, large models of the eye, and charts, the Dispensary Clinic and the Los Angeles County Hospital furnish an abundance of clinical material. Course 1. COURSES Dr. F. D. BULLARD. Junior year. Lectures and recitations, one hour a week for half the year. The anatomy and physiology of the eye, the physiological optics constitute the main subjects of consideration. An introduction is also given to the pathology of the eye. Course II. Professors ELLIS and KIEFER, and Dr. BULLARD. Four hours a week for half a year. Senior year. One hour a week of this time is devoted to didactic lectures, giving the student an introduction to the most important malconditions of the eye and its adnexa commonly met with in general practice. Special emphasis is placed on the relation between general diseases and diseases of the eye, and upon those conditions which are responsible for the filling of our blind asylums. The balance of the time is devoted to clinical lectures and quizzes, and ample opportunity is given the students to examine personally the interesting conditions that present themselves, and to assist in the minor operations. DEPARTMENT OF OTOLOGY, RHINOLOGY, AND LARYNGOLOGY. HILL HASTINGS, M.D., Professor of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. A. L. KELSEY, B.S., M.D., Assistant Professor in Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. W. H. DUDLEY, M.D., Instructor in Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. C. H. MONTGOMERY, M.B., Instructor in Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. FACILITIES An excellent clinic has been built up in diseases of the ear, nose, and throat at the College Dispensary, so that ample material is at hand to draw upon for a demonstration. The County Hospital and private hospitals furnish a further supply of clinical material. COURSES Course I. Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology. Dr. KELSEY. Recitations on anatomy, physiology, pathology of the ear, nose, and throat. Large models, wet and dry specimens, and charts are used to illustrate the instruction. Junior year. One hour a week for half the year. Course II. Systematic Lectures. Professor HASTINGS. The diseases of the ear, of the nose and its accessory cavities, of the pharynx, fauces, and larynx are systematically studied both from their local importance and in their connection with constitutional conditions. Special attention is paid to treatment. Senior year. One hour a week for half the year. Course III. Clinical Teaching. Professor HASTINGS and Drs. KELSEY, DUDLEY, and MONTGOMERY. The ample material of this department permits the students to acquire a thorough acquaintance with both normal and abnormal conditions. DEPARTMENT OF SKIN AND GENITO URINARY DISEASES. GRANVILLE MACGOWAN, M.D., Professor of Genito-Urinary Diseases. RALPH WILLIAMS, M.D., Professor of Diseases of the Skin. I. R. BANCROFT, M.D., Clinical Instructor. LASHER HART, M.D., Clinical Assistant. FACILITIES These branches demanding for their proper understanding, clinical demonstration, the instruction is carried on almost exclusively in the College Dispensary and the Los Angeles County Hospital. COURSES Course I. Dermatology and Syphilology. Professors MACGOWAN and WILLIAMS. Clinical teaching at the Dispensary covering the anatomy and physiology of the skin and its appendages, venereal and genito-urinary diseases. Especial attention is paid to the differential diagnosis between syphilitic and non-syphilitic affections. Senior year. Lectures one hour a week throughout the year and two hours of clinics a week at the Dispensary. Course II. Genito-Urinary Diseases Professors MACGOWAN and WILLIAMS. The principal operations upon the male urinary and genital organs are demonstrated before the class, students in turn being allowed to assist. Special attention is given to diagnosis and to post-operative management of cases. Senior year. Two hours a week throughout the year at County Hospital, and two hours of clinics a week at the Dispensary. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL LITERATURE. The Barlow Medical Library is a handsome, dignified, dome-shaped, reinforced concrete, alsolutely fireproof structure, containing a main reading room with stacks for books, and a series of smaller rooms where research and special studies can be carried on. The library is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is in charge of a trained librarian, who gives her entire time to the work. A modified Dewey system of classification is used, the books being catalogued by author, subject, and title, so that they can readily be used for consultation in the reading room or for withdrawal from the library. The privileges of the library are open not only to the medical students of the various colleges and to the physicians of Los Angeles, but to the entire profession of the Southwest, and alumni and friends are requested to send books and publications which they are willing to donate, to the librarian. Due acknowledgement will be made for all donations or loans. The library has on its shelves some four thousand volumes and about three thousand pamphlets, and accessions are being constantly made by purchase, by exchange and by donations. All the more important texts and monographs and files of journals needed for reference in making original investigations are to be found here. In addition, arrangements have been made with other large medical libraries to obtain for loan use such volumes as may be needed in pursuing research work. COURSES Course I. Study of Medical Literature. Miss WEIR, Librarian. A course designed to familiarize students with the underlying principles of medical card-cataloguing. Elective. Hours to be announced. |