PERSONALITY of the PHYSICIAN.*

By George H. Quay, M. D., Cleveland, 0. In the first place a physician should be a man of a broad character, but not so broad that it makes him shallow; and deep, but not so deep that it makes him narrow.

The aim in the life of the true physician is to heal, not alone in physical healing, but in everything that touches the moral and spiritual life. For the first you are called in to give healing to the body, and often find that instead of healing for the body there is needed moral and spiritual healing.

Remember what your aim is. The healing, not the personal aggrandizement of the physician.

There is too much misrepresentation in trying to impress on the patient that he is lying at death's door, when he is not.

"This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day thou canst not then be false to any man."

If we lived along these lines more closely there would be more physicians who would be spoken of as was Luke of old, "The beloved physician."

How often we hear it said of the oldfashioned family physician, "Maybe he was not so learned as the doctors now adays, but he was a good man." I believe one reason that the medical missionaries are so successful is because they are so infused with the idea of doing their Master's work, that they win the confidence of those among whom they work.

Remember that it is not necessarily the man who is the best educated who is always the most successful, but it is the man who to the education adds the heart qualities.

If you are a church-member, unite with the church of your own denomination, even though it is not the most popular and the most prominent church in the town.

Don't be always on the lookout for the loaves and the fishes, and for free advertising.

Don't be called out of church too frequently, because it is a well-known fact

that there is always a demand for young ministers, but not for young doctors, and vice versa.

Remember you can fool part of the people all of the time, and all the people sometime, but not all of the people all of the time.

"If we could buy ourselves at what others value us, and sell ourselves at what we estimate ourselves, we would soon make our fortune.

Don't expect the old doctor who has lived and worked the greater part of his life in the community and slowly gained a good practice to welcome you with open arms, and to send for you to consult in every case of measles. He may not know as much about Pathology, Microscopy and Chemistry as many of the younger doctors, but a mother would a heap sight rather have him with a desperately sick baby.

You will find that you will need patients of two kinds, and they are apt to come together. You know "that it is a long road that has no turning."

Be as thorough with every case as you possibly can be, you don't know on which one may hang your success.

I know one physician whose success resulted from relieving a tickling cough in a chronic case; it was nothing very startling and nothing very brilliant.

Be prepared in the beginning of your practice to be patient with chronic cases who have worn out the patience and treatment of other physicians.

Be sure to be familiar with the diseases of children, their dietetics and other accessories. These things are small, they may be nothing, but they're all.

Don't expect too much of your patients, for those who proclaim their allegiance and loyalty the strongest, are the first to fall away, but those whose confidence it is the hardest to gain will prove to be the stand-bys. Beware of gushing women.

Do thoroughly the thing which lies nearest to hand, whether it is congenial or not. Avoid all gossiping and tattling; put the best construction on every one's actions.

*An address to the Cleveland Chapter of the Greek Letter Fraternity.

You will have a good many sleepless nights, and perform a great number of thankless tasks, but keep right on, sometimes you will receive praise where you least deserve, or expect it.

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Remember the small courtesies of life are as necessary as the small change. drop of oil goes farther than a drop of vinegar. It makes the wheels go 'round.

Some one has said that he would rather have taffy before he died, than epi-taffy after he died.

Be methodical in the business part of your profession. Send in your bills promptly. Demand what is your due, if the patient is able to pay it. If not, "freely ye have received, freely give."

Be more anxious to add to your character and calling than you are to your reputation and bank account. Character is what you are, reputation is what you appear to be.

Brothers, when the final summons shall come may every member of the Phi Alpha Gamma receive the welcome, not well done good and successful servant, but well done good and faithful servant. "Come, ye blessed of my Father I was sick and ye visited Me."

HISTORY OF THE CLEVELAND HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE-THE

UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE

AND SURGERY.

By D. H. Beckwith, M. D., Cleveland, 0. The Faculty met July 23rd, 1895, and exchanged many happy felicitations on the success of the College during the past year and the brilliant prospects for the future. Some of the professors desired changes in the government of the College. Therefore the following was recommended for the approval of the trustees, viz. :

We, the Faculty of the University of Medicine and Surgery, believing the best interests of the institution will be subserved by a modification of the present mode of government, hereby respectfully submit the following plan for your consideration:

I. For convenience the University shall

be regarded as consisting of two departments, namely,

The Medical Department, composed of the corps of professors of general medicine and surgery, and

The Dental Faculty, composed of the corps of professors of dentistry.

II. The executive committee shall consist of five members of the medical faculty, the Dean and Registrar to be members exofficio and three other members of the said faculty to be appointed for one, two or three years respectively. As each member retires from the committee by limitation of appointment or otherwise, his place shall be supplied by a member of the medical faculty and so on until each professor shall have served a term of three years. Thereafter the appointments shall be made as nearly as possible in regular order.

2. All appointments as regards the Dean, Registrar, Treasurer, Executive Committee and the corps of professors and other instructors shall be in accordance with the nominations made by at least three-fourths of the professors composing the faculty.

3. No one shall be appointed either as professor or instructor, or after appointment, excluded from the corps of teachers, except upon the recommendation of at least three-fourths of the Faculty.

4. The President of the Board of Trustees shall be ex-officio a consulting member of the executive committee.

III.-Appointment of Dean.-The Faculty shall annually nominate one of its members for the office of Dean, who shall also be a member of the executive committee and chairman ex-officio.

IV. Appointment of Registrar. The Faculty shall annually nominate one of its members for the office of Registrar, who shall also be a member of the executive committee and its secretary ex-officio. He may appoint an Assistant Registrar.

VI. Dental Department. Appointments of professors and instructors shall be made in accordance with the unanimous recommendation of that body and approved by the executive committee. The Dean of the department shall be nominated annually by this body and he shall be ex-officio a consulting member of the executive committee.

VII. All previous conflicting action of the Board is hereby rescinded.

The former government of the College was not sanctioned or approved by most of the young men of the Faculty, they having no voice in its government; they also feared that one or more of their number might at any time be removed from their College position. Hence the clause was inserted in the proposed rules that a three-fourths vote of the Faculty would be required to remove one of their number. Under the action of the above rules none would be removed unless the removal was justifiable.

The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the plan submitted by the Faculty. The chairman of the executive committee called a meeting of the members and selected a corps of teachers for the Medical and Dental departments, the officers of the Faculty, the executive committee, the Censors for the coming College session of 1895 -1896.

Some of the executive committee did not approve of the form of democratic government that was to follow by the approving of the above changes by the Board of Trustees. Prof. H. F. Biggar tendered his resignation, which was unanimously approved by the Faculty, not a single vote on the first ballot was against his resignation. The unanimous vote of the Faculty requesting the acceptance of Prof. H. F. Biggar's resignation was forwarded to the Trustees, and was unanimously accepted by them.

The Board of Trustees, as well as the Faculty, regretted the loss of so able and efficient a teacher as Prof. Biggar, but to secure order and harmony in college work it was deemed expedient to accept the resignation. Therefore, a successful surgeon

and efficient teacher was placed (so far as college work) on the retired list. Prof. Biggar had spent money freely and devoted much of his valuable time in sustaining the old college as well as the building and equipping of the new one. If it had not been for the energy of Dr. Biggar the old college would have collapsed when so many of the professors seceded. Neither would the new college have been built had not Dr. Biggar aided in its construction with time and money. As for the cause of Prof. Biggar's resignation, the issue of the Leader the following morning must have received some reliable information which it gave to its readers as follows:

"The homeopathy of Hahnemann will no longer be preached by Dr. H. F. Biggar, in the Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery. A new Faculty is ready to be announced, a prominent feature of which is the absence of Dr. Biggar's name. Dr. W. A. Phillips will be the Dean for the coming year, and Dr. W. B. Hinsdale will succeed Dr. Kent B. Waite as Registrar. Several changes of note in the professorships will be made in the 'shake-up.'

"At the annual meeting, which occurred some time since, the executive committee intended to make up a list of recommendations of professors for the coming year, as has always been the custom. Dr. Biggar announced that he would not continue his lectures if a certain other instructor was retained. Thus the point of which man should go was raised. Dr. Biggar and the other doctor in question, it was said, had not been getting along smoothly for some time. However, the executive committee thought the matter might be adjusted so as to keep both doctors in the Faculty. The man to whom Dr. Biggar was opposed was asked to leave his official position in the Faculty and become an ordinary teacher. He consented to do so. A subcommittee was then sent to Dr. Biggar, asking him to reconsider his former refusal. He brought his hand down on the table and said: 'I will not go on with the college for another year.'

"That settled it. The Faculty proceeded

with their list, taking Dr. Biggar at his word. In the list his name will not be found. Dr. Phillips will be the Dean, and is already recognized as such. Dr. Hinsdale is the Registrar. Dr. J. Kent Sanders takes Dr. Biggar's place as Professor of Gynopathical and Clinical Surgery, and Dr. C. D. Ellis and others will take part in the lectures on the principles and practice of surgery and surgical pathology, which Dr. J. Kent Sanders has managed heretofore. The balance of the Faculty will remain as before. Dr. Phillips and Dr. Hinsdale will retain their present professorships. It is expected that the college will prosper under the changes, and that the Faculty will work hard to make it botter than it has ever been."

Prof. Biggar, so far as college history relates, is now at an end. To have unison and harmony in college work, and for the cause of homeopathy his resignation and its acceptance by the Trustees, was the only course that could be adopted. The young college professors were rejoiced that one who endeavored to control them could no longer dictate to them in all their work. Some of the medical profession in the city and in the State deeply regretted that Prof. Biggar could not yield some points in college work and its government in part to the younger college workers. The general sentiment among the profession of the State approved the course adopted by the Trustees. I have received some very interesting college stories relative to Dr. Biggar from Dr. O. S. Runnels and Dr. Fisher, of Chicago, which will appear later in college history. Dr. Biggar has reached the age in life when opposition and broils in the profession can no longer interest him and we trust that his numerous clientage will gratify his ambition.

At a Trustee meeting held the latter part of July, 1895, R. L. Willard requested the Board to accept his resignation as a member of the Trustees of the University. He made a special request that it be accepted immediately. The Board complied with his request. Mr. R. L. Willard was chosen a Trustee in the year 1865. He always took great interest in college work.

For over thirty years he was a member of the Board of Trustees, watching the progress of homeopathy. The last few years of his work, his views were directly opposed to a majority of the College Faculty. He had great influence with the Board, and by work and persuasion he gained points that he sought to obtain. The Board should have passed a resolution. giving him praise and thanks for his many years of faithful services that he voluntarily gave to the Trustees for what he firmly believed for the welfare of the college. The Board elected the following gentlemen to fill vacancies: John F. Whitelaw, W. H. Bone, J. G. W. Cowles, R. H. Boggis and Jotham Potter. The Trustees then appointed the following Faculty and lecturers for the session of 1895-1896:

John C. Sanders, M. D., LL. D., Emeritus Professor of Obstetricy.

T. P. Wilson, M. D., Professor of Clinical Otology and Psychiatry.

D. H. Beckwith, M. D., Professor of State Medicine.

W. A. Phillips, M. D., Dean and Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology.

H. Pomeroy, M. D., Treasurer and Professor of Obstetricy.

J. Kent Sanders, M. A., M. D., Professor of Surgery, Clinical and Gynecological Surgery.

Kent B. Waite, M. A., M. D., Professor of Genito-Urinary, Operative Surgery and Pathology.

Martha A. Canfield, M. A., M. D., Professor of Medical Diseases of Women.

H. L. Frost, B. A., M. D., Professor of Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy and Clincal Surgery.

D. F. Baker, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice, Physical and Differential Diagnosis.

C. D. Ellis, M. D., Professor of Osteology and Pathological and Minor Surgery.

William E. Wells, M. D., Professor of Diseases of Rectum and Operative Surgery.

G. E. Turrill, M. D., Professor of Diseases of Nose and Throat.

W. B. Hinsdale, M. S., M. D., Registrar

and Professor of Materia Medica, Principles of Medicine and Clinical Medicine.

G. W. Spencer, M. D., Professor of Physiology and Clinical Dermatology.

W. G. Meredith, M. D., Professor of Hygiene.

A. F. Baldinger, M. D., Lecturer on and Demonstrator of Obstetricy.

H. D. Champlin, B. A., M. D., Professor of Neurology and Pædiatrics.

T. W. Ranson, Ph. G., M. D., Professor of Chemistry, Toxicology and Pharmacy.

E. O. Adams, M. D., Lecturer on Bacteriology, Microscopy and Histology.

C. W. Fuller, M. A., Ph. D., Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence.

F. O. Reeve, M. A., M. D., Assistant to the chairs of Materia Medica and Anatomy.

J. B. Woodworth, B. Sc., M. D., Instructor in Nose and Throat Diseases.

J. E. Rowland, M. D., Lecturer on Materia Medica.

Dudley Smith, M. D., Lecturer on Physiology.

G. G. Frost, M. D., F. B. Livermore, M. D., W. E. Trego, M. D., Demonstrators of Anatomy.

H. F. Staples, B. Sc., Instructor in Botany.

F. C. Watson, B. L., L. M. Andrews, Assistant Demonstrators of Anatomy.

F. P. Ames, M. A., H. E. Ruder, Prosectors.

Dental Faculty.

S. B. Dewey, D. D. S., M. D., Professor of Dental Histology, Pathology and Embryology.

J. E. Robinson, M. D., Professor of Operative Dentistry.

H. Barnes, M. D., Professor of Dental Anatomy and Dental Technics.

L. L. Barber, D. D. S., Professor of Dental Medicine and Therapeutics.

W. T. Jackman, D. D. S., Professor of Prosthetic Dentistry and Metalurgy.

C. G. Myers, D. D. S., Professor of Crown and Bridge Work and Orthodontia.

H. L. Frost, B. A., M. D., Professor of Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy.

C. D. Ellis, M. D., Professor of Otseology.

G. W. Spencer, M. D., Professor of Physiology.

W. G. Meredith, M. D., Professor of Hygiene.

Thomas W. Ranson, Ph. G., M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology.

Officers of the Faculty.

S. B. Dewey, D. D. S., M. D., Dean. W. T. Jackman, D. D. S., Secretary. The college opened in September with a large class. The new Dean was prompt, energetic and social among the students, three desirable qualifications for the Dean of a medical college. Dr. J. Kent Sanders gave universal satisfaction and proved a valuable instructor; his lectures on surgery were never surpassed in the history of the college. The clinical work during the session increased and the record shows the greatest number of clinical cases in any year since the opening of the college.

During the session no discord occurred among the Faculty each professor was prompt in his appearance before the class and prepared to impart practical knowledge to its members. At Faculty meetings the topic of conversation was, how shall we best work for the advancement of the student? A friendly feeling among the students for those of the Cleveland Medical College was established. The professors became more genial. It looked as if the millennium was near by. The University is to be congratulated on the improvement in order during the session; the absence of physical combats between the different classes was noticeable during the session.

March 26th, 1896, Judge Barber conferred the honors of the college, in the absence of the President, upon the following:

Medical Department.

F. P. Ames, L. M. Andrews, C. A. Bingham, Clara M. Benson, W. Curtiss Cross, J. R. Cox, Miss E. A. Correll, J. L. Cowden, S. E. Deeley, F. F. Davis, L. A. Ellis, J. T. Frawley, J. E. Gaston, L. T. Gill, Edith R. Hornberger, Mary G. Hunter. Ellen F. Hawkins, C. J. Huyck, H. W. James, Dale M. King, E. J. Koontz, J. D. Kaple, D. L. Mohn, A. H. Martin, J. B. McBride, C. E. Merrill, N. T. B. Nobles,