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jectives 1) cultivation and
teaching of medicine on a
strictly scientific basis; 2)
correlation of medical re
search with medical training
at all levels of instruction;
and 3) the continuous search
for, and experiment with new
or improved methods of
teaching scientific medicine.
This means that the fac
ulty and staff are never com
pletely satisfied with the sta
tus quo. They constantly
want to do more than they
have done - -and to have more
than they have to do with.
Consequently, in 1 94 9, the
Association of Medical Col
leges and the American Acad
emy of Pediatrics placed |
Duke among the top 25 medi
cal schools in the country.
Although only 2 3 years
old, Duke has trained a grand
total of 1330 graduates. Of
these, 22 now hold full pro
fessorships in other schools
of medicine and 90 or more
hold other academic and sci
entific positions. Hundreds
more are practicing physi
cians. Duke also has had in
graduate medical training 776
men who did not attend medi
cal school here; and has be
come attaining center for
foreign students at both grad
uate and undergraduate levels.
All activities in the Med
ical School, of course, re
volve around the training of
the medical student. This
year, there are 314 students.
Admissions are at a rate of
about one in 9 applications --
that is, for each class of a-
bout 76 students, some 700
CARTERS HOME FROM
ENGLAND
Dr. and Mrs. Bayard
Carter returned late in No
vember after spending three
months in England, Dr. Car
ter was visiting professor at
the University of London's In
stitute of Obstetrics and Gyn
ecology.
In December, Dr. Carter
was installed as new presi
dent of the American Acade
my of Obstetrics and Gynecol
ogy.
Lots of good books asked
for by patients are missing
from the Hospital Library
Cart. Help us find them. We
lik“ to lend them but we also
like to get them back.
Did you record your vol
unteer hours for the Auxilia
ry? They make our annual
report more impressive!
apply. It is no small distinc
tion to be selected, nor is it a
lesser achievement to stay in
the school.
With the current enroll
ment, facilities of the Medi
cal School have reached the
saturation point, but the need
for doctors is great and even
now the faculty is studying
ways and means to expand the
size of classes while still
maintaining the high standard
of instruction.
To Edith(Mrs. Paul)
Horton for her yeoman ser
vice on the Christmas Gift
Shop. Mrs. Horton desferves
orchids for the many eight-
hour days she spent at the
shop.
To Bernice Long, who
received a warm tribute from
the daughter of a cataract pa
tient. "When another cataract
patient needs a nurse, I would
like to recommend one of Pa
pa’s,writes Miss Louise
Gilbert of Statesville. "They
were all good, but the kindest
and most considerate of all
was Bernice Long. She
couldn't have treated him bet
ter if he had been her own fa
ther. "
To Dorothy Douglas, the
recipient of the ton of coal
given by Floyd Coal Company.
With the true Christmas spir
it, she in turn donated it to a
deserving orderly.
To Bob Blake, whose
drawing of the InterCom
masthead on page one is a
real masterpiece!
DR. AND MRS. FORBUS
RETURN
Dr. Wiley D. Forbus,
Duke Pathologist, and Mrs.
Forbus, have just returned
from a six-month stay in For
mosa, where Dr. Forbus
served as a consultant for the
Mutual Security Agency. He
assisted in the rehabilitation
of the National T aiwan Uni
versity Medical School. En-
route home, the couple visit
ed with their daughters in Ha
waii.
The InterCom is pub
lished by Duke Hospital and
the Duke Hospital Woman's
Auxiliary at Durham, N. C.
700 Students Vie for 76 Places
By Mrs. Angus McBryde
Statistics are usually dull, but these from Dean Davi
son's office give an interesting and amazing picture of the
Duke Medical School.
From its beginning the Medical School--that is, the
Schools of Medicine and Nursing and Duke Hospital - - has
maintained as its major ob-