A proud heritage: an informal history of surgery at Columbia

152 Pages·2003·17.4 MB·English

by  Herter, Frederic P

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THE JOHN JONES SURGICAL SOCIETY
EDITORS
Frederic P. Herter, M.D. & Alfred Jaretzki III, M.D.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Kenneth A. Forde, M.D.
CONTRIBUTORS
Alfred M. Markowitz, M.D.
Kenneth M. Steinglass, M.D.
Philip D. Wiedel, M.D.
©2003bytheDepartmentofSurgery,
CollegeofPhysiciansandSurgeonsofColumbiaUniversity
Permissionsweregivenbythefollowingorganizations:
MuseumoftheCityofNewYork,TheByronCollectionfor
"Dr.McBurneyOperatingatRooseveltHospital."
TheAlanMasonChesneyMedicalArchives,
TheJohnHopkinsMedicalInstitutionsfor:
"Dr.WilliamStewartHalsted, 1889."
"WilliamStewartHalstedwithInternStaffatBellevueHospital, 1877."
Springer-VerlagGmbH&Co.KG,
TiergartenstraBe17D-69121Heidelberg,Germanyfor
"Dr.Whipple'sfirst(1940)one-stagepancreaticoduodenectomy
foranisletcellcarcinomaoftheheadofthepancreas."
DepartmentofSurgeryHowardUniversityHospital-
CollegeofMedicinefor:"Dr.CharlesR.Drew."
JohnN.Schullinger,DepartmentofSurgery,NewYork-PresbyterianHospitalfor:
"Lt.ColonelRudolphN.SchullingeratLison,
WorldWarII."
ISBN:0-9727305-0-8
W
e owe deep gratitude to Trisha Jewellen Hargaden, Assistant to
Dr. Kenneth A. Forde, for having undertaken many scheduling
and housekeeping chores for the John Jones Society, but particularly for
her tireless work in collecting and cataloguing the photographs to be
used in the book. It has been a confusing and difficult task, and she has
done it well. Thanks go to Deborah Schwarz-McGregor, Director of
External Affairs, Department of Surgery; Stephen E. Novak and Henry
Blanco, Archives and Special Collections, Columbia University Health
Sciences Library; Constance H. Halpern and Charles E. Manley, Columbia
University, Center for Biomedical Communications; Joan Penn and
Kathleen Thompson, Presbyterian Hospital, Public Affairs Office; and
Katherine Couchells, The Association of the Alumni College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Columbia University, for having searched for and
provided appropriate photographic material, and the numerous alumni
who contributed personal photographs.
Robin Dellabough, of Lark Productions, has been the soul of
patience in awaiting text to edit, and in editing with skill and sensitivity
the written material. She has managed to delete much of what has been
submitted without incurring the wrath of the medical editors or lessening
the impact or readability of the history, and we embrace her for her
enthusiasm and encouragement.
We are grateful for the attentions of Marlitt Dellabough, who has
made recommendations with regard to style in the format of the book,
and thanks are also due the Steering Committee of the John Jones
Surgical Society, including Drs. John N. Schullinger, Philip D. Wiedel,
the late Alfred M. Markowitz, the late Carl R. Feind, Beth Ann Ditkoff,
Kenneth M. Steinglass, David W. Kinne, and Eric A. Rose, for their
contributions to the content of the history.
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CHAPTER
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LISTOFILLUSTRATIONS
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INTRODUCTION
1
FredericR Herter
CHAPTERONE
7
The Father of American Surgery:
John Jones (1729-1791)
CHAPTERTWO
21
The Century of Discovery
CHAPTERTHREE
43
The Forging of an Academic Department:
Allen O. Whipple (1921-1946)
CHAPTERFOUR
57
The Birth of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Columbia:
George H. Humphreys 11 (1946-1969)
CHAPTERFIVE
81
The Interim Years:
Frederic P. Herter (1969-1971)
AlfredJaretzki111
CHAPTERSIX
89
The Transplantation Era:
Keith Reemtsma (1971-1994)
CHAPTERSEVEN
105
The Information Age:
Eric A. Rose (1994-
)
CHAPTEREIGHT
117
Concerns for the Future - An Editorial
FredericP. HerterandAlfredJaretzki111
EPILOGUE
121
Kenneth A. Forde
APPENDIX
123
BIBLIOGRAPHY
130
"Surgery isan artwhich teacheth thewayby reason,
howby theoperation ofthe handwemaycure,
preventandmitigate diseases, which accidentallyhappen upon us.
Ambroise Pare
c.1510-1590