DMSCO Log Book Vol.26 1948

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Volume 26 JANUARY, 1948 Number 1

SUTHERLAND TO RETURN TO DES MOINESPsi Sigma Alpha

Sponsors Sr. Assembly

The Senior Assembly wassponsored by the Gamma Chap-ter of Psi Sigma Alpha, Na-tional Osteopathic ScholasticHonor Society, to honor the grad-uating senior class and to presentawards. This assembly washeld in the large lecture room onthe fifth floor at 11:00 a. m. onNovember 14, 1947.

PurposeOur past president, William

Blacker, ably explained to thestudent body and faculty as-sembled the inner working ofthe fraternity. The purpose ofthe fraternity is to encouragescholastic standing and osteo-pathic progress and providemeans for the advancement ofits members. The members shallconsist of qualified osteopathicstudents. No student shall beadmitted to Psi Sigma Alpha fra-ternity until he has been in at-tenance at an accredited oste-opathic college for not less thanfive (5) semesters. To be electedto Psi Sigma Alpha fraternity, astudent must show outstandingscholastic ability and more thanordinary interest in the practiceand science of osteopathy. Hischaracter and personality mustdistinguish him. He must be in-cluded in the highest 20% ofscholarship.

Scholarship CommitteePsi Sigma Alpha presents

three (3) scholarship awards eachsemester. The scholarship com-mittee is composed of:

A. The sponsor of the fra-ternity.

B. The Dean of the college.C. The President of the fra-

ternity.Awards

Psi Sigma presents the follow-ing awards:

A. Freshman Award - Pre-sented at the completion of thefreshman year to the student ofthe freshman class who has main-tained the outstanding scholasticrecord during his freshman year.

B. Sophomore Award - Pre-sented at the completion of thesophomore year to the student ofthat class who has maintainedthe most outstanding scholasticrecord during his freshman and

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The founder of the cranial concept, Dr. William G. Suther-land of Saint Peter, Minnesota, once again is coming to DesMoines Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery to headthe cranial faculty for the April-May post graduate course.

The monumental contributionwhich Dr. W. G. Sutherland isgiving to the profession recallsto the minds of many thebasic philosophy of Dr. AndrewTaylor Still upon which ourgreat profession is founded.

It is rapidly becoming commonknowledge not only among themembers of the profession butamong the laity as well, that theapplication of the cranial con-cept has added greatly to themanipulative armamentarium ofthe osteopathic physician. Al-though this concept dates backalmost fifty years to a time whenDr. Sutherland pioneered alone, itis only within the last decadethat any worthy recognition ofthe work has been given. Thepast two years have seen evenmore rapid advancements in itsacceptance by the members ofthe profession as a result of nu-merous post-graduate coursesthroughout the country and itsinclusion on the program ofmany local, state, and nationalconventions.

Our college has the uniqueprivilege of having Dr. Suther-land himself as head of the cra-nial faculty. This teaching groupincludes some fourteen physi-cians from all parts of the UnitedStates who have been chosen fortheir ability to present this im-portant osteopathic concept inthe way which Dr. Sutherlanddesires. The strength of this fac-ulty is augmented by the inspi-rational lectures of Dr. Suther-land and his personal supervisionof the technical instruction.

The April-May post-graduatecourse for 1948 has been dividedinto two parts: a basic divisionto be held April 5 to 17, and anadvanced division from April 26to May 8. Each division consistsof two full weeks of lectures andtechnique instruction. The latteris emphasized by the personalsupervision afforded each stu-dent. The enrollment of eachclass is limited in order that ateacher-student ratio be main-tained at one to four. It is thismethod of instruction that makesit possible for even the beginnerto utilize immediately this con-cept in his daily practice.

Every physician using manipu-lative therapy will be immeas-urably pleased with the resul

Dr. W. G. Sutherland

obtained by his study of the cra-nial concept and review of thebasic principles of osteopathy.

In order that you will be as-sured an opportunity to partici-pate in this program, send yourapplication (form on page 3) andmatriculation fee of $100 to DeanJohn B. Shumaker, 720-722 SixthAvenue, Des Moines 9, Iowa. Anadditional $100 is payable uponyou arrival, making a total tuitionfee of $200 for a two-week pro-gram.

Osteopathic Broadcast

Beginning January 5, 1948, andeach Monday at 3:15 p. m., there-after, a program sponsored bythe Iowa Osteopathic Societywill appear on KCBC.

More information about thisand other statistics can be ob-tained from

Dr. J. R. Forbes, PresidentIowa Osteopathic Society212 Park Building

ts Council Bluffs, Iowa

Cranial ResearchFund Organized

Evidence of the interest in theadvancement and progress of thecranial concept has been moreand more apparent during thepast few months.

At the request of several mem-bers of the profession and thecranial faculty of the post-grad-uate courses, a fund has been setup by the Des Moines Still Col-lege of Osteopathy and Surgeryfor the advancement of scientificwork and for the purchase ofnecessary equipment, as plannedby the college, for furthering re-search in this field. This fundhas been named the Cranial Re-search Fund and to date boaststhe modest sum of $627.34.

Three or four years ago amember of the profession whowishes to remain anonymous do-nated a sum of money to thecollege to be used for the devel-opment of cranial osteopathy.From this money, a plaster brainmodel and a complete set of dis-articulated cranial bones werepurchased. This initial invest-ment has proved well worth-while through the teaching ben-efits obtained from these speci-mens. The balance of this moneyformed the nucleus of the Cra-nial Research Fund which wasactually set up less than a yearago.

Last October, the various mem-bers of the post-graduate coursesin cranial technique were so en-thused with this phase of oste-opathy that the basic and inter-mediate courses voluntarily do-nated $170 and $155 respectively,as their contribution to cranialresearch. In addition to thesegroup donations, contributions byvarious individuals to the fundinclude those by Dr. Dar D.Daily of Weatherford, Texas;Drs. Howard and Rebecca Lip-pincott of Moorestown, N. J.; andMr. Handy, father of Dr. ChesterL. Handy of Providence, R. I.These, and any future contribu-tors, will be given credit throughthe Osteopathic Progress Fund ofthe A. O. A. for their donationsto the cranial fund of this col-lege.

Any readers interested in con-tributing to this cause are re-quested to address all communi-cations to the Cranial ResearchFund, D. M. S. C. O. S., 720-722Sixth Avenue, Des Moines 9,Iowa.

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Still College Rep-resented at Chicago

Science Conference

Dr. H. P. K. Agersborg, pro-fessor of histology and embry-ology at the Des Moines StillCollege of Osteopathy and Sur-gery, attended the 114th meetingof the American Association forthe Advancement of Science andCooperating Associated Societiesin Chicago, December 26-31,and presented two papers beforethe American Society of Zoolog-ists, (1) under general physi-ology, entitled: "Gerontology andits Application to Medicine andSociology," given in the Observa-tion Room, Blackstone Hotel, De-cember 29, 9:00 a. m. (2) en-titled: "Human Health, Ragweedand Quack Medicine," which wasread by title before the physi-ological session meeting in theNorth Ballroom, Stevens Hotel,Wednesday afternoon, December31st. Both of these papers wererequested by "Science Writers"for the newspapers all overAmerica.

Dr. Carrie C. Gillaspy, profes-sor in anatomy at the DesMoines Still College of Osteopa-thy and Surgery also attendedthe Chicago meeting of theAmerican Association for theAdvancement of Science. Shepresented a paper before theAmerican Society of Zoologistsunder the cytology division. Thispaper was entitled: "The FacialNucleus of the Albino Rat, Rat-tus Norwegicus." It was read bytitle on Wednesday afternoon,December 31st, North Ballroom,Stevens Hotel.

Gerontology

Dr. H. P. K. Agersborg wasspeaker at the weekly symposiumFriday, Oct. 10, 1947. His topicwas "Gerontology" and its appli-cation to medicine and sociology.

In his talk, Dr. Agersborg em-phasized the importance ofstudying ageing from a cellularlevel. First, in order to accom-plish this, a complete study mustbe made of the normal structureand function of cells in order tounderstand the deviations fromthe normal. Man is as complexas his cellular structure, soprogress in gerontology and med-icine can only be made by analy-sis of cell life.

To emphasize the sociologicalaspects of gerontology, Dr.Agersborg proposed use ratherthan neglect of the older genera-tion. He cited as examples uni-versity and college professorswho are retired, but who havedesirable knowledge which couldand should be utilized further.This would increase the oppor-tunity for the every-day citizento be accurately informed onpresent knowledge of science andlife and would augment the in-tellectual level of the nation.

Thus the useful, fruitful lifeof the aging educator and theother older members of our so-ciety could be extended withgreat benefit to all.

Dr. Carrie GillaspyAddresses Symposium

On Friday, Nov. 14, 1947, Dr.Carrie Gillaspy of the AnatomyDepartment had charge of thesymposium. Her topic was "TheSeventh Cranial Nerve," whichwas the title of her research pa-per for her doctorate.

The study involved the locali-zation in the nucleus of the va-rious branches of the facialnerves. This was first carriedout with rats, and later the samestudy was applied to cold blood-ed forms, namely the reptilegroup.

In order to understand theproblem thoroughly and to makecorrect assumptions, it was nec-essary to study the cell types ofa normal animal. After this wasdetermined, it was possible toascertain the various phases in adegenerating cell. It was foundin warm blooded animals that acell with an eccentric nucleusand changes in the Nissl picturecould be designated as an abnor-mal cell. This was not the case inthe cold blooded form. After astudy of normal reptilian cellnuclei, it was concluded that aneccentric cell nucleus or thepresence of two nucleoli was notindicative of a degenerating cellunless it was accompanied by adefinite change in the Nissl pic-ture.

Although this was tedious itwas not the only trying part ofthe problem. The difficulties en-countered in keeping the animalsalive was the major side problemof the experiment. The chiefdifficulty was to get the animalto eat and adjust to a new en-vironment.

Dr. Gillaspy commenced thisresearch at the University ofChicago. She is continuing it andextending her work at Still Col-lege.

Dr. B. E. PoundstoneJoins Faculty

President Edwin F. Peters an-nounces the appointment of Dr.B. E. Poundstone, Kanawha,Iowa, to the faculty of the DesMoines Still College of Oste-opathy and Surgery, in the de-partment of proctology.

Dr. Poundstone graduated fromthis college in 1933. He has pur-sued graduate study at the DesMoines College, at KirksvilleCollege of Osteopathy and Sur-gery, and at Dover Clinic, Bos-ton, Massachusetts.

Dr. Poundstone is married andhas three children; he is a mem-ber of the Masonic Lodge andthe Methodist Church.

Dr. Poundstone will start hisprofessional duties at the Collegeon Monday, January 5, 1948.

Hygiene Class VisitsCity Water Works

A valuable asset to a com-munity is a sanitary and safewater supply. The class in Hy-giene and Public Health visitedthe Des Moines water worksplant on January 8, 1948. Mr.John A. Moloney, chemist forthe plant, conducted the class onan inspection tour. The historyof the plant involving its uniqueconstruction and its efficient op-eration were carefully explained.

The plant is the largest of thesix infiltration plants in the U. S.The water is filtered and chlori-nated before entering the citymains, thus assuring the city ofan excellent supply.

The meticulously maintainedplant is located on well kept andbeautiful grounds. Visitors arealways welcome. Des Moines canwell be proud of this plant.

OSTEOPATHY WITHOUTLIMITATION

Annual StudentLoan Fund Campaign

Again a Success

Under the sponsorship of thefreshman "B" class, a campaignfor the seventeenth annual ap-peal of the Student Loan FundCommittee has been successfullyconcluded at Still College. Moneywas raised by the sale of Christ-mal seals. The generous responseon the part of the students is in-dicated by the fact that theamount realized was more thantwice that of last year's dona-tions.

Chairman of the sales com-mittee was Edward Reuter.Members were Paul Panakos,Gerhardt Fitz, Norman Bomen-gen, and Richard De Bard. Con-gratulations are extended tothem and to the whole freshman"B" class.

The value of the Student LoanFund is well known to membersof the profession. New rulingsrequire that an applicant nowmust be in the upper 50% of hisclass. Also, the interest rate onloans has been reduced from 5%to 3%. Your support of thisworthwhile fund is invaluable ingiving financial assistance to ourdeserving future doctors.

Hygiene and PublicHealth

,Guest speakers at our publichealth assembly were Dr. J. A.Rowe, U. S. Public Health Serv-ice, Director of Epidemiology ofthe United States Seventh Dis-trict and Mr. John Rand, ChiefSanitary Inspector of the City ofDes Moines, Iowa.

Mr. Rand stressed (1) the im-portance of continual inspectionof restaurants and food handlingoperators, (2) reasonable andpractical city ordinances per-taining to this subject, (3) thecooperation and compliance ofrestaurant operators with suchregulations, and (4) the help andassistance that the city healthdepartment makes available torestaurant operators. The talkwas illustrated with movies por-traying actual local conditionsand the improvement noted inmany establishments that fol-lowed the instructions given bythe city health department.

Dr. Rowe discussed the ratproblem from its economic andhealth aspects. There are appar-ently more rats in the UnitedStates than people, and the an-nual property destruction is overa billion dollars. There are alsoquite a number of diseases thatare transmitted directly or indi-rectly by rats. The economicloss can be greatly prevented bythe rat proofing of buildings, de-stroying nesting places and thekeeping of foods from rats. Thisis a major economic and healthproblem and its solution can begreatly brought about by theaction of an alert public in acontinual rat control program.

The college is appreciative ofthe excellent talks made by theabove mentioned speakers.

ORDER YOUR BOOKSFROM THE COLLEGE BOOKSTORE

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Osteopathy Without Limitation

The President Chats

The administrative officers ofthe college do not feel that theycan permit 1947 to come to aclose without expressing theirdeep appreciation to the manymembers of the osteopathic pro-fession for the fine cooperationwhich has been received duringthe past year.

It is our sincere hope that thisschool will always merit thefriendship and confidence of theosteopathic profession. 1947 hasbeen a good year for your school.The hospital has become a veryimportant division of the educa-tional system of this institution.The services rendered in the col-lege hospital have commandedthe respect, not only of the cityof Des Moines, but of the neigh-boring communities and the ad-joining states as well.

The student body has reacheda new high. Students are en-rolled today from 23 states andthe Dominion of Canada. Pros-pects for our future classes aremost encouraging. The paid per-sonnel of this college today num-ers 144 people, devoting theirtime and energy to the further-ance of true osteopathic educa-tion.

During the holidays the collegebuilding was redecorated. Classrooms and laboratories bedeckedin pastel colors will greet thestudents upon their return fromthe Christmas vacation. Muchnew equipment has been addedto the school laboratories duringthis past year and the biochem-

istry laboratory, one of the finestin the State, was opened lastSeptember. Therefore, it is evi-dent that there was much forwhich to be thankful in 1947.

For the new year just aheadand for the years to come, it isour wish that each member ofthe osteopathic profession willenjoy an abundance of prosper-ity and professional growth.

Hospital Notes

According to the Iowa StateBoard of Health your CollegeHospital had 618 obstetrical de-liveries in the hospital this pastyear, plus 214 out-patient de-liveries.

The Obstetrical Departmentnow has a goal of 1200 babies for1948 which we believe they willhave no trouble in accomplish-ing.

The entire hospital is being re-painted and you should see thesurgical amphitheaters, one inblue, one in brown, one in greenand one in taupe with darkershades for trim, all in enamelbright and shiny and easily keptclean. Visitors to the hospitalhave all remarked on the beautyof the new colors and the over-all improvement of the glosspaint. The business offices andlobby have been completed aswell as the operating rooms,scrub rooms, 0. B. deliveryrooms and sterilization com-partments.

All in all the hospital is offto a big start for 1948 and allindications point to more thandouble the volume for the pastyear. Even with the addition ofseveral beds the working spaceis now at a premium.

College Visitor

Dr. Maxine Seablom of Hoopes-ton, Illinois, visited the schoolon Tuesday, December 30th. Dr.Seablom graduated in the classof May, 1942.

Awards(Continued from Page 1)

sophomore years. No studenthaving won the freshman awardis eligible for this, the sopho-more award.

C. Senior Award - A senioraward shall be granted at theend of each semester to the grad-uating senior who has maintainedthe highest scholastic record inall courses pursued in any recog-nized osteopathic college where achapter exists. This award isgiven in the form of a certificateand the engraving of the stu-dent's name on the Psi SigmaAlpha Plaque which hangs inthe clinic waiting room. Themost outstanding scholastic rec-ord is interpreted to include:

1. Grades of at least a 90 av-erage-66 2/3%.

2. Professional attitude.3. Personality-33 1/3%.4. Leadership.At this assembly, Past Presi-

dent Blackler presented the fol-lowing awards:

Freshman-Simon Indianer.Sophomore-Bryce Wilson.Senior-Dorothy Diener.

Guest Speaker

Dean Shumaker presented ourspeaker to the assembly. It wasindeed a pleasure for all presentto listen to an interesting lecturegiven by Dr. Brandt, of theDrake University faculty. Histopic was psychology. Hesaid he "believes that the onlyreal thing about humans is be-havior." His lecture was mostlyan explanation of his slides whichcomprised a research project onadvertising. This project showswhich part of the newspaperpage is most attractive and theattractiveness of color schemesand other arrangements. Weagain wish to thank Dr. Brandtfor his interesting lecture andvaluable time.

Dean Shumaker presented theonly department award recom-mended. This award was pre-sented in obstetrics to WilmothMack.

President Peters presented di-

plomas to the following gradu-athing seniors: -Dorothy Diener,Wilmoth Mack and George Moy- ilan.

The graduation exercises forthis group were held with thepreceding class at St. Johns' Lu-theran Church on July 3, 1947.

Osteopathic Women'sCollege Club

The newly elected officers ofthe 0. W. C. C. are: President-Ardith Johnson; Vice-president-Lucille Dunbar; Secretary-Hallie Baker; Treasurer-AnitaKatz; Historian-Norma Baker;Reporter-Josephine Gaudio.

The club was recently enter-tained by the Osteopathic Auxil-iary with a Christmas party atthe home of Dr. and Mrs. J. P.Schwartz. Each member con-tributed a gift to be distributedto the children in oteopathichopitals in Des Moines. Theregular O. W. C. C. Christmasparty was held December 16thin the Still College Hospital din-ing rooms. The feature of theevening was a Christmas grab-bag. Games were played andrefreshments served.

The next meeting will be heldon January 6th in the Still Col-lege Hospital dining rooms.

Books for Physicians

The College Book Store is of-fering a new service to the busyphysician, that of filling the doc-tors' needs. Each month the LogBook will carry a list of worth-while books which should proveof interest to many doctors. Mrs.Lucile Williams, manager of theCollege Book Store is desirous ofrendering service in securingbooks and supplies for the Physi-cian.

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da Omicron Gamma Fraternityextends its heart-felt sympathyand best wishes for a speedy re-covery to Dr. John Woods.

We wish to thank Dr. LeonardG. lGrumbach for his interestingand enlightening talk on NervePhysiology presented to -thegroup on Dec. 15, 1947.

Cupid has been very successfulwithin the ranks of the L. O. G.this past holiday. Herman Fish-m.an and Miss Selma Levine arenow Mr. and Mrs. The weddingtook place in Philadelphia. Also,Si Indianer and Miss Betty Ber-nard became engaged, and prep-arations are under considerationfor their coming wedding. Con-grats to both!!

Sid Gelman and Mort Levin,while visiting the Art CenterHospital in Detroit, Michigan,were able to witness operationsunder the capable hand of Dr.A. :'. Johnson, Surgeon-in-Chief

Notes on our friends are inorder now. Mort Cohen, formermember of the present sopho-more class, who had to leave be-cause of a death in his family, isnow part owner of a drug storein Detroit. Sam Plotnick con-tacted Ted Asnis, who is nowattending the Philadelphia Schoolof Osteopathy.

Preparations are now in prog-ress to continue our series oflectures on the nervous systemnext semester.

A. & L. Katz.

Despite the fact that themonth of December was a shortone scholastically, we were ableto hold two very importantevents.

On the evening of Friday, De-cember 12th, a work night washeld at the college. We werefortunate to have as the guestspeaker, Doctor Genevieve Stod-dard, of the obstetrics staff of theStill College Hospital. DoctorStoddard gave an interestingtalk on obstetrics from both theosteopathic and medical stand-point along with her many andvaried experiences in that pro-fessional field.

Following the talk by DoctorStoddard, the fraternity held anelection of officers for the com-ing year. Those elected were:President, Howard Dolyak; Vice-president .Ken Roberts; Secre-tary, Stanley Renter; Treasurer,Jack Savarese; Historian, Wil-liam Moylan, and Chapter Edi-tor, John Chapman.

The members of the fraternityagain wish to express their ap-preciation of the fine work thatwas accomplished by the pastofficers of the fraternity.

Out Christmas banquet, ablyarranged by Brother Roberts,was held on the evening of De-cember 18th at Brown's restau-rant.

This affair provided a goodopportunity for the new and oldmembers and their wives to be-come better acquainted. As al-ways the banquet was an ex-cellent way of ushering in theChristmas holidays.

AThe Beta Chapter of Delta

Omega held its monthly meetingat the home of Dr. and Mrs.Graney. The meeting was in theform of a Christmas party. A de-licious dinner was served byMrs. Graney while two of herdaughters entertained at thepiano. After dinner the group

sat around and listened to re-cordings of Christmas carols andstories. The meeting finallyended with Dr. Stoddard playingChristmas carols at the pianoand the group blending theirvoices in harmony.

The active chapter was happyto have such a wonderful turn-out at the last meeting. Wehope that you will all join us atevery meeting.

The chapter is pleased to an-nounce the pledging of ElenaParisi. We welcome her to ourgroup.

The chapter wishes to thankDr. and Mrs. Graney for theirgenerous hospitality.

Everyone is back on the jobfollowing the well deserved two-week holiday vacation. Blizzards,sunshine, rains and pleasantweather in the different sectionsof the country greeted the StillCollege vacationers.

However, there was some com-pensation. Twenty-five of thebrothers, their wives and guestsgathered at the Chapter houseand put on a real old time NewYear's Eve celebration. Juke boxmusic; Stan and Virginia Finckwith the vibraharp; Jack andBetty Hesse's skit from theSouth Seas; and the Dunbars(Russ, Mary Ellen, Gene andLucille) exhibition of stumpjumping, West Virginia stylewere not impaired by return ofthe two stable Southern gentle-men, Brothers Tom Dozier fromAtlanta, Ga., and Bill BilboHughes from Meridian, Miss. Itwas quite a party. It broke upearly in 1948.

Vacations and celebrationscame to a sudden halt whenclasses started January 5th.

The first business meeting of1948 is scheduled for. January12th at which time Archon E. J.Brochu will outline the year'swork and explain the workingsof the Delta Chapter FoundationFund of Phi Sigma Gamma tothe active Chapter.

The Housing Fund programreceived new impetus with theannouncement of the formationof a temporary alumni housingcommittee for the Des Moinesarea.

Dr. H. A. Graney, was chosenchairman of the committee. Drs.F. D. Campbell, Paul E. Kim-berly and Carl Nagy are theother members of the committee.

Similar committees will be setup by Atlas alumni of this col-lege throughout the country. Thepurpose of the housing funddrive is, of course, to obtain afraternity house for the Xiphoidchapter of the Atlas Club. Withall the work being done at pres-ent, a fraternity house shouldn'tbe too far from a reality.

The present pledge class, at arecent meeting, chose as thepledge officers: Horace Purtzer,president; Jack Woods, vice-president; Mike Agnos, secretary;Bud Barnes, treasurer.

On December 12, a Christmasparty was held at the Knightsof Columbus hall for actives andpledges. The party was well at-tended and was enjoyed by allpresent.

If every Osteopathic Physicianwould daily remember his Oathas a Physician, he will then lethis light so shine that the worldwill know that he is an Osteo-pathic Physician, thus a PHY-SICIAN PLUS.

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Volume 26 FEBRUARY, 1948 Number 2

Hygiene andPublic Health

-Practical Field Trips

A "safe and nutritive food sup---ply is of prime importance toan individual and to a com-munity. It is also of equal im-portance to those engaged in thecommercial handling of foods. Agreat many diseases are acquiredthrough the consumption of im-properly handled foods. The pub-lic should have confidence in thesupply of food that is availablefor purchase and for consumptionin public places.

Milk is one of the most im-portant foods for human con-sumption. It is also one of themost difficult to harvest and todeliver to the consumer in asafe and satisfactory condition.The class in hygiene recentlyvisited the operators of an up-to-date and efficient plant. The vari-ous operations from the receivingof the raw milk through thepasteurization process to thebottling of the milk were care-fully explained. Emphasis wasplaced on the necessity of sanita-tion in all the departments. DesMoines is fortunate in having anover-all excellent supply of pas-teurized milk, the safest kind ofmilk that can be delivered to thepublic.

It is also important that thepublic eating places should offerfood of high quality. That meansgood food, properly prepared, andwith the proper refrigeration ofcertain foods. Naturally the foodhandling personnel should becarefully instructed in their per-sonal hygiene and their profes-sional duties.

The class in hygiene was con-ducted through the kitchens,stock rooms, and dining roomsof the Savery Hotel. The opera-tions of food preparation andhandling were carefully explain-ed by the Chef. The class wasimpressed by the cleanliness ofthe kitchen, by the completenessof up-to-date equipment and, bythe operations of the personnel.It was quite evident that thereis close cooperation with theSanitary Department of the Cityof Des Moines in food sanitation.

Pre-OsteopathicClub Guests of

Wilden Hospital

The Drake Pre-OsteopathicClub was the guest. of Dr. Owenat Wilden Hospital on Tuesday,February 10. The club will meetat Still College on Tuesday, Feb.17, at 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Edwards ReceivesRecognition in

Prosthetics Work

Friends Magazine, distributedthrough the courtesy of theChevrolet Dealers of the UnitedStates, carried a beautiful pic-torial story of Pr. BeaverEdwards, of Detroit, Michigan,and his work on pages 18 and19, of their February issue.

Dr. Edwards is an international-ly known sculptor and in recentyears has contributed his timeand efforts to restorative pros-thetics. Dr. Edwards has com-bined his artistic skill and knowl-edge of anatomy to create hands,arms, and other members of thebody lost through accident ordisease.

Dr. E'dwards received theHonorary Degree of Doctor ofScience from the Des Moines StillCollege of Osteopathy and Sur-gery last July. This institutionurges all readers of the LOGBOOK to see this issue of FriendsMagazine so that you might be-come better acquainted with theunusual scientific work of Dr.Beaver Edwards.

New Officers for theFreshman "A" Elected

In preparation for another suc-cessful semester at Still College,the new Frosh "A" class held anelection for class officers on Feb.6. The results were:

President-Charles ChambersVice President-Lloyd HoxieSec.-Treasurer-Ed ZarnoskiStudent Council-Robert WirtHistorian-Elena ParisiMiss Parisi was elected by

unanimous vote of the class andRichard De Bard continues asyour LOG, reporter. An apprecia-tive "thank you" for a job welldone is extended to last semester'sofficers and a pledge of coopera-tion to those newly elected.

Still RepresentedAt Ames Meetings

On Wednesday, February 18,Dr. J. B. Shumaker attended ameeting of the Ames Section ofthe American Chemical Societyat Iowa State College, Ames,Iowa.

On Friday, February 20, Dr.M. P. Moon and Dr. J. B. Shu-maker attended a meeting of theInstitute of Food Technologistsat Iowa State College, Ames,Iowa.

Improvements Made inCranial Teaching Program

Faculty Members WriteOf Cranial Osteopathy

The national osteopathic pub-lications of last month contain-ed no less than four articles writ-ten by different members of thepost-graduate cranial faculty ofD.M.S.C.O.S.

Dr. Rieginald Platt of Houston,Texas, is the author of a non-technical article appearing in theJanuary issue of OsteopathicMagazine, entitled "New IdeasAbout the Skull."

The JOURNAL OF THEAMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC AS-SOCIATION for January containsthree articles by members of ourfaculty: an editorial written byDr. Harold I. Magoun of Den-ver, Colo., entitled "The CranialConcept and. Osteopathy"; apaper by Dr. Paul E. Kimberly ofDes Moines, entitled "Osteo-pathic Cranial Lesions"; andanother article by Dr. Chester L.Handy of Providence, R. I., "AHistory of Cranial Osteopathy."

Still College is proud to haveall four of these authorities asmembers of the cranial facultyfor the April-May post-graduatecourse in Cranial Osteopathy.

Dr. Grumbach toAddress Kansas City

Osteo. Convention

Dr. Leonard Grumbach, Chair-man of the Department of Phy-siology, is to be guest speaker ata convention of osteopathic ortho-pedic physicians to be held inKansas City on February 27thand 28th. Dr. Grumbach willgive an address on "Physiologicaland Pathological Considerationsin Muscle Function" on February27th. His address on February28th is entitled: "The Physiologyof Referred Low Back Pain."

Kimberly LecturesIn Kansas City

Dr. Paul E. Kimberly, associateProfessor of Osteopathic Medicine,D.M.S.C.O.S., Was the guestspeaker at The Jackson CountySociety of Osteopathic Physiciansand--Surgeons, Kansas City, Mo.,at their regular monthly meetingheld Feb. 17, 1948. Dr. Kim-berly's talk was entitled "CranialOsteopathy and Its Applicationto Therapeutics."

Considerable work has beendone by the various members ofthe cranial faculty in preparationfor the eighth biennial post-graduate course in cranial osteo-pathy to be held at Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery, April-May, 1948. Theexperience gained from the sevenprevious teaching programs dur-ing the past four years hasbrought about several changes inthe course as planned for thisspring. From early indications,this course should-be the biggestand best yet.

Two Divisions

The elimination of the inter-mediate classification has resultedin plans for only two divisions:a Basic group, which will meetApril 5 to 17; and an Advancedgroup, April 26 to May 8, 1948. Ithas been proved in the past, thatthe increased efficiency of ourteaching staff has eliminated theneed for three classifications.

No Overlapping Classes

In the past, the three -divisionsof the course have overlappedeach other by one week, withanatomy being given the firstweek and technic the second.This time the two divisions areso arranged that there will be nooverlapping; and in addition, thelectures and technic sessions willbe held alternately. In this waythe basic student will be learn-ing new technic beginning thefirst day of the course. By 'thetime he has completed his twoweeks of study he will be quali-fied and sufficiently skilled to re-turn to his practice and beginimmediately to use his newlyacquired cranial manipulativetherapy.

To Study Specialties

For physicians who have hadprevious post-graduate trainingin this work, the Advanced classis offered. Here, major considera-tion will be given to traumaticinjuries, obstetrical sequellae,neurological problems, etc., aswell as a 'general review of allthe basic principles and methodsof technic. In addition, consider-able time will be spent in in-creasing diagnostic ability and inlearning variations of standard"corrective procedures.

Increased Faculty

As in previous years, Dr. Wil-liam G. Sutherland, founder of

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President Chats

The general practitioner isconstantly coming in contact, withpatients who are in need ofpsychiatric care. He is thereforebecoming more concerned aboutthe need for competent psychia-tric advice to his patients.

The following basic principlesmay be of aid to the busy prac-titioner:

1. Every examination shouldfirst secure the full, con-fidence of the patient andthen help the patient respecthis mental and emotional dif-ficulty.

2. It is imperative for the gen-eral practitioner to employpsychiatric technique. Phy-sicians must think of diseasein terms of how much ismental and how much isphysical.

3. The attributes of a har-monious, well intregated andtolerant personality is high-ly contagious.

4. Every patient's view point islargely determined by the re-action pattern of his tem-perament. Every reaction isdetermined by his innate con-stitution plus his life's ex-perience.

5. Psychiatry is concerned withthe intelligent direction ofthe patient's energies.

6. Importance must be given"whole - part relationship".Human beings have devel-oped the capacity for reac-tion on both the psychologicaland spiritual level.

7. Human conduct can only beunderstood by viewing thewhole perspective of the per-son's past experience, hispresent difficulty, and hisfuture plans. In order tounderstand people, it isnecessary to know the hopes,wishes, fears and other emo-tional attitudes towards thepast, present, and future.

8. Patients undergoing psycho-therapy should refrain fromdiscussing their difficultieswith members of theirfamilies or friends. Thesematters should be discussedfreely with the doctor.

9. Neurotic and highly emo-tional persons should culti-vate the ability to think inthe exact opposite.

10. The patient should cultivatethe practice of thinkingthrough his problem in termsof cause and effect.

11. One must never overlook thegreat value of action. Thebest way to get back in touchwith reality is to get to work.

12. There is no magic form forthe cure of mental and ner-vous disorder.

13. Ample time must be allow-ed for the patient to as-similate advice given and togrow therefrom

14. Make promises with caution.Be sparing in the use of 'the

terms of "always, never, im-possible and absolutely."

15. An examination itself is amethod of treatment.

16. One should never dependonly on a single psycho-therapeutic method.

17. All neuroses are concernedwith at least, three basicproblems:a. Ductless gland disturbances.b. Emotional conflicts.c. Hypersensitivity.

18. Neuroses are usually the re-sult of the retardation ofemotional development onthe one hand and emotionalconflict on the other.

Dr. Peters AttendsTexas Conference

President Peters attended themid-year meeting of the Bureauof Professional Education andColleges, 'Chicago, January 30 and31st. February 1st' and 2nd, heattended the conference on Pub-lic Health and Legislation. Thesemeetings were held at the Sher-man Hotel. February 6-7-8 werespent in Amarillo, Texas, speak-ing before the District Osteo-pathic Association.


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the cranial concept, will head thecranial faculty. Several changeshave been made in the arrange-ment of the teaching staff how-ever, and three additional mem-bers have been included to as-sure a maximum degree of per-sonalized instruction and main-tain a student-instructor ratioof four to one.

Course Limited

In order to be assured of thisoptimum student-teacher ratioit is obvious that some form oflimitation must be imposed onthe number of physicians enroll-ed for each division of the course.Already many applications havebeen received by the Dean. There-fore, any physicians contem-plating taking this course are ad-vised to act promptly.

Tuition Fee

The tuition fee is $200 for twofull weeks of lectures and technic,-$100 of which is payable withthe application, and $100 payableupon arrival for the course. Allapplications should be addressedto Dr. John B. Shumaker, Dean,D.M.S.'O.O.S., 722 Sixth Avenue,Des Moines 9, Iowa.

Joins Staff

Dr. Robert Ashmore of Ha-warden, Iowa, a graduate of theKansas City College of Osteo-pathy and Surgery, class of 1941,will join the staff of the StillCollege Clinical Hospital in theDepartment of X-Ray as an as-sistant. Dr. Ashmore served fouryears in the Navy during thewar as Chief Pharmacist Mate.


Hospital Notes

For over a year the Depart-ment of Surgery and the Depart-ment of Craniology at the hos-pital have been very much in-terested in some research work inepilepsy.

Each of the departments hastreated epilepsy for years, but itwas only after the hospital open-ed that any correlation of thefindings of the two departmentscould be made and records kept.Both departments have quite anarray of successful cases to re-port. Each department, natural-ly, has had some failures, butsome interesting facts and figureshave been brought to light. Eachdepartment is willing to concedethat the percentage of success-ful cases has been increased bythe two! sections of the staff work-ing together.

Without going into the exactfigures or the explanation of per-centiles of success, it has nowbecome routine for cranialmanipulation to be accomplishedwhile the patient is under anes-tliesia at the close of the abdomi-nal operation for the alleviationof the disease or "epilepticequivalents" thereof. The cranialmanipulation is carried onroutinely with post-operative careso that the patient now has theadvantage of both types oftherapy.

The total number of cases hasnow reached worthwhile propor-tions and we expect to publish apaper on this bit of research inthe very near future. An in-creasing number of epileptics isbeing referred to the hospitalfrom all over the United States.From clinical results we believethat we have something that ispurely osteopathic in concept. Ifsuch is the case we hope to ac-complish attention in the pro-fession through the publication ofthe facts, and naturally we willbe interested in comparativecomments from others who maybe thinking along the same lines.The Chief-of-Staff at the hospitalwill welcome any inquiries fromreaders.

Cranial ConsultationAvailable

Announcement has been madethat during the week of April19-24, Dr. Wm. G. Sutherland andthe entire cranial faculty of D.M.S.C.O.S. will be available forconsultation for the convenienceof practicing physicians. Anydoctors with cases presentingcranial problems which warrantspecial consultation or treatmentare urged to take advantage ofthis unique service.

For further information pleasewrite D. Paul E. Kimberly, Chair-man-Cranial Osteopathy, in careof the college.

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Dean's Letter

The Graduate College

The first year of th'e GraduateCollege, which has been com-pletely reorganized, is proving tobe highly attractive to graduatesin osteopathic medicine who wishto review and advance in the gen-eral field and in the specialties.

It amply prepares the phy-sician to qualify for thei Iowalicense in surgery and serves asan introduction to research inosteopathic medicine.

Beginning in September, 1948,the course of study will be or-ganized into three principle divi-sions:

I Lecture-Seminar Series

The year of thirty-six weeksis divided into six sectionsof six weeks duration. Ineach section two subjects arepresented by instructors whoare well qualified for grad-uate instruction. Subjects of-fered will vary somewhat de-pending upon circumstances,but will include in general:Anatomy, Gynecology andObstetrics, Pathology, Diag-nosis, Radiology, Technique(Spinal and Cranial), Sur-gery and Orthopedic Surgery,Psychiatry, Osteopathic Prac-tice, Urology, and other sub-jects as the occasion may re-quire. (Twelve clock hoursper week).

II Clinical StudiesEach graduate student is re-quired to devote fourteenclock hours per week in theclinics of the colleges and itsteaching hospital system.While serving in the clinicshe will select a topic of in-terest which later may leadto a specialty or to research.He will accumulate data inthe selected area and presenta written report to the Di-rector of Clinics at the con-clusion of the year.

III Basic Science ReviewFourteen hours per weekthroughout the year are de-voted to service in the vari-ous departments in the BasicSciences, during which timethe graduate student willserve in various instructionalcapacities under the directionof the Chairmen of the De-partments.

Certificate

The first year of graduate studythus requires that forty hours perweek throughout the year bespent in a well-balanced com-bination of review in basic sci-ence, advanced study in clinicalsubjects, and training in research.

The course is adaptable eitherto further graduate study leadingto advanced academic degrees, orto. advancement in knowledge inthe professional specialties.

Upon successful conclusion ofthe year's study, a certificate willbe granted.

Total clock hours-1440.Tuition (including all fees)-

$500.00.Registration on or before

September 13, 1948.

Visitor

Dr. J. Garth Anderson, NewHyde Park, N. Y., visited theschool on the 22nd of January.Dr. Anderson graduated fromD.M.S.C.O.S. in June, '38. He isa member of the Phi Sigma Alpha.

Distinguished AlumnusAddresses School Assembly

On Tuesday, February 10, Dr.Robert T. Lustig addressed theStudent Body of Still College.Dr. Lustig spoke on the applica-tion of electrobiology in modernmedical research.

Dr. Lustig is particularly quali-fied in the field of electro-biologyhaving attended Carneie Tech.School of Electrical Engineering,and then serving in the field ofindustrial chemistry for morethan four years. Because of hisdesire to apply his knowledge ofelectronics to the curative arts,Dr. Lustig later attended the DesMoines Still College of Osteo-pathy and Surgery and graduatedin 1925.

During World War II, Dr. Lus-tig held the rating of Colonelin the Intelligence Corps - andlater was selected by the Presi-dent of the United States to serveon a five man committee sent toinvestigate modern trends inelectro-biology in Germany, Eng-land, Holland and France. Dr.Lustig's present goal is to co-ordinate the research of Drs.Rajewski and Bosch and place itin American universities.

In his address to the studentbody, Dr. Lustig emphasized thefact that electro-biology placesparticularly stress on the use ofelectrical energy. The reasoningupon which this is based is inaccordance with the belief heldby most present day physiciststhat energy is the only thing thattruly exists in the universe, mat-ter being merely a condensationof energy.

In discussing the effects ofelectrical and cosmic energy, Dr.Lustig cited the example thatradar and high frequency radiowaves at given frequencies werecapable of causing pigeons tolose their homing instinct tem-porarily. He also told of an ex-periment which made use of oneof the many "jamming tech-

niques used by radio men dur-ing the war. Commonly radiomen would first determine thefrequency and wave length of astation, and by shooting back acurrent of the same frequencythey were able to neutralize theelectrical discharges. This "jam-ming technique" was later usedin an experiment which firstnecesitated determining the elec-trical energy generated by anobject (such as. a block of wood)and then sending an electricalcurrent of the same frequencyback into the wood. The amazingresult of this tuned electricalbombardment was total destruc-tion of the block! Dr. Rajewskiapplied this same electrical prin-ciple in detecting the frequencyof cancer cells, and the modernelectro-biologist is attempting toutilize cosmic rays of the samesize and wave length to selective-ly destroy these cancer cells.

The field of electro-biology isjust emerging from its infancy.We have no acceptable means ofmeasuring the finer wave lengthsgenerated by the optic, auditoryand olfactory apparatus. How-ever, the study of wave lengthsand radiant energy may prove auseful adjunct in modern thera-peutic progress.

The administration, faculty andstudent body extend their thanksto Dr. Lustig for this inspiringtalk and feel indeed honored inhaving so distinguished analumnus return to address hisalma mater.

Application for Course in Cranial Osteopathy

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The month of January mark-ed arrival of two new membersto the family of Iota Tau Sigma.To the Byran F. Dohertys wasborn a 7-lb., 4-oz. daughter,Nancy, at Iowa Methodist Hos-pital on January 4th; and to theJohn E, Ohapmans a son, JohnBerwick, 8-lbs., at the Des MoinesGeneral.Hospital, on January 12.

The business meeting was heldat the office of Dr. Sloan onJanuary 23. New officers were in-stalled. Those officers installed in-clude: President, Howard Dolyak;Vice-president, Ken Roberts;Secretary, Stanley Renter; Treas-urer, Jack Savarese; ChapterEditor, John Chapman.

Phi Sigma Gamma welcomesthe latest addition to the campus,the class of 1952. We extend oursincere wishes for their successat Still College.

Between semesters the house at3205 Grand Avenue has acquireda "New Look." As a result ofthe organizational efforts ofArchon Brochu, and Brothers BillHughes and Vie Brown, theactives and pledges painted theinterior from top to bottom. Mrs.Earl Ankeny (Jack's mother)tailored! the new drapes for thefirst floor. With three daven-ports rebuilt and recovered, wefeel that spring arrived several

weeks early. We are all mightyproud of the splendid job turn-ed in by Mrs. Ankeny and thebrothers. In the midst of therenovation Brother Jim Dockumacquired the materials and finish-ed off a new room at. the head ofthe stairs on the second floor. Hisexcellence as a craftsman issuperseded only by his scholasticwork.

Word has been received thatthe following brothers were suc-cessful in their efforts at Kirks-ville last month where theMissouri State Osteopathic boardwas given: James Allender, Rus-sell Bunn, Tom Dozier, GeorgeEvans, Karl Graham, SpenceHughes, Wilmot Mack, RobertMcMurray and Charles Starr. Inaddition to this, Brothers Bunnand Starr recently received theirIowa Basic Science certificates.

The Phi Sigma Gamma En-dowment Fund has been set upand is functioning. Through thetirless efforts of Archon Brochuthe affairs of Phi Sigma Gammaare now definitely on solidground.

A word of appreciation to Dr.R. P. Perdue, President of theBoard of Directors, Flint Osteo-pathic Hospital, Flint, Michigan,is in order. Dr. Perdue, long astaunch friend of Delta Chapterhas on numerous occasions con-tributed freely to our treasuryand has sent many fine booksfor our fraternity library. Weall wish to extend a belated"thank you" to Dr. Perdue forhis kindness.

The OsteopathicWomen's College Club

Mrs& Robert Fagen, the club'ssponsor, entertained the O.W.C.C.at her home on February 1st.The highlight of the evening wasa book-review given by Mrs. GenPeterson on the current bestseller "Gus the Great" by ThomasW. Duncan.

Each semester the club donates Initiation of the pledge classsome useful article to the school wias set for Monday night, Febru-or hospital. In appreciation for ary 16. An initiation dance willthe use of the Still College Hos- be held the following Fridaypital's dining room as the club's night, February 20. The site ofregular meeting place, the wives the party will be announced later.have donated the draperies for Everyone is invited. It will bethat room this semester. informal and will be held to

Previews of future events re- honor our n6w 'frab'tniityveal that Miss Louise Anderson, brothers. A: speilal nitit.in is

Home Economist with the Iowa extended to all the new studentsPower and Light Company, and who joihed us- recentlyDr. Paul E Kimberly, Associate The Atlas Club .will celebrateProfessor of Diagnosis, will be its 50th' anniversary this year. .guest speakers at the regular A meeting to celebrate thismeetings February 17th and auspiciods occasion will be heldMarch 2nd, respectively. i43*ston, in July. At that meet-

A cordial invitation is e'xtende ing a history of the fraternity.isto wives of all the Still College to-Obt~'pesented. The history of

students to attend our meetings the Xiphoid chapter since. 1923and become regular members of will be included. This is, beinr

oru organization. The next meet- compiled at present. .'ing will be held in the hospital Work nights will be re6ipeddining room on February 17th. in the near future. They will l'e'

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- Aar - - science of osteopathy and life atStill College.

L.O.G. continued its series ofinformative talks on Feb. 13th,1948, with a discourse on modernanesthesiology by Dr. Carl Nagy,chief anesthestist, Still CollegeHospital.;,

Preparations are under way forthe initiation of Herbert Gins-berg, Myron Magen, EdwardKornhauser and Harvey Silvert.Following the initiation, L.O.G.will have a banquet for the newmembers, pledges, and J. LeonardIvins who graduates in April.

L.O.G. welcomes the new fresh-man B class. We extend to themour wishes for a successful career.

Regular meetings for activeswill be held on the 2nd and 4thFriday of each month at 7 p.m.

The Atlas Club wishes to ex-tend a welcome and best wishesfor success in the future to thenew class of embryonic osteo-pathic physicians who joined usthis month.

Pre-OsteopathicGroup Formed

The pre-osteopathic students ofDrake University have recentlyorganized themselves into a groupfor the purpose of attaining abetter understanding and to bet-ter prepare themselves for theirfuture profession.

The group consists of 25 activemembers under the direction ofDr. Jean LeRoque, the sponsor,and Peter E. Georgeson, the presi-dent.

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Dr. Sutherland to Be Available forCranial Examination, Consultation

All our readers, and especiallythose who have had training incranial osteopathy, will be in-terested in the examination andconsultation service that will beavailable during the week of

Dr. Wm. G. Sutherland

April 19-24, at Des Moines StillCollege of Osteopathy and Sur-gery. Dr. Wlm. G. Sutherland,aided by the members of thecranial factulty, will make thecranial examinations. A detail-ed report of findings, diagnosis,prognosis, and outline of treat-ment will be submitted. All phy-sicians with cases which warrantsuch special consultation are in-vited to write to Dr. Paul E.Kimberly, in care of the College,for appointments and any furtherinformation.

Cranial CourseAs has been previously an-

nounced, Dr. Sutherland will bein Des Moines to head the facultyfor the April-May post-graduatecourse in cranial osteopathy. Thebasic division will meet April 5to 17, and the advanced groupfrom April 26 to May 8. Applica-tions for the course have been ar-riving almost daily during thepast few weeks, and at the timeof writing (Mar. 10) only 5vacancies remain in each of thesetwo groups.

Full ClassesProspects for the best post-

graduate course in the history ofthe institution are very favorable.It is quite likely that a maxi-mum enrollment will be received,and in all probability some willbe disappointed that their ap-plications were not mailed earlier.The number of students per classhas been limited so that a stu-dent teacher ratio of four to onemay be maintained thus offeringthe optimum amount of teach-ing for each member of the class.

All applications for the couse(see forms in the Jan. and Feb.issues of the Log Book) shouldbe addressed to Dean John B.Shumaker, 720-22 Sixth Avenue,Des Moines 9, Iowa.

5 Leap-Year BabiesArrive in Santa Fe

There are five babies in SantaFe today who can expect "manyhappy returns of the day" onlyonce every four years. They areleap-year children, born Sunday.

On one of his rare birthdays,Dr. L. iC. Boatman (D.M.S.C.O.S.)delivered three of the five. Heis himself a Feb. 29-er.

The doctor brought two boysinto the world at the Cradlehome. The parents are Mr. andMrs. Julius Ferran, 484 Tenoriostreet, and Mr. and Mrs. PeteTafoya, 909 Don Juan street. Histhird baby of the day was adaughter at the home of Mr. andMrs. Timothy Begay, 149 Can-delario street.

The other two leap-year babieswere girls, both born at St. Vin-cent hospital. Their parents areMr. and Mrs. Ermini Martinez,Espanola, and Mr. and Mrs. Mar-garito Sisneros, El Rito.

Horse-Play

A horse has come to Still Col-lege-at least, part of one. Dr.Byron E. Laycock is in receiptof an equine spine and pelvis re-constructed at the State College,Ames, Iowa.

Inasmuch as the human verte-bral column is too small to bereadily visible during lectures tolarge classes, students may nowvisualize technique lecture ma-terial on the larger homologousspine and pelvis of 01' Dobbin.

D. O.'s EligibleFor U. S. Public

Health Service

On March 1, 1948, we receivedthe following letter from Dr.Chester D. Swope, Chairman, De-partment of Public Relations:

"My Washington News Letterof February 9 announced that theSenate had on February 2, adopt-ed the osteopathic amendment tothe Public Health Service Bill, S.1454.

"I am now glad to say thaton February 28, the Presidentsigned the Bill into law, PublicLaw 425. The House had passedthe Senate Bill including theosteopathic provision on February16. On that date S. 1454 wassubstituted for the House Bill,H. R. 3924. At that stage, bothBills contained the osteopathicprovision.

"Now that the osteopathic pro-vision is law, you may wish tostudy it more closely. It readsas follows:

"'Graduates of colleges ofosteopathy whose graduatesare eligible for licensure topractice medicine or osteo-pathy in a majority of theStates of the United States,or approved by a body orbodies acceptable to the Ad-ministrator, shall be eligible,subject to the other pro-visions of this act, for ap-pointment as commissionedmedical officers in the Pub-lic Health Service.'

"Note the formula for recogni-is a departure, that was spon-spored by the AOA Departmentof Public Relations. Schools ap-proved by the majority of theState licensure agencies qualifyas a matter of law.

"The future of the PublicHealth Service is well-nigh limit-less. Indications are that itsactivities are destined to comecloser and closer to the privatepractice of. the healing art.

"The next examinations for ap-pointment in the regular PublicHealth Service will be held inApril, immediately, after theinauguration of the new Sur-geon General, Dr. Leonard A.Scheele."

Birth

Born to Dr. and Mrs. Gordon L.Elliott at Still College OsteopathicHospital on March 10, 1948, ason, David Gordon.

The President Chats

In the words of Longfellow,"An enlightened mind is nothoodwinked; it is not shut up ina gloomy prison till it thinks thewalls of its own dungeon thelimits of the universe, and thereach of its own chain the outerverge of intelligence."

On Friday night, April 9th,twenty-three enlightened mindswill participate in the formal ex-ercises of commencement of theDes Moines Still College of Oste-opathy and Surgery. In this fineclass, we find a rather unusualgroup of young doctors. Four ofthe class have either a Master'sDegree or its equivalent; in ad-dition seven members of the classhave a Bachelor's Degree. Withthree exceptions, all of the mem-bers of the class have three ormore years of pre-professionaltraining.

Surely this is a class represent-ing enlightened minds. Theminds of these young men andwomen are not "hoodwinked";they are not "shut up in agloomy prison". Their visionsare unlimited-their horizon willbe the never endless task of ad-ministering to suffering human-ity.

The class comes from elevenstates; Iowa and Michigan eachcontributing five members; Penn-sylvania, three members; WestVirginia and Ohio each twomembers; and one member fromeach of the following states:Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, Con-necticut, Wisconsin and Missouri.

Dr. R. C. McCaughan, Execu-tive Secretary of the AmericanOsteopathic Association, will bethe commencement speaker andthe exercises will be held at 8:00p. m., at St. John's LutheranChurch.

Since this class is a class ofenlightened minds, they will al-ways be mindful of their greatresponsibility -to preserve thehealth and the life of their pa-tients. Not only will they bephysicians to their patients butfriends as well. Their reputa-tions as osteopathic physicianswill be based upon the true con-cepts of osteopathic therapeuticsas pronounced by our founder,Dr. Andrew Taylor Still.

Two classes will participate inthe commencement exercises ofApril 9th. Those receiving theirDegree of Doctor of Osteopathyas of this date are:

James W. Allender, Grafton, W. Va.William J. Blackler, Battle Creek,

Michigan.George P. Evans, laeger, W. Va.William K. Graham, Corpus Christi,

Texas.Elwyn A. Hughes, Cincinnati, Ohio.J. Leonard Ivins, Philadelphia, Pa.


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Lambda Omicron Gamma Fra-ternity wishes to thank Dr. CarlNagy for his encouraging talk onthe future of the young osteo-pathic physician who wishes tospecialize. Dr. Nagy spoke at ourspeakers' forum on Feb. 13, 1948.He spoke of the need for compe-tent anesthetists in osteopathichospitals and hoped that the newphysician would not be baffledby the amount of regulationsthat cover the pathway to be-coming a certified anesthetist.

The next speaker in our forumseries will be Dr. Harry Elmetswho will speak on "Psychiatry inthe General Practice of the Oste-opathic Physician." This lecturewill be presented some time inMarch.

At- our last business meetingon Feb. 27, 1948, preparationswere made for our banquetwhich will be held before theEaster holiday. As is the customthe banquet wil be held to honorour graduating member, J. Leon-ard Ivins; our four new mem-bers, Herbert Ginsberg, HarveySilvert, Hyron Magen, EdwardKornhanuser; and to introduce thepledges to our organization.

On May 1 and 2, 1948, the Na-tional L. O. G. Fraternity willhold its convention in Philadel-phia, Pa. As is the custom theyhave invited one of our membersto be present. The fraternity ap-pointed J. Leonard Ivins to rep-resent us at the meeting. SamPlotnick has been appointedpledge master.

0YxOn Friday night, February

13th, a work night was held atthe College. Our speakers for theevening were two representa-tives of the Alcoholics Anony-mous Club of Des Moines.

Their informal talks were ex-tremely interesting as they fa-miliarized us with every phaseof their meritorious work. A fewof the aspects that were discussedwere: the organization of theClub, how its activities are fin-anced, and its accomplishmentsand failures in dealing with al-coholics.

An aspect of the talk whichwas of particular interest was thecooperation between Still Col-lege Hospital and AlcoholicsAnonymous. The club represen-tative stated that approximately98% of the alcoholics treated atStill Hospital are now membersof their organization. He com-mended the fine treatment thatwas given these patients at theCollege Hospital.

With winter at its height PhiSigma Gamma celebrated GeorgeWashington's birthday with aninformal dance. Seventy-fivecouples danced to the music ofFrankie Marketti's orchestrafrom ten until one on the eveningof February twenty-first. SocialChairman Joe LaManna preparedan evening's entertainmentwhich will long be rememberedby those in attendance.

During recent weeks PhiSigma Gamma was privileged tohear an address on "Psycho-pathic Idiosyncrasies in HumanBehavior" by Dr. Byron E. Lay-cock. Dr. Laycock in portrayingsketches from a vast fund of in-formation, gave life to manyitems which are usually foundonly in the bibliographies ofphychiatry textbooks. Dr. Fred-erick J. McAllister brought outhis slide projector and gave anillustrated lecture on his pro-fessional hobby "Structure andTreatment of Feet". Followingthe discourse, Dr. McAllistergave a practical demonstrationof foot technique. The ease andfacility of his methods wereovershadowed only by pictur-esque descriptions.

A formal initiation was heldat the Chapter house on Monday,February 2nd. The followingpledges became active membersof Phi Sigma Gamma:

James L. Beal, Wyandotte, Mich.Norman A. Bomengen, Seattle, Wn.William P. Carpenter, Akron, Ohio.Charles E. Chambers, Owensboro,

Ky.Richard DeBard, Dayton, Ohio.William L. Elston, Niles, Ohio.Robert R. Harrison, Grand Rapids,

Michigan.Sanford S. Herr, McMinnville, Ore.Victory J. Hessey, Pampa, Texas.Robert J. Hindman, Lincoln Park,

Michigan.Walter R. Hoffman, Akron, Ohio.G. Keigh Howland, Decorah, Iowa.John P. Hutchins, Los Angeles, Cal.T. Roy Massin, Toronto, Canada.Frederick E. Miller, Wenatchee,

Washington.Paul W. Panakos, Lansing, Mich.Thomas C. Reed, Moorhead, Minn.Nicholas C. Scaccia, Franklin, Mass.Allan G. Schmidt, Wauwatosa, Wis.Allan A. Ingenito, Harrison, N. J.William E. Smeltzer, Wayne, Mich.Paul E. Terrill, Des Moines. Iowa.C. G. Thompson, Des Moines, Iowa.Robert D. Wirt, Battle Creek, Mich.Leonard N. Wood, Ravenna, Ohio.

Phi Sigma Gamma is proud towelcome the new brothers intothe fraternity and congratulatesthem on the step they have taken.

AnThe Beta Chapter of Delta

Omega held its monthly meetingat the home of Dorothy Mullen.After the business meeting Dr.Rachel Woods gave an interestingtalk on pediatrics which wasfollowed by the serving of re-freshments.

On the evening of March 2,the President, Dorothy Mullen,invited the active group to herhome for a steak dinner. Latera group discussion was held. Thegroup wishes to thank "Dot" forsuch a wonderful evening.

The next meeting will be heldat the home of Mrs. Paul Kim-berly. Dr. Fred Campbell will bethe guest speaker, and we hopeall the members will be there.

Gamma Chapter of Psi SigmaAlpha, the National OsteopathicScholastic Honor Society, wishes'to announce the pledging of Rus-sell Bunn and Howard Dolyak ofthe present Junior "B" Class. Wewish to congratulate these twostudents upon their scholasticachievements and welcome theminto our organization.

To the members of the studentbody who are not cognizant ofthe workings of Psi Sigma Alpha,we refer to the January, 1948issue of the Log Book for a de-tailed summary.

Doctor Paul Kimberly enter-tained the group, in the form ofa work night, at his new homethe evening of Monday, February23rd. The subject for discussionwas "Structural Examination".We believe the subject was cov-ered most completely and, wewish to thank Doctor Kimberlyfor the hospitality of his home.The lunch served by Mrs. Kim-berly was most delicious and willbe long remembered.

Dr. Paul E. Kimberly wasguest speaker at the meeting onMarch 2nd. His very interestingtalk was based on "The Wife'sPlace in the Osteopathic Profes-sion".

We wish to extend our thanksto those who contributed andhelped to make our RummageSale of March 6th a success. Do-nations are next in order for theBake Sale to be held on Satur-day, March 20th.

This semester, the 0. W. C. C.graduation banquet for the AprilClass of 1948, will be held atCurly's Restaurant on March16th.

Regular meetings are held inthe Still College Hospital diningroom on the 1st and 3rd Tues-days of each month. All membersare urged to attend.

Hospital Notes

The Diagnostic Service con-tinues to draw patients from allover the country.

Because it is a Diagnostic Serv-ice we naturally see many un-usual ,types of cases. A very in-teresting and unusual case thispast month was a case of "Ying"or "Rice Paddy Disease." It isa disease contracted from ithebite of an- insect- which createsa blood dyscrasia which can onlybe alleviated, according to Chinesetherapeutics, by bleeding the pa-tient and then transfusing himwith whole blood. As soon as thediagnosis was made and the pro-cedure instituted the patient be-gan to show very marked im-provement and was recently dis-charged from the hospital.

He had been to a great manyof the nation's outstanding clinicsbefore his arrival here. Thestaff at the hospital is to becomplimented on the handling ofthis highly unusual and very dif-ficult case.

It is the hope of the staff tomake this Diagnostic Service ofreal value to every physician inthe United States and Canada andto produce a real "Mecca ofOsteopathy" at this college.

Since the last issue of the LOGBOOK the department of surgeryhas reported on 228 cases ofepilepsy in which surgical inter-vention has been used, with a per-centage of "alleviated or cured"of 62.5%, which we feel is high-ly creditable. In a high percent-age of these cases the departmentof Cranial Osteopathy has had ahand in the treatment of thecases. A paper is in the processof preparation reporting on thesecases.



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34je Jog 1O0o0 The Physiological BasisThe Official Publication of Of Muscle Disorders



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Dean's Letter

The second semester of theschool year has begun; and withit a new Freshman class, num-bering thirty-two students, hastaken up. its studies in Anatomy,Biochemistry, Embryology andPhysiology.

These students come to usfrom eleven different states, dis-tributed as follows: Iowa-9;Michigan-6; Missouri-5; NewYork-4; Minnesota-2; Massa-chusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, Indi-ana, California, Illinois-i each.

Twenty-six of these youngpeop e are war veterans, andhalf the class is married.

The ,pre-professional work ofthese students was pursued inmore than 24 colleges and uni-versities ranging from coast tocoast. Drake University, DesMoines, Iowa, is represented byeight students.

In accord with the new policyof Still College, this class is thelast to be admitted in midyear.Hereafter the classes will beginonly in the Fall of the year.Enrollment in each freshmanclass will be limited to seventystudents.

Applications for admission inSeptember, 1948, now greatly ex-ceeds the number which will beadmitted. The College is nowaccepting only applications foradmission in September, 1949. Itis anticipated that this-pressurefor admission will continue forseveral years.

The limited capacity of theCollege does not permit instruc-tion to more than seventy fresh-man per year. This situation is apleasing outlook for the futureof the profession, yet it empha-sizes the need of the osteopathicschools for greater subsidy.

The young men and womenwho so wisely are selecting os-teopathy as a career need thesupport of every physician inpractice, and they in turn willwillingly contribute to the edu-cation of future osteopathic phy-sicians. The will to make theprofession excel is apparent, butthe way is hard. The life of aprofession lies solely in efficiencyof instruction in the schools, andefficiency can only be maintainedand improved by monetary as-sistance.

Dr. Joseph C. Cullen, Osteopa-thic Physician and Surgeon, an-nounces the opening of his newoffice at 18950 Woodward Ave-nue, Corner Brentwood, Detroit,Michigan.

(Below is a re-printing fron an ad-dress deliverd by Dr. Leonard Grum-bach, Chairman of the Departmentof Physiology, before a Conventionof Osteopathic Orthopedic Physiciansat Kansas City, Missouri, on Febru-ary 27, 1948.)

It would be impossible to re-view adequately ithe subjectof muscle physiology in the shorttime allotted for this discussioneven without correlating thisknowledge with the subject ofdisordered muscle function. Largeamounts of information which arenot pertinent to an understand-ing of muscle disorders will beomitted.

If we can first get a generalpicture of a single muscle fiberfunctioning normally, we shouldbe able to see where disorders ofmuscle function can arise Wethen can go further into thephysiology of the relevant pro-cesses.

The contraction of a skeletalmuscle cannot normally occurwithout the arrival of a nerveimpulse from the central nervoussystem. Therefore the picture be-gins with the departure of anerve impulse from a motoneuronin the ventral horn of the spinalcord or in the appropriate cranialmucleus. The impulse passesdown the axon of the motoneuronuntil it begins to branch; the im-pulse figuratively divides up andpasses down each branch-actual-ly the process is entirely differentbut it would take us too farafield to go into the matter. Oneof the branches goes to the mus-cle fiber we have under con-

sideration. The assemblage ofmotoneuron and its axon plus allof the muscle fibers innervatedby its branches is called the motorunit. Hence our particular mus-cle fiber functions as part of the.notor-unit and not by itself. Theunit of contraction in a muscle(considered as an organ) is themotor unit, not the individualmuscle fibers.

However, we can continue toexamine the activity of a singlemuscle fiber with profit in orderto understand the background ofsome muscle disorders. The nerveimpulse passes down one of theaxon branches to its terminationinside of the muscle fiber. Theregion in which it terminates isa specialized portion of the musclefiber; it is called the motor end-plate. The region including thespecialized termination of theaxon, the motor end-plate, andthe specialized part of the musclefiber in the neighborhood of theend-plate forms the myoneural orneuromuscular function. Someconsider the motor end-plate tobe neither nerve nor muscle andactually the myoneural junction.

The nerve impulse is transmit-ted across the neuromuscularjunction in a manner which weshall describe later in some de-tail as it has an important bear-ing on disordered function. Hav-ing crossed the junction (so tospeak) the impulse sets the ex-citable system of the muscle fiberinto operation. This excitablesystem resides in the membraneof the muscle cell and operatesin exactly the same manner asthe excitable system of a nervefiber. It responds to a suitable

stimulus and the response ispropagated or conducted awayfrom the region of the myoneuraljunction. The response of theexcitable system is essentially achange in the electrical propertiesof the membranes of the musclefiber. The change is a reductionin the potential difference thatexists across the membrane andis called the action potential. Upto recently the propagated dis-turbance or action potential wasbelieved to activate the con-tractile machinery of the musclefiber which then began to short-en and liberate energy. Now theevidence seems to indicate thatthe propagated muscle impulse oraction potential is not the es-sential cause of the activation.We will return to this when wediscuss the mechanism of con-tracture.

As long as the muscle fiber isstimulated it remains activelycontracted and continues to lib-erate energy. When excitationends the liberation of energyceases and the muscle fiber re-laxes. The relation between con-traction and energy exchange isexceedingly complex and in orderto make the relation clear morethan the time available would benecessary to do so. In the nor-mal muscle, fiber the amount ofenergy liberated during contrac-tion is controlled by the extentof the shortening of the con-tractile elements. In recent yearsit has become obvious that therelaxation of the muscle fiber isnot a passive extension process.

Observations on single musclefibers show that relaxation is anactive process itself. If one endof an isolated fiber is fixed, thefree end can be seen to shoot outexplosively when contractioncease a process which hardly


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would occur if relaxation werepassive and required a slight ex-tending force to bring it about.

We can now attempt to showwhere the known muscle dis-orders fit into our very generalscheme of normal muscle funz-tion.

We can establish a category ofdisordered function on the basisof biochemical defects which leadto a deficient energy liberatingprocess. Since the energy to runthe machine is lacking or in-efficiently distributed to the ma-chine, contraction fails or be-comes inefficient itself. The im-mediate source of energy in mus-cular contraction is the break-down of adenosine tri-phosphate,which is reformed at the ex-pense of an energy reservoir-phosphocreatine. Phosphocreatineis restored after contraction byenergy liberated in the break-down of carbohydrate. In thedisease known as musculardystrophy the symptoms are ap-parently due to a disorderedphosphocreatine m e t a b o i s m,which is secondary to some asyet unknown degenerative change.There are also changes in potas-sium content of muscles (belownormal) in this disease. Themuscular weaknesses and dis-orders found in endocrine dis-orders also fall into this category.In hyperthroidism symptomssimilar to muscular dystrophy ap-pear.

The second functional disorderwe will take up is contracture.In contracture the normal relaxa-tion of the muscle does not oc-cur. The muscle remains in ashortened state for a prolongedperiod. However, the process isreversible and the muscle can re-turn eventually to its restinglength when the conditions pro-ducing the contracture are re-versed. When the contracture isproduced it does not appear ina wave-like manner as does the

between the normal contractionnormal muscle contraction, thatis, it is not a propagated shorten-ing. There are many differencesand contracture, the essential onebeing that normally the muscleimpulse completely activates thewhole muscle fiber whereas con-tractures can involve only a partof the fiber, the strength of theresponse can be graded, and theprocess can be reversed at anypoint.

Contractures can occur as lo-cal shortening in the region ofthe neuromuscular junction, as aresult of nerve stimulation, butordinarily they are caused bydirect stimulation of the fiber bya variety of chemical, thermaland mechanical stimuli. Thechemical substances most com-monly used in the production ofcontractures are acetylcholine,nicotine, caffeine, and potassiumchloride. Ordinarily the firstthree mentioned excite the mo-tor-end-plate when applied tothe fiber, but the end-platemechanism can be made inexcit-able by soaking the fiber in pro-caine solution. In this conditionthe fiber slowly shortens andmaintains the shortened state.If the membrane potential iscompared before and during con-tracture, we find that a partialdepolarization ha s occurredwhich can be reversed-that is,the complete polarization restor-ed-at the positive electorde ofa constantly flowing current. Itwill then be seen that in thisregion the fiber has relaxed.When the current is broken thecontracture returns and so doesthe partially depolarized state ofthe membrane. From this andsimilar experiments the conclu-sion seems to be that the mem-brane of the cell controls thecontractile machinery, and thatsubstances which activate thecontractile machinery do so bytheir effect on the cell membraneand not on the contractile sub-stance itself.

Contractures sometime be-come irreversible when drugs areapplied. In this state they re-semble a peculiar state observed

in isolated muscle fibers whenthey are allowed to shorten morethan one-third of their normallength in the body. This state,known as the delta state, is char-acterized by a permanent short-ening or loss of the ability to re-lax. The delta state fiber can bestretched and stimulated, butnow it is found to develop ten-sion slowly as in a contractureand the maximum tension thatcan be produced is only aboutone-fourth of normal. Like acontractured muscle it maintainsthe tension for yong periodsafter the end of stimulation; itfails to relax spontaneously.Therefore much can be learnedabout contractures from a studyof these fibers.

As an introduction to a thirdgroup of functional disorders wewill consider what occurs whenthe motor nerve to a muscle iscut. Four typical changes in themuscle occur which are calledthe "degeneration of denerva-tion." The most striking changeis atrophy of the muscle fibersdue to a decrease in muscle tis-sue with replacement by con-nective tissue. Another changeis fibrillation - fine ripplingmovements of the muscle -which is due to an increasedsensitivity of the motor end-plate to acetylcholine and po-tassium. These substances stimu-late the end-plate when it issensitized and the muscle fibercontracts much the same as itdoes normally when a nerve im-pulse arrives at the end-plate.The contraction is accompaniedby an action-potential. Sincethe unit of contraction in thefibrillating muscle is the fiberrather than the motor-unit, theelectromyogram has a differentpicture from the normal. Thethird change is the already men-tioned increase in sensitivity ofthe end-plate by the degenerat-ing muscle fiber to chemical sub-stances such as potassium andacetylcholine. This increase insensitivity is the important causeof the symptoms in the varioustypes of anterior poliomyelitis-where the degeneration of the

motoneurons occurs in the an-terior horn. The chemical hyper-sensitivity is limited to motor-end-plate and the mechanismunderlying these changes isunknown. Oddly enough it hasbeen found that curare whichblocks neuromuscular transmis-sion in normal muscles nowstimulates the sensitized end-plates. The last change is thechange in electrical excitability,and this has considerable diag-nostic value. In the normalmuscle a galvanic current causescontraction only on the makeand the break of the current andfaradic stimulation evokes atetanic response. In the dener-vated muscle galvanic stimula-tion causes a tetanus whereasfaradic stimulation elicits little orno response.

The President Chats

(Continued from Page 1)James S. Keller, Pittsburgh, Pa.William J. Reese, Jr., Albany, Ga.Marvis A. Tate, Flint, Michigan.Fred W. Tente, Jr., Louisville, Ky.William F. Teskey, Bridgeport,

Conn.Those receiving their Degree

August 24th are:Charles Alexander, Des Moines, Ia.Menas E. Georgeson, Detroit, Mich.Sarah Jean Gibson, Des Moines, Ia.Thomas L. Hoyt, Jackson, Mich.Daniel Kegel, Milwaukee, Wisc.Gene H. Madison, Detroit, Mich.Edward R. Minnick, Mount Carmel,

Pa.Dorothy Mullin, Des Moines, Iowa.Richard L. Pascoe. Des Moines, Ia.Kenneth I. Schwab, Middletown,

Ohio.Richard Sherman, Des Moines, Ia.Stanislaus J. Sulkowski, Kansas

City, Mo.

May each of these young phy-sicians forever remember hisoath as an osteopathic physicianand be ever mindful that heis the true PHYSICIAN PLUS.

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Dr. McCaughan Addresses GraduatesI

Basic Cranial CourseFilled to Maximum

At 9 o'clock on the morning ofMonday, April 5, thirty-twograduate osteopathic physicians,who had come to Des Moines forthe eighth Post-Graduate coursein osteopathy began their basicinstruction in this phase of thescience of osteopathy. It is in-deed gratifying that the maxi-mum enrollment for this two-weeks' course has been reached,indicative of the growing re-sponse by the members of theprofession to accept the chal-lenge of cranial osteopathy asset before us by Dr. Wm. G.Sutherland.

FacultyAs in previous years, Dr.

Sutherland heads the faculty forthis basic class. The remainderof the teaching group includesDrs. Paul E. Kimberly, RebeccaC. Lippincott and Thomas F.Schooley; also, Drs. ReginaldPlatt, Chester L. Handy, ByronE. Laycock, Anna L. Slocum andGordon L. Elliott.

The osteopathic physicians en-rolled for the course representsno less than 15 states and twoprovinces of Canada. They in-clude:

Dr. Stanley J. Adamson, Rock-ford, Ill.

Dr. Bahne K. Bahnson, Burt,Iowa.

Dr. John M. Baron, Weirton,W. Va.

Dr. James P. Bashaw, James-town. N. Y.

Dr. Sam A. Buchanan, Can-ton, Mo.

Dr. F. E. Carr, ColdwaterMich.

Dr. J. V. Clark, Denver, Colo.Dr. Frederick H. Deeks, Win-

nipeg, Manitoba.Dr. John B. Donovan, Austin,

Texas.Dr. Irving D. Ewart, Holly-

wood, Calif.Dr. Ora Fry, Colorado Springs,

Colo.Dr. Marcheta L. Field, Lake-

wood, 0.Dr. Heber Hixon. Kansas City,

Mo.Dr. Carrie E. Hutchison, Day-

ton, 0.Dr. R. A. Lentz, New Ulm,

Minn.Dr. Joan McAllister, Toronto.

Ontario.Dr. Alvera Miller, Oakland,

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National Board News

The LOG has received the fol-lowing information concerningthe National Board examina-tions:

The Vermont Board of Exam-iners will accept the certificateof the National Board in lieu ofexamination in the State of Ver-mont. Thus the states now ac-cepting the certificate are: Ver-mont, New Hampshire, Massa-chusetts, Rhode Island, West Vir-ginia, Tennessee, New Mexicoand Arizona.

The Board has asked permis-sion to publish an honor rollafter each National Board exam-inaton. This will include thename and the school of the high-est in each subject of the ex-amination.

Look MagazineEditor Apologizes

Following letters from ourPresident and Public RelationsChairman, Dierdorff, the Editorof Look magazine apologized forthe caption and picture in a re-cent issue discussing the dancehall pest. In his reply, EditorCowles stated that they had nointention of disparaging the pro-fession of osteopathy. In the lastissue of Look we noted a letterfrom Willard Yeamans, presi-dent of the Michigan Association,which covered the subject quitethoroughly. It is hoped the mag-azine will make further apolo-gy by portraying the osteopathicprofession in its proper light.

Sophomore "A's"Hold Election

The Sophomore "A's" electedthe following officers at a classmeeting held on February 19,1948. They are:President ...........- Sidney GelmanVice President --...John FarnhamSec.-Treas.--- . Arthur JacobsonHistorian -------- Harry FontenovaStudent rep..--. William Robbins

The class is looking forward tothe end of the semester at whichtimes the state board exams willbe held. In anticipation of thiseventuality, a class meeting washeld at which the aspects of basicscience exams were discussed.Similar gatherings will be heldduring the semester. It is ex-pected that some of the facultywill advise us on these occasions.

Government ControlledMedicine Looms in Future

Des Moines, Ia., April 9-"Theshortage of doctors, hospital beds,nurses, professional schools, andother necessary adjuncts for goodcare of the nation's health is soserious that government con-trolled medicine is almost inev-itable to make the services of afew available for many. Alreadysteps have been taken by thefederal, state, county and citygovernments to help rout theselacks. And many health billshave been introduced in Con-gress to make medical care avail-able to all."

The above remarks were madethis evening (April 9) by Dr.R. C. McCaughan, Chicago, ex-ecutive secretary of the Ameri-can Osteopathic association, in acommencement address to thegraduates of the Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery.

He pointed out, "There is byno means sufficient capacity inall medical schools in the UnitedStates to- supply the presentneeds of the country alone. Cen-sus figures grow fabulously. Theaverage of longevity increasestremendously. In the total pic-ture the increasing number ofaged means more problems andmore work for doctors. Wherewill we obtain the added doc-tors to serve our rapidly increas-ing and our steadily aging popu-lation? No one knows, but it is agood wager society in this coun-try will try to find a way."

Dr. McCaughan stressed thelack of hospital beds by statingthat almost twice as many wereneeded as this country has today."The national government ismaking a laudable but an inade-quate attempt to improve thehospital situation. State and lo-cal governments are still fartherbehind. Admittedly, hospitalsare an extensive business rightnow. They cost about threetimes as much to build as 10years ago. At that time hospitalscould be built and equipped forabout $4,500 a bed. Today itcan't be done anywhere for lessthan twice that amount and theaverage is about $12,000 a bed,with some running as high as$25,000.

The number of trained nursesneeds to be doubled. There is noplan today worth the name to

provide enough nurses nor paywhat they will cost. The cadetnurses training course born ofwartime necessity is at the end ofits string. One of our osteopathicnurses training institutions iscosting its sponsors more thanthey can afford.

The education of an osteopa-thic physician or a doctor of anyother school of the healing artsis costing the institution moneysince tuition takes care of lessthan one-half the total cost ofthe education," the executivesecretary declared.

He then gave a short reviewof the osteopathic profession'sholdings which include six ap-proved colleges and more than300 hospitals. Dr. McCaughan,also, stated there were more than11,000 practicing osteopathicphysicians, specialists certified bythe many specialty boards of ex-aminers in this country as wellas in Great Britain, Canada,France, Denmark, and Africa.

Dr. McCaughan reported thegreat strides osteopathy has madein recognition by the federalgovernment in the last few yearsand mentioned some examples.

"Civilian U. S. Governmentemployees injured in the line ofduty may select their own oste-opathic physician to care forthem at government expense.Civil Aeronautics Authority, theRailroad Retirement Board, andthe Civil Service Administrationaccept the certification of a doc-tor of osteopathy as evidence ofphysical condition. Osteopathicphysicians, by repeated congres-sional authority, are eligible toemployment in the United StatesPublic Health Service and in'theVeterans Administration medicalcorps. Congress has clearly in-dicated authority to appoint oste-opathic physicians to the medicalcorps of the army and the Presi-dent is authorized to commissionosteopathic physicians in themedical corps of the navy. Ap-propriations have been madeavailable to pay for such service.

"The Veterans Administrationhas just begun to provide out-patient or home care to disabledveterans at the hands of oste--opathic physicians and addedservices which thousands of vet-erans have needed and repeated-ly demanded," he said.

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Selective Service during 'theforeign crisis has the approvalof educators "if the manpowerneeds of the armed services can-not be met by voluntary enlist-ment," according to your Presi-dent who participated in theConference on Higher Educationheld at the Congress Hotel, Chi-cago, Ill., March 22-25.

The 560 representatives whotook part in the conference, spon-sored by the Department ofHigher Education of the Na-tional Education Association,came from 380 colleges and uni-versities in 44 states. Institutionsrepresented in the conference en-roll approximately 90 per centof all college students in theUnited States.

The following policy concern-ing national defense was adoptedby the Executive Committee ofthe NEA Department of HigherEducation of the National Edu-cation Association:

"The United States must main-tain adequate military defenseagainst attack or aggression thatthreatens our security. More spe-cifically, there must be main-tained at this time: (1) An effec-tive intelligence service; (2) Anadequate program of scientificresearch and development; (3)A powerful and up-to-date airforce, adequate for defenseagainst attack and for devastat-ing retaliation; (4) Unquestionedsuperiority in sea power; (5)Small but powerful ground forcestrained and equipped for airtransportability and for amphi-bious landings; (6) A well sup-ported and well equipped Na-tional Guard; (7) A program de-signed to insure the vitality andefficiency of the organized Re-serve; (8) Adequate stockpilingof essential materials; (9) Effec-tive measures for prompt indus-trial mobilization.

"If, after careful investigation,it is the judgment of the Con-gress that the manpower needsof the armed services cannot bemet by voluntary enlistment, se-lective service should be utilizedto secure the additional militarymanpower needed. Selectiveservice, if adopted, should be de-signed and administered in sucha way as to preserve the fullstrength of the nation in thefields of science, health, tech-nology, education. and otherbranches of leadership essentialto the strength and stability ofour society.

"In view of the essential de-fense measures outlined above,universal military training shouldbe rejected as unnecessary andunwise, and as not suited toserving the defense needs of ourcountry under present conditions.

"The ultimate security of theUnited States depends upon thestrengthening of the United Na-tions to a point where that or-ganization, with the full supportand cooperation of all nations,can eliminate competitive arma-ments, outlaw war, and guaran-tee security against attack or ag-gression to all the people of theworld."

In a keynote address to the

conference, Dr. Alonzo F. Myers,chairman of the Department ofHigher Education at New YorkUniversity, and president of theNEA Department of Higher Edu-cation, proposed that the FederalGovernment establish a loan fundto enable young people to fin-ance their college educations andan educational reconstructionfinance corporation to enablecolleges and universities to fin-ance needed permanent plant ex-pansion.

Dept. of Bacteriologyand Public Health

Interest in public health andsanitary problems in Des Moinesby the students has markedly in-creased. Information about cer-tain undesirable situations is con-stantly being given to this de-partment; even to the extent ofkodak pictures being furnishedillustrating the careless storingand disposal of garbage andtrash. It is gratifying to reportthis interest in public health dis-played by our students.

No man is better qualified todischarge his civic responsibili-ties than the physician who inaddition to his primary interestin individual patients, shouldhave a deep interest in the over-all problem of community health.

It is with considerable pleas-ure that announcement is madeof the following requests:

1. The Secretary of the IowaPharmaceutical Association hasasked this Department to make asanitary survey of a number ofpharmacies in Des Moines withparticular attention directed tothe soda fountains and the foodserving facilities and methods.

2. The Director of SanitaryInspection of the City Board ofHealth has asked the chairmanof the Department to give a se-ries of lectures to his inspectorsregarding bacteria, their relationto disease and their importancein the sanitation of eating estab-lishments.

Commencement

(Continued from Page 1)McCaughan stated, "Osteopathichospitals are eligible to receivefunds for erection or enlarge-ment under the hospital act justas are hospitals staffed by phy-sicians of other schools of prac-tice. Osteopathic physicians inforeign ports may make immi-grant physicial examinations ac-ceptable to the State depart-ment. The United States Officeof Education and the army issueda series of pamphlets on trainingfor and opportunities in variousvocations and included well-written, authentic discussions ofosteopathy as a profession."

He concluded, "This is an im-posing even though partial cata-logue of the recognition osteopa-thy has received. It is recogni-tion gained against the steadybut ineffectual efforts of thosewith what might be called 'vest-ed interests' of a monopolisticnature in all of these services.It is recognition of the need forthe services which only osteopa-thic physicians can render."

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Dr. P. Ralph Morehouse, Al-bion, Mich.

Dr. G. Glen Murphy. Winni-peg, Manitoba.

Dr. G. Fenn Newark, Lansing,Mich.

Dr. H. R. Nutt, Muskegon,Mich.

Dr. Everett L. Pierce, Newton,Mass.

Dr. Bruce L. Ross, CentralCity, Nebr.

Dr. J. E. Smith, Emporium,Minn.

Dr. L. E. Staff, Jacksonville,Ill.

Dr. R. E. Starr. Marshall, Minn.Dr. Henry B. Walker, Nan-

tucket, Mass.Dr. Richard E. Walstrom, Eu-

gene, Ore.Dr. A. P. Warthman, Detroit,

Mich.Dr. James P. Witmore, Mar-

quette, Mich.Dr. Neil Woodruff, Flint, Mich.Dr. Ben 0. L. Wright, Mon-

rovia, Calif.

Advanced Class

The advanced class in cranialosteopathy is scheduled for April26 to May 8. The faculty for thatgroup will include Dr. Wm. G.Sutherland; Drs. Paul E. Kim-berly, Howard A. Lippincott andHarold I. Magoun; also Drs.Kenneth E. Little, R. S. McVick-er, Anna L. Wales, Anna L. Slo-cum and Gordon L. Elliott. Al-ready it is apparent that themaximum enrollment of 32 stu-dents will be entertained.

Dr. Laycock AddressesDrake Conference

Dr. Byron E. Laycock, Pro-fessor of Osteopathic Principlesand Technique, addressed theAnnual Career Conference atDrake University. This meetingof vocational directors was heldat the University Church Audi-torium on April 8 and 9. Dr.Laycock spoke on the aims ofosteopathy in improving thehealth of the community and thenumerous advantages of an os-teopathic education.

Gifts

During the month of Marchthe Des Moines Still College ofOsteopathy and Surgery was therecipient of a check for $2,000.00from the estate of Dr. R. H. Sin-gleton of Cleveland, Ohio. Thisis the first check received fromthe estate and the college isdeeply appreciative of this sig-nificant gift.

The college has received ananonymous contribution for theCranial Research Fund of $50.00from the state of Rhode Island.This generous gift is greatly ap-preciated.


Delayed Reward

A True Story

By LARRY CHERVENAK

Doc was always too busy tocollect his bills. But Mrs. Shueyremembered.

Give me the name of a wealthydoctor, and I'll give you 10 otherswho lead a difficult life andknow there'll be few rewards fortheir toil. People who don'tthink too deeply about it prob-ably wonder why a man everbothers to become a doctor.

But Dr. J. Harris Olewine. ad-viser to premedical students atthe Pennsylvania State College,had something of an answer forthem. Whenever anybody startstalking about doctors, I remem-ber this story he told our fresh-man class several years ago.

"I like to think of a Dr. Hor-nick," he said. "who lived in thesmall town of Portage, which isquite near here. Doc was an ex-cellent physician, but he was toobusy helping folks to bothermuch about money.

So it went, and although Docnever remembered who owedhim money, his creditors did,and finally he was forced tomove his office from the firstfloor to a less expensive locationon the second floor. Doc paintedhimself a little wooden sign thatsaid, 'Doc Hornick, Up There!'and had an arrow pointing upto the second floor. The folkswho needed him still found himup there, and as long as he couldkeep on helping them he seemedhappy.

About 1930 or so, a flu epi-demic hit these parts and DocHornick literally worked himselfto death. He was all over thecountry, in his ramshackle car orhis horse and sleigh. Around-the-clock Doc kept death fromothers until he himself fell sickand died.

It was only then that folksrealized this beloved old bach-elor had no savings and no in-surance. He was buried in thelone remaining corner of his par-ents' tiny burial plot. There wasno money for a headstone. so thetownsfolk decided to take up acollection. They wanted a stonethat would be fitting for such abenefactor of humanity.

The project started well; butafter several weeks the planningcommittee was still hagglingover the most suitable inscrip-tion. Gradually the whole idealost its urgency, and eventuallywas forgotten.

One evening later that winterlittle Mrs. Shuey, who had neverforgotten what she owed herdoctor, decided she would haveto take care of the headstoneherself. She didn't have themoney to buy a regular one, butshe got an idea. She stuck intothe frozen ground that night theonly marker she knew of thathad Doc's name on it.

The sun rose next day on asign pointed straight upward..'Doc Hornick,' it read, 'UpThere.' "

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Dean's Letter

April 9th marked the occasionof commencement exercises. Theconferring of degrees on twenty-three seniors was high-lightedby an address by Dr. R. C. Mc-Caughan, executive secretary ofthe American Osteopathic Asso-ciation.

His review of the history ofthe osteopathic profession, cou-pled with many significant sta-tistics, can only lead one to lookforward to a rich future for theprofession.

The vision of things to comeis already evidenced by the hun-dreds of letters which pour intothe colleges, asking for informa-tion about the profession, itsschools, their curricula, and en-trance requirements.

Still College by virtue of itswell selected staff of outstandinginstructors and excellent teach-ing facilities, is proving to beattractive to young people whoare excellently pre-trained.

While the two-year preosteo-pathic requirements are still inforce, the competition among theapplicants is automatically rais-ing it to three years or better.Such a situation requires thatthe quality and quantity of in-struction be increased to meetthe increased ability of the stu-dent to absorb knowledge.

The student with the two-yearminimum, for self protection, istherefore, advised to take an ad-ditional year or a Bachelor's de-gree before requesting admis-sion.

The curriculum of Still is ona par, or better, wth the averageprofessional schools of the UnitedStates; the quality of teaching isof the best.

The future will see osteopathicphysicians and surgeons receiv-ing the finest academic trainingpossible. The road is still uphilland there never can be anycoasting. Effort must be con-stantly exerted. Still is doingeverything possible in that di-rection.

Dr. McCaughan pointed outthat the cost is nearly threetimes the tuition of the studentto train him. Who will pay thedifference?

It has been said that "the onlyeffective treatment for denerva-tion is reinnervation." Howeverelectric stimulation of thedenervated muscle until thisoccurs produces a higher degreeof recovery. Immobilization isdisastrous, it increases the rateof atrophy and retards recoveryof motor function. There aremany chemical and physical factsknown about the course of de-generation of the muscle fiberbut it would take us too farafield to discuss them.

Before applying the above to amore detailed analysis of themuscle disorders we have to takeup the subject of neuromusculartransmission in the normal mus-cle. This puts us squarely be-tween the lines of fire of thechemical and electrical schoolsof thought. The chemical ex-planation is that the nerve im-pulse when it arrives at the endof the axon releases a jet ofA. Ch. which excites the motorend-plate; the A.Ch. (acetylcho-line) is 'hydrolyzed by Ch.E.(cholinesterase) during the re-fractory period and has no moreeffect. Recently the theory hasbeen amended to read that theA.Ch. is released in the end-plate itself and that there it ex-cites the membrane of the restof the muscle fiber. The electri-cal hypothesis states that elec-trical currents of the nerve im-pulse set up impulses in themotor end-plate. This view istoo simple and has had to beamended also since a propagatedimpulse is not (or not usually)set up in the end-plate. A.Ch.apparently plays a minor, sub-sidiary role in neuromusculartransmission which is intensifiedin the presence of anti-dioline-sterases.

The most recent view of the

process is this: the nerve im-pulse causes a local potentialchange in the motor end-plate-the end-plate potential. This isa very intense change but itdiffers from the ordinary spikepotential in that it is local. In amanner similar to an appliedelectric current at the cathodethis end-plate potential changestimulates the adjacent musclefiber membrane producing anordinary propagated response oraction.

In order to 'understand thecauses of such disorders as myo-tonia and myasthenia gravis oneor two details will have to begiven. Anti-diolinesterases (es-erine, prostigmine) delay thesummit and prolong the declineof the end-plate potential whenthe fiber is curarized. If the fiberis stimulated repetitively theend-plate potential persists forseveral seconds in curarized andnormal muscle also. The end-plate potential of eserinizedmuscle is a compound potentialwith two components. The firstcomponent is independent of theanti-cholineresterase and is sim-ilar to the normal end-plate po-tential. The second prolongedcomponent appears to be due tothe depolarizing action of A.Ch.which is prevented from beingdestroyed. Curare does not pre-vent the appearance of the end-plate potential-it depresses itthough in large doses. It blockstransmission by decreasing theexcitability of the muscle fibermembrane beyond the end-plate.Eserine reverses this effect byprolonging the end-plate poten-tial so that if stimuli are repeatedthe potential can sum to a highenough level to depolarize themembrane of the muscle fibereventually.

In myotonia relaxation is de-

layed after contraction is initi-ated. The persistent contractionis relieved by quinine and in-tensified by prostigmin. Quinineis a synergist of curare, that isit depresses the end-plate poten-tial and decreases the excitabilityof the muscle fiber membrane.The persistent contraction isaccompanied by normal ac-tion potential and hence isnot a contracture. The motorend-plates in myotonia are ap-parently hypersensitive to ace-tylcholine. This probably wouldproduce a prolonged end-platepotential which would set up anew muscle impulse as soon asthe refractory period of the lastwas over. Since the mechanicalresponse outlasts the refractoryperiod, the muscle would remaincontracted; in short a tetanuswould result. Clinically furthermuscle contraction occurs re-flexly as a result of the firstmyotonic contraction. Thus in-tensifying the effect. The mech-anism of myotonia is the sameas the fibrillation of denervedmuscle but the cause of the hy-persensitive end-plate is un-known in myotonia. Fascicula-tion in motoneurone disease hasa similar explanation althoughhere the contractions of manyfibers are synchronized unlikefibrillation. Both are intensifiedby prostigmin and abolished byquinine and curare.

Myasthenia gravis is a diseasewhich is the opposite of myo-tonia. The symptoms are ex-plicable on a basis of either anabsence of A.Ch. liberation whenthe nerve impulse arrives at theend-plate or else a too rapiddestruction of the A.Ch. by Ch.E. When prostigmin is admin-istered muscular functions be-comes normal which would ar-gue for a normal liberation ofA.Ch. Direct tests fail to showany increased Ch.E. activity inmyasthenic patients.

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almost sidetracked due to thepressure upon the Sophomorespreparing for the Iowa BasicScience Aexaminations and stu-dents on the accelerated programfinishing another semester April9th.

We are proud of our gradu-ating seniors and extend the bestwishes for the future to BrotherGeorge P. Evans who will im-mediately open his practice inWelch. West Virginia; to BrotherJames W. Allender who is start-ing his internship and residencein Pathology at the Wilden Os-teopathic Hospital in Des Moines;to Brother Spence Hughes whois planning to open a practice inKentucky; to Brother Karl Gra-ham who has accepted an intern-ship at the Corpus Christi Oste-opathic Hospital, Corpus Christi,Texas. Special note must bemade in emphasizing our con-gratulations to Brother Marvis A.Tate. Brother Tate has endearedhimself to Still College. and toPhi Sigma Gamma. His namewill be tradition in Delta Chap-ter. While serving as our Presi-dent for three terms of office, hewas instrumental in buying thenew home at 3205 Grand Ave.His untiring interest has beengreatly responsible in makingDelta Chapter of Phi SigmaGamma the strong organizationit is today. Doctor Tate willleave immediately to become as-sociated with our alumni broth-ers, H. H. Kesten and L. R.

Kesten. at the Flint OsteopathicHospital, Flint, Michigan.

About fifty couples attendedour spring dance Saturday,April 3rd, and enjoyed the musicof Frankie Marketti and thetranscription of the entire pro-gram on President Brochu's newwire recorder.

A Freshman "get together"was held Monday evening, April5th. The highlight of the eve-ning was Dean Shumaker's briefsurvey of social activities andtheir importance in life at StillCollege.

An open meeting was held bythe Fraternity on Friday night,March 13th, at which time theReverend J. Weiss was the guestspeaker. His subject was "TheRelationship of the Doctor to HisPatients' Religion." An interest-ing discussion followed whenFather Weiss invited --the audi-ence to ask any questions.

Graduating I. T. S. memberswere honored at a banquet heldon April 9th at Tony's VenetianRoom. Seniors honored wereJames Keller, Bill Blackler andKen Schwab. Bill Blackler waspresented a small golden gavelby Dr. Byron Cash in commemo-ration of Bill's past service aspresident of the fraternity.

Short talks were given by eachof the seniors, with PresidentHoward Dolyak and Dr. JamesBarnett acting as toastmasters.Arrangements for the banquetwere made by Bruce Thayer andJack Savarese.

The O. W. C. C. graduationbanquet was held at Curly's Up-town Inn on March 16th, in hon-or of the senior members-ElsieBlackler, Addie Schwab, EleanorHughes and Janet Allender. Thepresentation of diplomas wasmade by the Mistress of Cere-monies, Ardith Johnson.

Guests of the evening wereJudge and Mrs. R. L. Powers.

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Fagen. Dr.and Mrs. R. B. Bachman, Dr.and Mrs. C. O. Meyers, and thehusbands of the 0. W. C. C.members.

Judge Powers, the guest speak-er, delivered a very interestingaddress on "Legal Responsibili-ties of Parents." A toast to theseniors was given by JosephineGaudio and the response ren-dered by Addie Schwab.

A gift was presented Mrs. Fa-gen as the retiring sponsor ofthe club. Mrs. Meyer and Mrs.Bachman were introduced as thefuture sponsors.

The next meeting will be heldat the Still College Hospital din-ing room on Tuesday, April 20th.at 8:00 p. m.

Pi Omicron Mu

A national pre-osteopathicfraternity, Pi Omicron Mu,has been established recently atDrake University. A primary

purpose of the fraternity is tobetter acquaint prospective os-teopathic students with theirchosen field of work.

Officers of the chapter havebeen elected as follows:

President-Peter Georgeson.Vice President-Floyd Dawson.Secretary-Jean Purdy.Treasurer-Harold Landis.Historian-Eddie Biddison.Marshall of Arms-Calvin

Spayde.Speakers who have been pre-

sented at various meetings rangefrom students attending the os-teopathic school to physiciansnow well established. A lecturewas recently presented by Dr.0. Edwin Owen, part owner andhead of the Department of Path-ology at Wilden OsteopathicHospital in Des Moines.

The sponsor of the fraternityfrom Still Osteopathic Hospitaland College is Dr. Jean LeRoqueand the advisor from Drake Uni-versity- is Mr... John- Allison -ofthe Biology Department.


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Volume 26 MAY, 1948 Number 5

To Do Research On the Cerebro-Spinal Fluid at Woods Hole,

Massachusetts, This SummerDr. H. P. K. Agersborg, Pro-

fessor of Histology and Embry-ology at the Des Moines StillCollege of Osteopathy and Sur-gery will spend the months of

July and Au-gust at theMarine B i ological Labor-atory, WoodsHole, Massa-chusetts. Thiswill be thefirst time inthe history ofoste op athythat an oste-opathic collegeis representedat the world-famous insti-

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search. The subject which Dr.Agersborg intends to study is oneof much interest to osteopathicphysicians, because of Dr. A. T.Still's frequent reference to it"as the highest known elementin the human body," namely, thecerebro-spinal fluid. At WoodsHole, this study will be attempt-ed phylogenetically, that is inpre-mammalian vertebrates, andontogenetically and postnatally inmammals.

It is contemplated that Dr.Paul Kimberly, Associate Pro-fessor of Osteopathic Medicine,also will be at Woods Hole, dur-ing a part of the stated period,at least. Whatever the resultsobtained, it is felt that the find-ings will be a contribution toscience in general and to oste-opathy in particular. Dr. Agers-borg has previously attended theWoods Hole Laboratory severalsummers.

The Marine Biological Labora-tory at Woods Hole is a directdescendant of the first Americanseaside laboratory founded in1873 by Louis Agassiz on theisland of Penikese in BuzzardBay, Mass., and of the Naple'sZoological Laboratory in Italy,and the Liverpool Laboratory inEngland.

The first director of the WoodsHole Laboratory was ProfessorCharles Otis Whitman of Har-vard. The Laboratory was organ-ized by professional biologistsand has been governed entirelyby them throughout the 60 yearsof its existence., :

The Laboratory is nation-widein scope; all sections of the coun-try, and a large number of insti-tutions are represented on the

Board of Trustees and the staff.In fact, a widespread spirit ofcooperation from universities,colleges, and research establish-ments has helped to make theWoods Hole Laboratory one ofthe strongest influences in thedevelopment of biology in Amer-ica.

Many fields of study have beenrepresented during the entirehistory of the Laboratory, suchas animal morphology, embryol-ogy, botany genetics, cytology,evolution, animal behavior, phy-siology, among others. Owing toits Cape Cod location, it shareswith other institutions, such asthe U. S. Bureau of Fisheriesand the Woods Hole Oceano-graphic Institution the specialtask of studying the life of theocean.

The number of students andscientists attending the WoodsHole institution this summer, ac-cording to the Director, Dr.Charles Packard, will outnumberthe permanent population of thevillage.

A complete history of theWoods Hole Laboratory has beenwritten by Professor Frank R.Little of the University of Chi-cago, and published by the Uni-versity of Chicago Press.

Wisconsin ConferenceHears Still Lecturers

On May the 5th the WisconsinSociety of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons was addressed bythree of our faculty members.Dr. Peters spoke on "NervousDisorders and Psychiatric Prob-lems"; Dr. Laycock on "Princi-ples of Osteopathic Technic" andDr. Dirlam on "Diagnostic Fea-tures in Heart' and Liver Path-ology."

Dr. AgersborgAddresses IowaAcademy of Science

On Friday, April 16, Dr. H. P.K. Agersborg spoke before theIowa Academy of Science, heldat Parsons College, Fairfield,Iowa. The title of his addresswas "On the Nature of the Foodof the Food of the Food ofFish."

Hospital Notes

The Still College Hospital wasdesignated the official hospital forthe Alcoholics Anonymous or-ganization quite some time ago.Since that time the staff hastaken care of nearly 300 alcohol-ics, which has presented verygood material for research pur-poses in studies on alcoholism,particularly for the departmentof psychiatry.

Arrangements are now beingmade for pentathol sodium in-terviews on these alcoholics sothat further investigation maybe made into this interesting andever present civic problem.

A series of 70 barium enemasare in the process of beingstudied through volunteers fromthe A. A. organization in an at-tempt to answer the question,"Is alcoholism the result of atoxic manifestation of the ali-mentary canal?"

In the series those patientshaving incompetent ilocaecalvalves and tied-down sigmoidcolons are interviewed, with thepossibility that alcoholism mightbe an epileptic equivalent. Thosecases without demonstrable in-testinal derangement are beinginterviewed by the departmentof psychiatry.

The physicians in the cranialosteopathy section are examiningall of these patients for possiblecranial lesions to find whether ornot a common cranial lesion mayexist in alcoholics.

At the conclusion of the studya report will be made to showthe results.

The A. A. club now has fifty-seven chapters throughout thisstate and over 63,000 members inthe United States who are allinterested in the study being con-ducted. The group recently paidfor and equipped a room at thehospital for the use of new mem-bers entering on the A. A. pro-gram. The club beginners arenow sent to the hospital for de-toxification and thus given a startphysically as well as mentally.The group is convinced that it isgood therapy. The organizationis national in scope thereby of-fering an opportunity to otherosteopathic hospitals throughoutthe nation to be of service. Any-one interested in having ourroutines for the care of thesesick people may have the outlineof treatment by asking for it.

Birth

Dr. and Mrs. Sol Leibel (D.M.S.C.O.S. '47) announce the birthof David Paige Leibel on April18, '48.

Prof. Gillaspy AddressesAnatomical Society

The American Association ofAnatomists held their sixty-firstsession at the University ofWisconsin, April 21, 22, 23. MissCarrie Gillaspy, Chairman of theAnatomy Department and Pro-fessor of Anatomy at Still Col-lege, presented a paper entitled,"An Experimental Study of theCranial Motor Nuclei in the Alli-gator" before the neurologicaldivision of that society. This re-port represents the first study ofthe cranial motor nuclei in anyreptile based on experimentalmethods.

The afternoon of April 21 wasdevoted to demonstrations fromanatomy departments of the va-rious medical schools of thecountry. Along with these theanatomy department of Still Col-lege of Osteopathy and Surgerywas represented. The demonstra-tion consisted of a series of mi-croscopic sections of reptile (alli-gator, horned toad, chameleon,snake and turtle) medullae, ac-companied by drawings of cellsshowing Nissl changes due toaxon injury, made by E. H.,Smith, a student at Still College.

The paper and demonstrationwere well received and :it consti-tutes a noteworthy contributionto the science of osteopathy,

Invents WritingAid for Blind

Dr. Robert A. Marks, osteo-pathic physician, Queens Village,N. Y., who has been blind formore than 40 years, tells of hisapproved writing guide for theblind in the current issue ofOsteopathic Magazine.

He explains, "It consists of 1sinch thick wire bent so as toform a space 1i inch wide andseven inches long. It is fastenedto a carriage which moves up anddown a rail %2 inch at a timeand has features that preventthe writer from getting ink onhis fingers.

"The device is light, flexible inits use, and will sell for onlytwo dollars. It can be used foreither pen or pencil and has beentested by hundreds of blind peo-ple who could find no fault withit."

The name of the instrumentis Q.V.L. Writing Guide (QueensVillage, Long Island) and wasdeveloped with the help of theLions club of that city.

Dr. Marks found that it wasnecessary for a blind person tobe able to write in long hand, ifhe was to carry on a business orprofession.

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The President Chats

"By their fruits, ye shall knowthem." This is certainly a truestatement when applied to col-leges and to college graduates.Cowling and Davidson in theirnew book COLLEGE FOR FREE-DOM state, "Studies recentlymade by 'Who's Who in Amer-ica' reveal that in the past dec-ade from 86 to 89% of the notedand distinguished men andwomen in this country have at-tended college. Most of themhaving graduated from college."

It certainly is true that inclu-sion in "Who's Who" is no guar-antee of success. By the samecriteria, membership in either thestate or national association of aprofession is no guarantee forprofessional efficiency and qual-ity. However, one must deductthat members of any professionwho are vitally interested in theirprofessional advancement and inthe state and national organiza-tions of their profession, demon-strate to the public their willing-ness for cooperation with theother members of their professionand a desire for professional ad-vancement. Without our variousprofessional organizations, noprofession would be able to forgeahead as the individual membersof the profession desire.

This is likewise true in ourcolleges. The alumni of everycollege should be vitally inter-ested, not only in their profes-sion, but in their respective col-lege. The colleges must neverforget that the students of todaywill be the alumni of tomorrow;and the best advertising an insti-tution can have is loyal alumni.

Loyal, yet, not only to theircollege but to their profession.It is impossible for any collegetoday to operate upon the tuitionof the students. The osteopathiccolleges are no exception. Thecollege must look to its alumnifor an annual contribution forthe proper educating of the stu-dents enrolled today. Every stu-dent in our osteopathic collegesis on a scholarship as' the stu-dent's tuition pays only about athird of the cost of that students'education. The alumni of everyinstitution must assume the re-sponsibility for providing schol-arships for the students who arestudying in our colleges today.Likewise, when the students oftoday graduate, they must helpassume the same responsibilityfor the students of tomorrow.

Not only must an alumnus ofour college make a financial con-tribution to his college but hemust also seek to help everyalumnus find his proper place insociety; to keep him interestedin his profession; to help himadvance professionally; and toserve him in every way that ishumanly possible.

As a college, our duties to thestudents do not stop at the timeof graduation. Every collegemust continue to render a serviceto its graduates. Likewise, thegraduates should have an inter-est in the policies of the college.

The college services to itsalumni association can only beefficiently administered if an

alumni secretary is a full-timeemployee of the college. Un-fortunately, Des Moines StillCollege of Osteopathy and Sur-gery does not have an alumnisecretary. However, such an of-fice has been proposed by theMichigan State Alumni Associa-tion. This office would be de-voted to preparing publicationsof interest for the alumni; keep-ing the alumni informed on va-rious advancements made at thecollege; of special work beingoffered for graduates at theschool; and the keeping of anup-to-date file of all names andaddresses of all past studentsand friends of the college.

The president feels that thisis a worthy thought for consid-eration by the National AlumniAssociation at their annual ban-quet which will be held in Bos-ton, during the American Oste-opathic Convention.

Osteopathy as never before ison the threshold of NEW FRON-TIERS; and only through theunited support and cooperationof all alumni of all of our col-leges can the profession achievethose many advantages soughtby all.

Advance Cranial CourseFilled to Capacity

Just as for the basic group inthis work, the advanced coursein cranial osteopathy, held April26 to May 8, received a maxi-mum enrollment of 32 osteopa-thic physicians. These post-graduate students represent 17states and the District of Co-lumbia. The enrollment of thegroup is as follows:

Dr. R. E. Adkins, Mena, Ar-kansas.

Dr. G. L. Bilyea, . Louisiana,Missouri.

Dr. Ivan L. Clark, Kingfisher,Oklahoma.

Dr. Charles T. Crow, Omaha,Nebraska.

Dr. Dar. D. Daily, Weather-ford, Texas.

Dr. M. C. Derr, Maitland, Mis-souri.

Dr. H. J. Howard, Santa Ana,California.

Dr. E. E. Johnson, Tucson,Arizona.

Dr. Edward D. Johnstone,Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Dr. Oscar C. Kappler, Liberal,Michigan.

Dr. Raymond C. Kistler, Wy-andotte, Michigan.

Dr. Ivan P. Lamb, Palisade,Nebraska.

Dr. A. V. Mattern, Green Bay,Wisconsin.

Dr. Angela M. McCreary, Oma-ha, Nebraska.

Dr. Robert H. McDowell, Sag-inaw, Michigan.

Dr. H. W. Nicklas, Evans City,Pennsylvania.

Dr. Claire E. Owens, Exeter,Nebraska.

Dr. E. F. Pellette, Liberal, Kan-sas.

Dr. Vernia Phillips, Lincoln,Illinois.

Dr. C. C. Reid, Denver, Colo-rado.

Dr. C. W. Reinhart, Monroe,Michigan.

Dr. H. W. Remsberg, Hutch-inson, Kansas.

Dr. H. G. Rolf, McPherson,Kansas.

Dr. W. Dean Spencer, Fox,Oklahoma.

Dr. Amalia Sperl, Haverhill,Massachusetts.

Dr. James C. Simons, GrandRapids, Michigan.

Dr. Verna Simons, Grand Rap-ids, Michigan.NDr. Lulu Irene Waters, Wash-ington, D. C.

Dr. Alma C. Webb, Akron,Ohio.

Dr. S. Ann Wiegers, Marys-ville, Kansas.

Dr. Francis J. Willit, Bloom-ington, Illinois..

Dr. Rachel H. Woods, DesMoines, Iowa.

Recent Additions toAnatomy Department

The Anatomy Department hasannounced the arrival of modelsof a female and male pelvis, aswell as an excellent brain modelthat will serve to supplement theregular dissection not only ingross anatomy but also in neuro-anatomy.

A new pressure embalmingtank, whereby more positive in-jections of cadaveric specimensmay be prepared; a series ofKodachrome slides of anatomicaldissections to be used for lec-ture and review in all phases ofanatomy; and an anatomicaltext-book library for students'use in the laboratory have beenadded to the department. Thepurchase of a new binocular mi-croscope has facilitated the workin neurological research.

Further improvements haveconsisted of a three place x-rayview box with many plates, agreat many of which have beenforwarded to the department bydoctors from out of state as wellas those contributed by localmen; a series of mounted ana-tomical specimens obtained fromdissections within the depart-ment; and at the present writinga project is in progress wherebyit is hoped that the eventual out-come will provide a completeskeleton for each group of twostudents taking anatomy.

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Dean's Letter

On June 16th the first regularundergraduate summer session inthe history of Still College willbegin. This session is required ofall students who have completedtheir Sophomore year.

Thus the first real effects ofthe four and one-half year pro-gram which was begun in 1946will be felt.

Under this program, the sum-mer following the freshman yearwill be spent in vacation. Thesummers following the sophomoreand junior years will be devotedto regular study.

This extension of the cur-riculum brings the total numberof clock hours required forgraduation to 5354, a value whichis substantially 1000 hours morethan are found in similar cur-ricula of other schools of therapy.

The need for additional hoursof instruction is obvious. ManyStates permit full practice rightsto Osteopathic physicians. Yearby year, other states enact legisla-tion which is more favorable tofull practice. In order that theosteopathic physician may pro-gress in the healing profession,he must be as fully trained asare those in competing profes-sions.

In order that he may continueto progress in the practice ofosteopathic technique, his profes-sional schools must continue toteach and develop this form of

therapy which makes osteopathicmedicine unique and superior toother forms of therapy.

Still College and its sisterschools will continue to give to itsstudents a full course of osteo-pathic medicine. jWe will con-tinue to advance in our system ofinstruction because it is. the onlycourse to follow if progress is to'be made.

A profession is only as strongas its schools of instruction. 'Theschools, in turn, are as efficientand progressive as the professionwishes to make and maintainthem.

Schools are supported by threeprincipal sources of income--taxation, cash gifts (endowment),and tuition. Tuition alonel istotally inadequate to permit pro-gress in instruction and in re-search. Tuition alone cannot sup-ply funds to attract and main-tain an efficient and weil-trainedstaff.

The young men and womenwho are entering the osteopathiccolleges today have had excellentpre-osteopathic training. Veryfew are admitted with the mini-mum requirement of two years.Many enter with B.A. and B.S.degrees. They come to our schoolswell recommended, and aftergraduation, they will become pro-ficient in practice and eminentas citizens. They have your moralsupport, but are they assured ofmaterial support?

Interfraternity Council

The Interfraternity Councilmet at noon on April 21 andelected the following officers:

President-Paul Waters.Vice-President-Herman Fish-

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OSTE OPATHY WITHOUTLIMITATION

Faculty of the Eighth Biennial Post GraduateCourse in Cranial Osteopathy, April-May, 1948

Front row, left to right: Dr. Harold I. Magoun, Denver; Dr. AnnaSlocum, Des Moines: Dr. William tG. Sutherland, Saint Peter, Minn.;Dr. Anne L. Wales, Providence, R. I.; Dr. Rebecca C. Lippincott andDr. Howard . Lippincott of Moorestown, N. J.

Second row: Dr. Raleigh S. McVicker, The Dalles, Ore.; Dr. ReginaldPlatt, Houston, Tex.; Dr. Paul E. Kimberly, Des Moines; Dr. KennethE. Little, Kansas City, Mo.

Third row: Dr. Chester L. Handy, Providence, R. I.; Dr. Gordon L.Elliott, Toronto, Canada; and Dr. Thomas F. Schooley, Birmingham,Mich.

First Cranial Seminar Highly SuccessfulDuring the week of April 19 to

24 the first cranial seminar washeld at D.M.S.C.O.S. The lecturesand discussions were attended bya total of twenty osteopathicphysicians, many of whom re-turned each evening for addition-al advanced work in this phaseof osteopathy.

The seminar group was madeup of the combined cranialfaculties (basic and advanced)together with several other phy-sicians, advanced in cranial work,who accepted a personal invita-tion to participate in this newventure.

Round Table DiscussionsPractically every member of

the group had time allotted tohim for the presentation of hisindividual problems or suggestionsfor the benefit of all. Manylengthy discussions were forth-

*coming after the numerous sub-jects and widespread materialwere covered.

Several guest lecturers present-ed subjects of an allied nature,and the correlation of such ma-terial to the cranial concept wasmost interesting.

Guest Lecturers

College faculty members fromother departments who lecturedincluded:Dr. E. F. Peters, "Psychiatry for

the Busy Practitioner."Dr. F. J. McAllister, "Normaliza-

tion of Intestinal Mechanics bySurgical Removal of CongenitalAdhesions,"--the correlation of

surgery and cranial treatmentin selected cases of epilepsy.

Dr. R. B. Bachman, "ObstetricalMolding."

Dr. H. P. 'K. Agersborg, "AnOsteopathic Problem."

Dr. L. Grumbach, "ScientificMethods Used in Research."

MeRmbers' Program

Some of the more outstandinglectures given by seminar mem-bers include several excellentthought-stimulating addresses byD)r. Sutherland; a movie ofcranial mechanics and motion,and electroencephalograpic trac-ings of patients before and aftertreatment, by Dr. Tom Schoioley;a discussion and summary of"Cerebral Palsy" by Dr. NevaMcCoy and Dr. Gordon Elliott;the relation of cranial and spinalproblems to each other and theeffect upon each by anatomicalleg length difference by Dr.Harold Magoun; and diagram-matic representations of spinaland cranial examination findings,and the problem of orthodentureand its relation to cranial osteo-pathy, by Dr. Anne Wales. Dr.Paul Kiimberly, as master of cere-monies for the week, led thenumerous discussion periods, andin addition, gave several interest-ing lectures on anatomy andneurology.



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The Beta Chapter of DeltaOmega held its monthly meetingat the home of Dr. and Mrs.Peters. Dr. Riggle, the guestspeaker, gave the group a veryinteresting talk on "Alcoholics."After the talk Mrs. Peters serveddelicious refreshments. The groupwishes -to thank Mrs. -Peters forher kind hospitality and Dr.Riggle for his interesting talk.

On Tuesday the third of April,the active chapter of Delta Omegawas entertained by the ladyDoctors who were attending thecranial classes. The coeds wishto thank the Doctors for a ban-quet at Younkers Tea Room andfor a very delightful evening.

Plans for the next meeting arebeing made by the vice-president,Trudy Carpenter. We are hopingto see all the members present.

The election of officers for thesummer semester was held andPhil Sigma Gamma announcesthe selection of the followingbrothers:

Archon, Edward J. Brochu;Sub-Archon, Charles A. Limanni;Chrusophulax, Thomas C. Dozier;Pronatarius, John B. Farnham;Phulax, Jack Hessey; Exastase,Robert J. Hindman.

This is the last election to beheld under the accelerated pro-gram system. As the accelerated

program will synchronize with the:':regular four years' schedule inSeptember, 'the fraternity actvi-ties will be conducted in thefuture on -the two semester ayear plan.

Since the Log Book last wentto press Alumni brothers, HaroldTaggart, of Flint, Michigan;Henry Shade, Dayton, Ohio; andNeil Woodruff, Flint, Michigan,were vistors at the ChapterHouse.

At the regular meeting, May 3,1948, plans were made for theSpring Semi-Formal Dance tobe held May 15th, Frank Mar-ketti's orchestra will furnish themusic. Nicholas Saccia was ap-pointed Delta Chapter representa-tive to the National Phi SigmaGamma Council to be held inBoston, Massachusetts, duringJuly.

Announcement has been madeby the local Chapter of Psi SigmaAlpha National OsteopathicHonorary Fraternity that BrotherRussell B. Bunn has been electedto its membership. We con-gratulate Brother Bunn upon hisachievement.

ATLAS CLUOn April 19 the Atlas Club

elected its new officers. They in-clude: Paul Walter, Noble Skull;Art Jacobson, Occipital; JohnWoods, Stylus; Ted Cato, Sacrum;Ed Zarnoski, Styloid; and JackRennoe, Right Clavicle.

Plans are being made for theformal pledging of new membersof the fraternity within the nextfew weeks.

Plans are also being made foranother top-notch Atlas party,sometime within the remainingsix weeks of this semester. Wehope it will be as successful aswas the party held at A.I.B. inApril.

A special entertainment com-mittee consisting of BrothersBarnes, Jacobson and Kielbaughis to work with members of

the' other 'fraternities in formu-.lating plans. for an InterfraternityDance'-to be held soon.

Another interesting and enjoy-able Atlas Luncheon was heldWednesday,.:' April 5, at Doty'sTea Room. In addition to theregular members of the fra-ternity, the following Atlasalumni were our guests: Dr. E. E.Johnson of Tucson, Ariz.; Dr. H.I. Magpun of Denver; Dr. A. V.Mattern of Green Bay, Wis.; Dr.E. F. Pellette of Liberal, Kansas;Dr. F. J. Willit of Bloomington,Ill.; and Dr. Gordon Elliott ofDes Moines. Dr. C. C. Reid ofDenver expressed his regrets atbeing unable to accept the invita-tion to the luncheon. The fra-ternity is always pleased to wel-come Atlas alumni to Des Moinesand especially this group whichwas attending the advancedcourse in Cranial Technique.

Pi Omicron Mu

On Monday night, May 3, 1948,Phi Omicron Mu, the preosteo-pathic fraternity of Drake Uni-versity held its first annual for-mal banquet at Curly's restau-rant.

The following were initiatedas honorary members: PresidentEdwin F. Peters and Dean JohnB. Shunmaker of the Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery; Dean George F. Berry,Dean of Students and Prof. JohnAllison of the Department ofBiology, of Drake University, Dr.Jean F. LeRoque; and Dr. O.Edwin Owen.

Dr. LeRoque and Dr. Owen arethe professional advisors for thefraternity.

The Fraternity has 26 mem-bers. Their plans are most ela-borate and within the near futurethey will invite the other pre-osteopathic clubs from other col-leges and universities to af-filiate with their national or-ganization.

On May 9, 1948, the CalvariaChapter celebrated its 2nd An-nual Mother's Day Picnic at theBirdland Shelter, Union Park,Des Moines.

We all were pleased with thelarge turnout in spite of threat-ening weather. Heading our listof guests were Dean Shumnaker,Drs. Mack, Nagi, and Racher, andtheir wives.

The feature of the afternoonwas our high spirited baseballgames. At times the game fol-lowed in the rough "gashouse"gang tradition. Umpire was"Rubber Doughnut" Limanniwho fought hard to keep bothteams at peace.

Highlight of the day was thepicnic supper served in theShelter by our hostesses, Mes-dames Abramsohn, Adler, Gins-berg, and Katz.

After supper-the tables werecleared, moved aside, and dancingto music supplied by disc-jockiesGeorgson and Plotnik completeda very enjoyable day.

We hope a good time was hadby all and that next Year's picnicwill be even bigger and better.

On the evening of May 5, thefraternity held an initiation ofnew members at the office ofDoctor Sloan The pledges re-ceivng their first degree werethe following: B. B. Baker,Thomas Willoughby, ChesterSkrocki, Thomas Wolf and JamesMorse. These men will receivethe second degree at our nextmeeting.

A short business meeting washeld on May 3, at which time BillMoylan was appointed chairmanof the committee to select speak-ers for future meetngs. Othermembers of the committee ap-pointed were Ken Roberts andTom Wolf.


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Postgraduate Cranial Course AnnouncedOsteopathic Hospitals

Service Rural Areas

"There are more than 300osteopathic hospitals in this coun-try, with many of them servingthe less populated areas," Dr.Howard E. Laimb, Denver, Colo.,writes in the current issue ofOsteopathic Magazine.

Dr. Lamb, who is a fellow ofthe American College of Osteo-pathic Surgeons, chief of staff atthe Lamb Osteopathic hospital,Denver, admits that a number ofthese hospitals are small butstates that their locations are sowidespread that they can serv-ice every type of section in thecountry whether urban or rural."In fact building small hospitalsin isolated communities has beenone of the greatest contributionsby the osteopathic profession forthe betterment of national publichealth."

He continues, "Many of thesesmall hospitals are registered,which means they must meet cer-tain requirements which includeeverything from the correct tem-perature in the room to the keep-ing of proper records on thepatients.

"Among the larger hospitals,free clinics are an important partof their service. Some are gen-eral while others are specializedclinics. H-owever, the hospitalsconnected with the six approvedosteopathic colleges maintain alltypes of clinics and treat largenumbers of patients daily."

In his article Dr. Lamb citesmany reasons why osteopathichospital care is better for surgicalpatients. Among the variouspoints mentioned was the state-ment that postoperative pneu-monia was a rarity, "probably be-cause of the employment of osteo-pathic methods of treatmentwhich forestall congestion in anypart of the body. Early ambula-tion for surgical case has proveda success, except in special in-stances where it is not allowed,because of the aid osteopathictreatment gives to bringing thebody back to normal more quick-ly.

"Obstetrical cases, also, showthe same quickened return tonormalcy because of osteopathicmanipulative treatment givenduring the pre-natal and post-natal periods as well as any othertype of disorder that requires hos-pital confinement," Dr. Lamb con-cludes.

Dr. G. L. Elliott toPractice with Father

Dr. Gordon L. Elliott, who forthe past year has been a memberof the Department of OsteopathicMedicine of the College and as-sistant to Dr. Paul E. Kimberly,chairman of the division ofCranial Osteopathy, is leaving DesMoines on July 1, 1948, to enterpractice with his father.

Dr. Elliott entered Still Collegein 1939; however, an interruptionof four years, through servingwith the Canadian armed forces,delayed his graduating untilJuly, 1947.

He is a member of the post-graduate faculty in cranial osteo-pathy having served in thatcapacity for the first time duringthe eighth biennial cranial pro-gram held in April and May ofthis year. It is expected that hewill return to Des Moines this fallto assist at the October-Novem-ber cranial course.

He is a past president of bothXiphoid Chapter of the AtlasClub and Beta Chapter of SigmaSigma Phi, national osteopathicservice fraternity.

His father, Dr. G. C. Elliott,graduated from D.M.S.C.O.S. in1912 and has practiced in Torontoever since that time. The Drs.Elliott will have their offices at1609 Bloor Street W., Toronto,Ontario. The Log Book wishesthem both continued success.

State AlumniHolds Election

The Iowa State Alumni Associa-tion of D.M.S.C.O.S. held its elec-tion of officers at the alumniluncheon held in conjunction withthe Iowa State Osteopathic Con-vention June 18, 1948, at the HotelFort Des Moines, Des Moines,Iowa.

Dr. Fred D. Canlpbell was elect-ed President, and Dr. Rachel H,Woods, Secretary & Treasurer.

MarriagesThe LOG BOOK has received

word of the following marriages:Dr. Emma Louise MacAdams(class of 1942) to David W.Nicolette, Saturday, June 5, 1948,at Grand Rapids, Michigan; andSimon S. Indianer (Class of 1950)to Miss Betty Bernard, Monday,June 14, 1948, at Detroit, Michi-gan.

Hospital Notes

Vacation time is on for themembers of the staff at the hos-pital which means fun for someand double duty for those thatstay behind.

Although summer schedules arein effect, the diagnostic servicecontinues to grow by leaps andbounds; in fact, so rapidly thatthe staff is now having dailylunch-time staff meetings in orderto save that amount of time fordiagnostic work on their regularschedules. Some thirty-two stateshave been represented by patientsin our diagnostic service, and webelieve we are rightfully proudof the work that is being done.

Highly unusual and most in-teresting cases continues to bethe rules, which tests the mettleof the staff and keeps the groupon its toes in making the diag-noses necessary.

May we suggest that doctorson their vacation spend a partof a day in going through thehospital and seeing what we ofthe staff consider to be one ofthe best diagnostic centers in theosteopathic profession. If in yoursummer-time travels you arewithin reasonable distance of thecollege and the hospital, we sin-cerely believe that it will beworth your time to come and seethe setup.

Heart Disease TakesGreater Toll in

Lives Than War!

"According to available statis-tics, more people died from heartdisease in 1946 than were killedin action during World War II,"Dr. R. El. Duffell, editor, of theJournal of the American Osteo-pathic association, reports in thecurrent issue of OsteopathicMagazine.

"While heart disease is a broadterm since there are many typesof and causes for this condition,one of the most insidious is thatcaused by rehumatic fever," hedeclares.

"The cause for rheumatic feveris a reseach project, but manyauthorities ascribe to the theorythat streptococci or filterableviruses are to blame with diseasedtonsils the major source of in-fection," he concludes.

Dr. John B. Shumaker, Dean,and the other members of thecommittee on postgraduate educa-tion at Des Moines Still Collegeof Osteopathy and Surgery an-nounce the dates for the ninth bi-annual postgraduate course incranial osteopathy. Two courseswill be given, the basic coursefrom October 11 to 23, and theadvanced course from November1 to 13, 1948.

The college is proud to offer theprofession such excellent - andwell-received programs as thesecourses in cranial osteopathy haveproven to be. Those of the pro-fession who have had any con-tact with these courses realize thecaliber of the instruction pre-sented.

Faculty

As in our previous courses inthis subject, the faculty group isheaded by the founder of thecranial concept, Dr. William G.Sutherland. A competent groupof cranial lecturers and assistantswill assist Dr. Sutherland,: in-cluding Drs. Paul E. Kiinberly,Rebbecca C. Lippincott, Harold A.Lippincott, Harold ;I Magoun,Thomas F. Schooley, ReginaldPlatt, tChester L. Handy, ByronE. Laycock, Anna L. Slocum,Gordon L. Elliott, Raleigh S. Mc-Vicker, Kenneth E. Little, AnneWales, and John Nutt. It is theaim of the cranial faculty to haveat least one instructor for everyfour physicians taking the course.Consequently a maximum of in-dividualized instruction will begiven in the practice session.

The basic group, October 11 to23 incl., is open to any physicianwho has the desire and initiativeto further his knowledge andscope of manipulative therapy.The advanced group, November1 to 13 inc., is limited to thosewho have had previous cranialtraining in a course supplyingbasic information.

For further information andfor applications for these fallcourses write to the Dean, Dr.John B. Shumaker, 7'20-22 SixthAve., Des Moines 9.




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June is normally considered asthe month of roses, but should,from the college administrator'spoint of view, be termed themonth of centipedes. Certainlya college president needs to havemore than two legs to get aroundand do all the things that are re-quired during the month.

The annual corporate boardmeeting, the termination of asuccessful school year, packingthe old seabag for his annual tourof duty, the helping of studentswith their many problems, tryingto find new faculty members, andadvising young graduates whereto practice are only a few ofthe demands required of your col-lege administrator in this monthof flowers and brides.

Needless to say, there is alsothat all important factor of secur-ing needed finances. Will thepledged dollars be forthcoming ornot? Will O.P.F. be a success,or will members of the professionmerely make a pledge and thenforget it? You cannot pay billswith pledges, and business housesand corporations closing theirfiscal year are demanding thataccounts be paid in full. Never-theless, the life of a college ad-ministrator is not only interest-ing but most challenging. Theold saying that "You can nevergrow old by working with stu-dents, but you will certainly growold if you try to keep up withthe students" is a true adage.

On the night of June 10th, thecorporate board held its annualmeeting. Twenty-five membersof that governing body of the DesMoines Still College of Osteo-pathy and Surgery gathered for adinner at the Des Moines Club.Many of the old grads of this in-stitution will recall the DesMoines Club as so many haveserved that famous club duringtheir school days in the years past.It was a most enjoyable eveningfor the twenty-five in attendanceand a most profitable evening forthe college.

Mr. Gibson C. Holliday, promi-nent Des Moines attorney-at-law,presided. The president's annualreport which was given at thattime will be printed later in thesummer and sent to all graduatesof this school. Mr. Will Sargent,President of Sargent & Company,a member of the Board of Trus-tees and Chairman of the FinanceCommittee, made the annualaudit report to the corporatebody. Election of officers for theensuing year gave the followingresults: Mr. Gibson C. Iolliday,LL.B., Chairman; Dr. Howard A.Graney, Secretary; and Dr. MaryE. Golden, Treasurer.

Mr. A. G. Kenworthy of theStorey-Kenworthy Company, Mr.Glen D. Boylan, Production Mana-ger and Vice President ofMeredith Company, and Mr. J.Roy Capps, Vice President of theCentral National Bank and TrustCompany, were elected to theBoard of Trustees of the DesMoines Stilll College of Osteo-pathy and Surgery for a term of

three years. Dr. Ralph Jack ofOgden, Iowa, was elected from thenominations of the Iowa State So-ciety of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons as the State Repre-sentative on the Board of Trus-tees.

The corporate body nominatedthe following Doctors as the slateto be voted upon by the NationalAlumni Association: Dr. ByronL. Cash of Des Moines, Iowa; Dr.O. Edwin Owen of Des Moines,Iowa; Dr. Sid Elias, of Detroit,Michigan; Dr. Lawrence C. Boat-man of Santa Fe, New Mexico;and Dr. Bert Adamsi of Ames,Iowa. The National Alumni As-sociation will prepare a ballotfor these five men and send it toall graduates of this institution sothey can select a member for theBoard of Trustees of the College.

The 1947-48 school year cameto a successful close this week.It has been successful in manyrespects the large student body,the increase of faculty members,and the enlarged budget. Thepresident is very pleased thatanother year shows the schoolyear closing in the black.

All hands of the college aretalking and planning for the Fif-tieth Golden Jubilee Homecomingwhich will be held the first weekin October. Dr. Jean F. LeRoquewas appointed Homcoming Chair-man. Elaborate plans are beingmade. The student body and thecollege faculty are anxious foreach graduate of the college toplan to return to the old AlmaMater for Homecoming week-end.

Summer school registration wasWednesday, June 16, so through-out the summer there will begreat activity at the school.

The president, the dean, andthe other members of the facultywho will be attending the Na-tional Osteopathic AssociationConvention in Boston trust that

D.M.S.C.O.S. will be representedat that great convention. TheAlumni Banquet will be the great-est ever at a National Convention.Dr. J. Philip Gurka of Lawrence,Mass., the National AlumniPresident, is looking forward togreeting you in his own state andis making elaborate preparationsfor that great event-The StillCollege Alumni Banquet.

Glands Are theDriving Force of

The Human Body

"Your glands control your per-sonality, your work proficiency,and your capabilities," writes Dr.W. Powell Cottrille, Jackson,Mich., in the current issue of theJournal of the American Osteo-pathic association.

"The most complex gland fromthe standpoint of emotional re-actions is the pituitary. Not onlyare there many different emo-tional patterns formed but thepituitary interrelationship withthe entire endocrine chain is soextensive that reactions whichoriginate in other glands caneasily be mistaken for pituitary,"he asserts.

"People who .have an over-active pituitary gland whetherthe condition is anterior orposterior have basic schizoid(non-social) temperaments. Theformer type is inclined to beopinionated with more than aver-age intellect as well as creativeenergy and good memory. Thelatter, also, has better thanaverage intellect but it is con-trolled by feelings and these peo-ple are more inclined to periodsof depression.

"In physical appearance theover-active anterior pituitary per-son is small in stature and givento weeping while the other type is

usually tall and of slender buildbut quiet and unobtrusive," hedeclares.

The article is a comprehensivetreatise of the effects glands haveupon people. High points amongthe many details Dr. Cotrillecites are:

"The thyroid centered in-dividuals, the most easily recog-nized, are active, energetic, andsusceptible to shock and worry.They are short with generalizedobese tendencies and when thecondition is severe, patients will belethargic and given to states ofmelancholia since this gland is thebalance wheel of the body.

"The adrenal centered peoplehave a great deal of energy anddrive. As a rule they are short,heavily muscled, and have definitecycloid (happy-go-lucky) natures.They have the stamina to carrythemselves through nearly all oflife's experiences but lack judg-ment in knowing their limitationsand consequently exhaust them-selves.

"When the adrenal is hypo-active, however, such people as arule are of slight build and haveneurotic tendencies. As a rulethey believe themselves to be themost misunderstood people in theworld," Dr. Cottrille states.

So if you lack pep, are slow atcatching on, and never finishwhat you start, blame your glandsbecause they make or break you.

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Dean's Letter

The first summer session in thehistory of the College has nowbegun. This session marks thefirst summer semester of the 4/2year curriculum which was start-ed in the fall of 1946.

Students who graduate here-after will have completed themost elaborate and comprehensivecourse in osteopathic medicineever offered by your Alma Mater.

In addition to a full course inmodern medicine, a full schedulein the principles and practice ofmanipulative technique is main-tained. Your college takes greatpride in the fact that it continuesto stress this most valuable andfundamental principle of the heal-ing arts in both hospital and col-lege teaching practice.

It is our earnest desire to de-velop and augment the funda-mental philosophy of Dr. A. T.Still and to imbue the many hun-dreds of future students of osteo-pathy with this scientific ap-proach to the study of body in-tegrity and welfare. The assist-ance of the many members ofthe profession is absolutely neces-sary to carry on this vital project.

The excellent contributions ofDr. Paul Riimberly of our faculty,and of Dr. Sutherland, and hismany students in cranial osteo-pathy are mute evidence of ourefforts. Through their efforts andthose of many others your col-lege will continue to excel in the

manipulative field. (Drs. Kim-berly and Agersborg are devotingarduous hours and days to cer-tain phases of this field of studyat Woods Hole this summer.)

The September class of 70freshmen is nearly completed.The files of the Registrar showthat approximately 300 applicantsdesire to begin their studies inosteopathy at Still College inSeptember.

Obviously most of these splen-did young men and women willbe disappointed, and some will bediscouraged. Many of their spon-sors in the profession will be dis-pleased also. It is our sincerehope that all will bear with usand help us seek some method tocope with the difficult problem ofexpanding our teaching facilitiesto accommodate the hundreds ofyoung people who want to be apart of the osteopathic group.

We are endeavoring to selectstudents who are best qualifiedfor admission, and who, we feel,will successfully withstand thedifficult program which they areabout to undertake. It is ourhope that students who do notsucceed in being admitted willrequest that their application bedeferred for a year and that theywill continue to improve them-selves iacade¢mically.

Approximately 35 freshmen tobe admitted in September willcome to us with the degreesBachelor of Arts or Bachelor ofScience.' Admission of large num-bers of 3- and 4-year college stu-dents will probably continue fora number of years.

The osteopathic profession hasits feet on solid ground, but itshead is confused with the manyeducational problems which be-set it. There is but one way togo. That way is forward. Thetime is now, and subsidy of thecollege program is imperative.


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Control YourEmotions! If

Want GoodYouHealth

"Emotions can cause disease,"Dr. D. Leonard Vigderman,member of the department ofcardiology in the New YorkOsteopathic Clinic, New York City,writes in the current issue ofthe Journal of the AmericanOsteopathic association, officialscentific publication of that or-ganization.

In his report he includes suchdiseases, as peptic ulcer, colitis,asthma, and migraine headaches,the origin of which may be emo-tional.

"Close observation of lifelongsufferers of migraine headachehas shown them to be individualswho often victimize themselvesthrough nervous wear and tearover frustrated ideas and ambi-tions.

"Psychomotor and vegetativenervous imbalance are more thanimplied when physicians refer toa peptic ulcer patient as the 'ulcertype.' The person most apt to belisted in this category is the long-limbed, high-strung individualwho drives himself as well asothers, and who expends energyeven over nothing," Dr. Vigder-man declares.

'While modern medicine hasmade great progress in recog-nizing the physical symptoms ofdisease and ridding the body ofspecific germs, too little thoughthas been given the mental oremotional side of the disease," heasserts.

According to Dr. Vigderman,the newly recognized psycho-matic method of treatment is astep toward the right direction,as it considers both the physicaland mental aspects of the diagno-sis of disease.

Psychosomatic medicine is oneof the technical fields included inscience of osteopathy. The en-tire osteopathic philosophy,through its stated principles, em-phasizes structural unity of thebody and the mind.

Further, it recognizes the con-trol and integration of thesestructures through the nervoussystem with effect on vascular,muscular, and endocrine struc-tures and the practical applica-tion thereof in preventive medi-cine, diagnosis, and therapeutics,"Dr. Vigderman concludes.

Disease

"The fundamental principlesof osteopathy are different fromthose of any other system andthe disease is considered chieflyfrom one standpoint, viz: diseaseis the result of anatomical ab-normalities followed by physio-logical discord." (Research andPractice, Dr. A. T. Still, p. 15.)

The Fifty-Second Annual Con-vention of the American Osteo-pathic association will be held inBoston, Mass., July 19-23, ac-cording to the current issue ofthe association's Journal.

Outstanding speakers from allover this country and Canada arelisted on the program. These in-clude: 'Drs. R1obert B. Thomas,president of A.O.A., Huntington,W. Va.; Allan A. Eggleston,A.O.A. trustee, Montreal, Quebec,Canada; Dale S. Atwood, ,;St.Johnsbury, Vt.; C. G. Beckwith,Hudson, N. Y.; Byron E. Laycock,associate professor of osteopathicprinciples and technic on thefaculty of the Des Moines StillCollege of Osteopathy and Sur-gery, Des Moines, Ia.; Paul Kim-berly, professor of osteopathicmedicine (cranial) on the facultyof the Des Moines college; Wal-lace M. Pearson, professor ofosteopathic principles and technicon the faculty of the KirksvilleCollege of Osteopathy and Sur-gery, Kirksville, Mo.; H. I.Magoun, Denver, Colo.; OtterbeinDressier, dean of the PhiladelphiaCollege of Osteopathy; C. RobertStarks, past president of A.O.A.,Denver, Colo., and R. C. Mc-Caughan, executive secretary ofthe A.O.A., Chicago.

All of these men, specialists intheir fields, will speak at the gen-eral morning sessions.

The chairmen for the variousafternoon teaching sessions ,willbe: Drs. C. Paul Snyder, Phila-delphia, eye, ear, nose and throat;H. Earle Beasley, Boston, internalmedicine; Floyd E. Dunn, Macon,Mo., neuropsychiatry; DorothyMarsh, Los Angeles, obstetricsand gynecology; K. R. M. Thomp-son, Chicago, osteopathic princi-ples and thereapeutics; Robert S.Roscoe, Cleveland, technic; J. M.Wright, Toledo, Ohio, orthopedics;William S. Spaeth, Drexel .Hill,Pa., pediatrics; Carl S. Stillman,Jr., San Diego, Cal., proctology;M. C. Pettapiece, Portland,, Me.,radiology; and W. Donald Baker,Los Angeles, surgery.

Dr. Kimberly toAddress Arkansas

State Convention

Dr. Paul E. Kimberly of thecollege faculty is to be one of theguest speakers at the forty-fifthannual convention of theArkansas Osteopathic Associationof Physicians and Surgeons to beheld May 21-22 in the Albert PikeHotel, Little Rock.

Dr. Kimberly is scheduled togive four addresses to the group.The subjects of his talks include:"The Structural Examination andIts Significance"; "History andConcept of Cranial Osteopathy";"Application to Practice ofCranial Osteopathy"; and "Osteo-pathy-Its Use and Disuse."


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Early Diagnosis Re-duces Mortality Rate

"Early recognition, diagnosis,and treatment of surgical prob-lems in infancy and childhood areimperative to prevent the loss oflife of the infant or child."

The above statment was madeby Dr. Harold K. Dalton, in-structor in anatomy of the Col-lege of Osteopathic Physiciansand Surgeons, Los Angeles, Calif.,in the current issue of the Journalof the American Osteopathic as-sociation, official scientific pub-lication of that organization.

"Congential hypertrophic pyloricstenosis (an overgrowth betweenthe stomach and small intestinecausing obstruction) is respon-sible for more surgery in infantsin the first few months of lifethan any other pathological en-tity," he writes.

Dr. Dalton continues, "Thiscondition is characterized bysymptoms of high intestinal ob-struction and is manifested clinic-ally by progressive vomiting,weight loss, and dehydration. Ap-proximately four-fifths of thecases are found in male babies."

He states that in 1908 themortality rate in the surgicalmanagements of this conditionvaried from 50 to 75 per centwhereas, now the rate is about0.5 per cent, due to advancesmade in diagnosis and treatment.

According to Dr. Dalton otheracute surgical conditions occur-ring in infancy and childhood are:Meckel's diverticulum, a con-gential structure developed em-bryologically through incompleteobliteration of the umbilical cord;intussusception, the telescoping ofone segment of the small or largeintestine into an immediately ad-jacent segment of the enteric(intestinal) tubes; and ap-pendicitis.

"If these four acute surgicalproblems are recognized im-mediately, mortality need not befeared," he concludes.

Rats

Where is there a communitywithout rats? That is a $64.00question. In fact it is a 2 billiondollar question! It is costing thepeople of this country, annually,that, amount of money to providefood and shelter for the rat popu-lation and to sustain the greatamount of material damage whichis done by the rats. And it is sowilfully done!

In addition, there are manydiseases that are transmittedfrom the rat to the human.Bubonic plague, a disease harbor-ed in rats, is on the increase inthis country. It is moving towardyour community! Many unsolvedcases of food poisoning are nowconsidered by authorities to havebeen caused by the contaminationof foods by rats.

Rats comprise one-third of allthe living mammals and exceedany other mammal in the num-ber of individuals. There aremore rats than there are humanbeings. The number of rats islimited by food supplies and op-portunities to nest.

Why do we tolerate this finan-cial burden and disease hazard?Mainly because of the indifferenceof Mr. Average Citizen to thisproblem of rat control. Rat con-trol is easy! Laws, regulations,city ordinances, etc. are of novalue unless the citizens cooperatewith health authorities in anactive control program.

There are various health stand-ards used to evaluate the sani-tary conditions of communities.The newest proposal advocated bymany health authorities is a ratindex of a community and a sur-

vey as to whether the communityhas a rat control program.

"If rats are found to infest anarea, it is because they haveavailable an ample supply of foodand also harborages or nestingplaces where they can rear theiryoung. Eliminate these and greatstrides have been taken in con-trolling the rat population. Citiesand towns should all adopt andrigidly enforce regulations requir-ing the use of metal, tightlycovered garbage cans at all house-holds. Every effort should bemade by city and town officialsto provide satisfactory means ofgarbage disposal. Iowa StateBoard of Health. May Bulletin."

The D. M. City Board of Healthhas inaugurated a rat controlprogram. A representative of thecollege is a member or theMayor's Special CommunitiesCommission. Our students in pub-lic health- are--greatly interestedin the program. In conjunctionwith their course work, groups ofstudents have made unofficial sur-veys of food establishments withspecial attention being given tothe control of the rat population.Information pertaining to certainvery undesirable conditions wasgiven to the Chief Sanitarian ofthe city. The following reply wasreceived:

Dear Doctor Moon:

I wish to thank you very muchfor the part you and your studentsplayed in the Sanitary Survey offood establishments. The paperspresented were very, very goodand have been valuable to me. Ifmore people would take this in-terest in city affairs, I think wewould have a much better city.

Thanking you again, I amSincerely yours,

John Rand, R.S.,Chief Sanitarian.

On May 26, Mr. J. C. Caldwell,rodent control specialist, and Mr.GI. C. Idekicker, district agent ofthe Fish and Wild Life Serviceof the U. S. Dept. of Interior,talked to the class in public healthabout rat control. The importanceand necessity of rat control pro-

grams were emphasized and in-formation given as to the methodof official organization of such aprogram. The talks were verymuch appreciated. No Food! NoShelters! No Rats!

Common ColdIs a Symptom,

Not a Disease

"The common cold is not a dis-ease entity, instead it is rep-resentative of a group of sym-ptoms, Dr. Arthur E. Allen,Minneapolis, Minn., writes in thecurrent issue of OsteopathicMagazine.

Dr. Allen, past-president of theAmerican Osteopathic association,explains that the common coldis a combination of effects pro-duced on parts of the respiratorysystem as a result of many con-ditions.

"Fatigue, from any cause; chill-ing of all or part of the bodysurface; foreign elements actingas constant irritants to the mucusmembrane of the nose; structuraldisturbances in the spinal column,in the upper chest and neckregion of the body offer suf-ficient factors which could eithersingly or in combination pro-duce the symptoms known as thecommon cold," Dr. Allen con-tends.

He recommends frequent osteo-pathic manipulative treatment asa preventive measure, as well asan aid, when the cold has becomea reality.

Visitor

Dr. Joseph B. C. Bartram, classof 1936, of Glenville, W. Va.,visited the College on May 20,1948.


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Cranial Technic Classes AnnouncedDr. Laycock Heads College Clinic Relationships of

L vmohocvtes. CancerDr. Byron E. Laycock, Profes-

sor of Osteopathic Principles andTechnique, has moved into theclinical field as director of clinicsat the College. During the twoweeks of his jurisdiction, therehave been a number of changesinstituted which are alreadyevident in the more smoothlyworking machinery in that de-partment. Dr. Laycock has con-tacted and received the supportof many physicians either in ornear Des Moines. These men con-stitute the beginning staff of theclinic.

Clinical Procedure

Each patient who enters theclinic receives a complete phy-sical examination, including aroutine blood and urine analysis.Examinations in the specialty de-partments, including speciallaboratory examinations, areordered by the internist and car-ried out in the same manner thatis followed in a referring prac-tice.

Case Record System

The system of case records usedin the college clinic complies withthe requirements of the AmericanAssociation of Osteopathic Hos-pitals and Clinics. This will servetwo purposes: (1) to give us casehistories that are complete forthe preparation of statistics and(2) to give us records which maybe interchanged with the collegehospital.

Plans

New diagnostic equipment andexamination facilities are beingplanned for and added as rapid-ly as funds will permit. The aimof the clinical department is todevelop a type of work whichwill be of incalculable value tothe student body and to be aservice to the osteopathic profes-sion by giving them a diagnosticfacility in an osteopathic institu-tion unequaled in this area.

Dr. Laycock earnestly solicitsany aid or recommendationswhich may be tendered by theosteopathic profession. It is ouraim to keep you posted throughthis paper with the progresswhich is being made in this, aswell as in other departments ofthe school.

Hospital Notes

Again, your President is pinch-hitting for Dr. Frederic Mc-Allister who regularly writes thiscolumn.

Dr. McAllister departed onWednesday morning, July 7th, forYale University to pursue a fourweeks' postgraduate course at theYale Institute for the study ofalcoholism.

Since the dedication of the StillOsteopathic Hospital, the hospitalhas cooperated with the AlcoholicsAnonymous Organization of thiscity. It is felt that the trainingreceived this summer at Yale Uni-versity will not only be of valueto those already afflicted withthe disease but will better pre-pare the osteopathic physician oftomorrow to cope with thisphysiological condition which isconstantly gaining more recog-nition throughout the scientificworld.

Dr. McAllister and his familywill return to the college onAugust 8th.

Alumni News

Dr. Howard E. Hattesen an-nounces the opening of his officeat 9620 N.E. Second Avenue,Miami, Florida.

Dr. Harry L. Stimson an-nounces the removal of his officeto the Wright Clinical Building,15885, Woodward Avenue at Mid-land, Highland Park, Michigan.

Dr. M. C. Hammer announcesa change of location to the Penn-way Building, 241 North Penn-sylvania, Indianapolis, Indiana.

College

"The object of this corpora-tion is to establish a College ofOsteopathy, the design of whichis to improve our present sys-tem of surgery, obstetrics, andtreatment of diseases generally,and place the same on a morerational, scientific basis." (Auto-biography Dr. A. T. Still, p. 168.)

Lymphocytes have been con-sidered in many studies on can-cer, but the general view hasbeen that the lymphocyte is afactor in immunity. MargaretA. Kelsall, of the Roscoe B. Jack-son Memorial Laboratory, BarHarbor, Maine, argues in the re-verse manner, i. e., that thelymphocyte may be a factor inthe initiation of tumor growth.Her case is founded on manypoints of evidence, all of whichindicate a corresponding increasein the number of lymphocyteswithin a tissue or throughout thebody as a whole where there isan increase in growth and inci-dence of tumors. She also hasevidence to indicate that any-thing that tends to decrease thenumber of lymphocytes lowersthe incidence of tumors.

Metastases of mammary carci-noma occur most frequently inlymph nodes; lymphocytes arepresent in mestastases to theliver in neoplastic foci developedfrom burst lymphatics and be-tween the elastic connective tis-sue and the epithelium contain-ing neoplastic cells in Paget'sdisease of the nipple. Lympho-cytes are found in fluids and tis-sues which are known to containa mammary tumor inciter; theseare milk, blood, spleen, thymus,lactating mammary tissue andbreast tumors.

Lymphocytes are found at neo-plastic foci induced by irritationdue to chemicals, physical factors,radiation, and possibly parasitesand viruses. Sex hormones,which are known to be a factorin the production of tumors, maystimulate growth of lymphoblas-tic tissue when there is a condi-tion of unbalance. Lymphocy-tosis occurs in some stages ofof syphilis; it may be that this is afactor leading to greater inci-dence of carcinoma of the lip insyphilitics.

There is also a correlation be-tween a decrease in the numberof lymphocytes and decreased in-cidence and growth of tumors.Chronic inanition decreases boththe blood lymphocytes and tumorgrowth. Cancer is less frequentamong people having progressivetuberculosis, a condition accom-panied by lymphopenia. Primi-


The founder of the cranial con-cept, Dr. William G. Sutherlandof Saint Peter, Minnesota, onceagain is coming to Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery to head the cranialfaculty for the October-Novemberpostgraduate course.

The monumental contributionwhich Dr. W. G. Sutherland isgiving to the profession recalls tothe minds of many the basic

Dr. William G. Sutherland

philosophy of Dr. Andrew TaylorStill upon which our great pro-fession is founded.

It is rapidly becoming commonknowledge not only among themembers of the profession butamong the laity as well, that theapplication of the cranial concepthas added greatly to the manipu-lative aramentarium of the osteo-pathic physician. Although thisconcept dates back almost fiftyyears to a time when Dr. Suther-land pioneered alone, it is onlywithin the last decade that anyworthy recognition of the workhas been given. The past twoyears have seen even more rapidadvancements in its acceptanceby the members of the profes-sion as a result of numerous post-graduate courses throughout thecountry and its inclusion on theprogram of many local, state, andnational conventions.

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1940 was a most fortunateyear for the Des Moises Still Col-lege for several reasons, but par-ticularly for the reason that atthat time Dr. Byron E. Laycockjoined the faculty. Dr. Laycock,graduate of Kansas City, broughtto Des Moines the experiencewhich he had obtained as internein Kansas City, as a postgraduate

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student at Denver and as a gen-eral practitioner, both in privatepractice and in the Clinic at theKansas City College. But morethan that he brought with himthe acute perception of thestructure, functions and biologicaldiscords of the human body.

Preprofessional Training

Dr. Laycock received his pre-professional training at North-western University. Becauseof the generosity of His Maker( he is six feet four and weighs225 pounds) Dr. Laycock wasactive in athletics at Northwest-ern and after finishing his studiesthere, he turned to the sea. Fortwo years he worked aboard shipsof every description and availedhimself of the opportunity to visitevery foreign land. This experi-ence has given him a wealth ofinformation, appreciation andunderstanding of people. Duringhis travels, however, he never lostsight of his objective studyingOsteopathy-and when he finallyreturned home, he enrolled in theKansas City Osteopathic College.

Studentship

While a student, Dr. Laycockwas active in student affairs andbecame a member of the fra-ternity Iota Tau Sigma. In bothscholastic and clinical work hewas energetic and serious-mind-ed and his talents for appreciat-ing osteopathic principles and ad-ministering osteopathic techniqueswere recognized by his profes-sors even at this time. Con-sequently upon his graduation hewas retained in the Clinic as astaff-member, spent part of the

time teaching and served as in-terneship simultaneously.

The Pedagog

It is a rare instance when aman can give to a group of stu-dents both the understanding andenthusiasm which he has for hissubject. It is more rare whena man can work his student ata fast pace and make them likeit. Professor Laycock does justthese things. His soul is the soulof a physician; when a studentcompletes his courses, he is im-bued with the enthusiasm whichProfessor Laycock feels for hisprofession. He is a genuinelygood teacher; he is a talented andable technician; he is a sym-pathetic and understanding doc-tor; he is an Osteopathic Phy-sician.

The Scholar

One doesn't accidentally comeby an understanding of a problemas complex as the human body.It is apparent that through theyears, even as at present, Dr.Laycock has made a habit oflearning well, accurately andpenetratingly. His knowledge ofbody mechanics and their im-plications is at once the resultof a keen interest and painstak-ing hours of observation andstudy and correlation. Thesehabits of thoroughness mark hisprofessional activities today anddistinguish him among his con-freres.

Professional Activities

Because of the clarity of com-prehension of problems which ob-sess the osteopathic profession,Professor Laycock is frequentlycalled upon to lecture before pro-fessional groups-from county tonational. His lucid style makeshim a favorite on convention pro-grams. He actively supports his

county, state and national aswell as his academic obligations.

In summary, no greater compli-ment can be paid him than thatof a young medical physicianwho, after completing his coursesin Osteopathic Principles andOsteopathic Technique, said "Ihave never met a man in anyprofession who understood as wellas Dr. Laycock the foundationsof his calling." That is a volun-tory and unsolicited statement ofthe high respect which Dr. Lay-cock's colleagues hold for him.

Dean's Letter

In the absence of the Dean,who is on his annual vacation,your President is filling his col-umn. This is an extremely diffi-cult task to undertake when thethermometer is registering 102degrees in the shade. However,it is my feeling that all readersof the LOG BOOK are interestedin knowing something about theclass which will enter the AlmaMater next September. Thusthis column must be written.

The class of 70 freshmen stu-dents that has been accepted bythe Committee on Admission con-sists of 69 men and 1 woman;50% are married and 50% single;to date; the average age of thenew class is 26 years and theaverage preprofessional educationis 3/2 years of college with ap-proximately 50% of the class hav-ing at least a baccalaureatedegree. This bespeaks well forthe caliber of the students enter-ing the osteopathic profession to-day and, needless to say, they willtruly be PHYSICIANS PLUS, 412years hence when they have re-ceived that coveted degree,Doctor of Osteopathy.

The school is progressing very

rapidly through the summermonths, and the present summersession will terminate on August24th, at which time the follow-ing will receive their degree,Doctor of Osteopathy:

Charles B. Alexander, Des Moines,Iowa

Menas E. Georgeson, Detroit,Michigan

Sarah Jean Gibson, Des Moines,Iowa

Daniel Kegel, Milwaukee, Wiscon-sin

Thomas H. Hoyt, Jackson, Michi-gan

Gene H. Madison, Detroit, Mici-gan

Edward R. Minnick, Mt. Carmel,Pennsylvania

Dorothy Vernon Mullin, DesMoines, Iowa

Richard L. Pascoe, Des Moines,Iowa

Stanislaus Sulkowski, KansasCity, Missouri

William F. Teskey, Bridgeport,Connecticut.

Each of these fine young doc-tors will serve an internship inan approved Osteopathic hospital.

Cancer


tive societies are less well nour-ished and have a lower incidenceof cancer. X-rays decrease thenumber of circulating lympho-cytes and induce fatty involutionof the lymph nodes.

Most lymphocytes have largernucleoli and nuclei in proportionto the amount of,cytoplasm thanmost cells and contain more nu-cleic acid. Evidence has beenshown that a disturbance of thenucleo-proteins forms the basisfor an "intracellular cause ofneoplasia."

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Even though the thermometeris breaking records for the monthof July, activities at the DesMoines Still College of Osteo-pathy and Surgery have not beencurtailed and one might say thatthe tempo has to a certain degreebeen accelerated.

All of the students of the threeupper classes are in summerschool, and last Monday, July5th, forty Junior B's started theirprogram of service in the clinic.On July 1st, Dr. Byron Laycock,who has been Professor of Osteo-pathic Principles and Techniquefor the past several years, as-sumed the responsibility of Di-rector of College Clinics in addi-tion to his teaching duties.

The administration feels thatDr. Laycock and his assistantswill perfect an organization whichwill be able to render profession-al service to a larger number ofclinic patients than has hereto-fore been served by the upperclassmen.

Members of the basic sciencefaculty of the college are active-ly engaged during the summermonths in various professionalduties. Dr. Leonard Grumbach,professor of physiology, is work-ing diligently on research hereat the college. Dr. M. P. Moon,professor of bacteriology, is de-voting the first half of the sum-mer to his professional dutieshere at the college and in the

city of Des Moines, and on July15th will leave for his summerhome on the St. Lawrence Riverin upper New York State. Pro-fessor Carrie Gillaspy, chairmanof the anatomy department, isdoing research in anatomy inChicago and will continue theresearch started this summer nextwinter at the College.

Dr. H. P. K. Agersborg and Dr.Paul El. Kimberly are engaged inresearch on cerebro-spinal fluidat the Marine Biological Labora-tory at Woods Hole, Massa-chusetts. Dr. McAllister, Chief-of-Staff, is spending a month atthe Institute on Alcoholism atYale University. The rest of thefaculty of the college are busilyengaged in their respective dutiesat the college and the hospital.

Dr. Gordon Elliott who has beenassistant to Dr. Paul E. Kimberlyduring the past year has return-ed to his homeland, Toronto,Canada, and has opened an officewith his father, Dr. G. G. Elliott,who graduated from D.M.S.C.O.S.in the class of 1912.

Dr. Lawrence Abbott, class of1946, completed his obstetricalresidence at the Still CollegeHospital on July 16th and willbecome associated with Dr. L. W.Jamiesion at the Sioux City Osteo-pathic Hospital, Sioux City, Iowa.

Dr. Kenneth Elliott, class of1947, who completes his Intern-ship at the College Hospital thismonth will locate in the state ofOregon.

Dr. Fred W. Tente, Jr., ofLouisville, Kentucky, graduate ofthe April, 1948, class has accept-ed an internship at the Still Col-lege Hospital.

Dr. P. W. Chadwell who hascompleted his period of intershipat the same hospital will remainfor the ensuing year as an ob-stetrical resident.

The President and the collegestaff are looking forward to see-ing all loyal alumni of the col-lege at the homecoming activitiesthis October.

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privilege of having Dr. Suther-land himself as head of thecranial faculty. This teachinggroup includes some fifteen phy-sician representing C'anada and allparts of the United States whohave been chosen for their abilityto present this important osteo-pathic concept in the way whichDr. Sutherland desires. Thestrength of this faculty is aug-mented by the inspirational lec-tures of Dr. Sutherland and hispersonal supervision of the tech-nical instruction.

Two Classes Offered

The 1948 fall post-graduatecourse has been divided into twoparts; a basic division to be heldOctober 11 to 23, and an advanceddivision from November 1 to 13.Each division consists of two fullweeks of lectures and techniqueinstruction. The latter is empha-sized by the personal supervisionafforded each student. The en-rollment of each class is limitedin order that a teacher-studentratio be maintained at one tofour. It is this method of instruc-tion that makes it possible foreven the beginner to utilize im-mediately this concept in hisdaily practice.

Every physician using manipu-latice therapy will be immeas-urably pleased with the resultsobtained by his study of thecranial concept and review of thebasic principles of osteopathy.

In order that you will be as-sured an opportunity to partici-pate in this program, send yourapplication (form on page 3) andmatriculation fee of $100.00 toDean, John B. Shumaker, Ph.D.,720-722 Sixth Ave., Des Moines9, Iowa. An additional $100.00is payable upon your arrival,making a total tuition fee of$200.00 for a two-week program.

The New Catalogue

The announcement of theFiftieth Annual Session of theDes Moines Still College of Osteo-pathy and Surgery is off thepress. The catalogue is evidenceof a great amount of work, studyand concentration in the presen-tation of such clear cut outline ofStill •College and its componentactivities. Many new photographicplates and architects drawingshave been inserted to lend em-phasis to the description out-lined in the text. From an in-troduction to the staff, followedby a general orientation of StillCollege asd its position in Osteo-pathic history, the strategic valueof the location in the city ofDes Moines, the subject mattercovers the answers to many ques-tions that might arise regardingthe College. The section on re-quirements and regulations givesa comprehensive survey of thestipulations of entrance, scholar-ship, graduation and postgraduateactivities. The plan of instruc-tion as brought out in a summaryof the courses as taught in theseveral departments is clearlyportrayed in the section on Cur-riculum.

This catalogue is of great in-terest to all interested in progressof Osteopathy as displayed atStill 'College and especially tothose who anticipate entrance toa professional school. Copies areavailable on request.

Application for Course in Cranial OsteopathyDES MOINES STILL COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY AND SURGERY

Name --

Street No.---

Check Preference: Basic_

Membership in A. O. A.: (yes)

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November 1-3, 1948.

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Have you had previous training in Cranial Osteopathy? (yes) --.

Reservation fee $100

_(no)_ . If yes, where was most recent attendance

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:: Payment on arrival $100 :: Total tuition for two weeks $200(Reservation fee is refundable until two weeks prior to the opening of a session.)

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Another milestone has beenreached. Fourteen of the brothersin the Junior class launched theircareers in the College Clinic July1st, and the term "Doctor" hasacquired a truly profound mean-ing in the combat of the lame,the halt and the blind.

Congratulations are in order forthe brothers who received theirIowa Basic Science Certificates,and to the brothers who satis-factorily completed the first halfof the Missouri Osteopathic Prac-tice Board examination. BrotherGene Madison has added to hisgrowing list of successes by pass-ing Missouri Practice Board ex-amination. Brother Stan Sulwoskiwho is serving his externeship atthe Still College Osteopathic Hos-pital received word that he passedthe entire Missouri OsteopathicBoard and that his license will bewaiting when he completes hisSenior year on August 24th.Brother Sulkowski has long beenone of the favorite brothers andthe entire chapter extends theirbest wishes for his success inthe future.

Archon Edward Brochu hasbeen hospitalized since June 1stwith a serious kidney complica-tion. His condition is much im-proved and we all hope that hewill be back with us in the nearfuture.


On the evening of June 2, thefraternity held its final initia-tion of new members at the officeof Dr. Sloan.

We, once again, wish to wel-come the' following new mem-bers: B. B. Baker, ThomasWilloughby, Chester Sprochi,Thomas Wolf, and James Morse.

Our representative at the Na-tional Osteopathic convention tobe held in Boston will be BryceWilson. Among his various dutieswill be the presentation of theannual report of the year'sactivities of the fraternity.

We wish to congratulate JamesMoore on his recent marriage toMiss Jean Smith on June 26, atthe Monroe Street MethodistChurch in Toledo, Ohio.

AorThe members of L.O.G. offer

their sympathy to Dr. E. Racheron the death of his mother.

The Calvaria Chapter of L.O.G.Fraternity is making plans for astudent work night to promotecloser relationship among itsmembers and also for the educa-tional benefits which will bederived from such a plan.

Before beginning the summersession, Brothers Mort Levin andSid Gelman attended the weddingof Brother Simon Indianer toMiss Betty Bernard. The weddingwas held in Detroit on June the14th. Paul Panakos and his fiancealso were present on this occasion.L.O.G. wishes to congratulateBetty and Si. Best of everything-always!

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To Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Con-rad of Roseville, Michigan, adaughter, Susan, on June 8, 1948.

ATLAS CLuMThe spring social activities of

the Atlas Club were highlightedby an afternoon picnic at Rocka-way Beach, with a large turnoutof actives and pledges and theirwives, children, sweethearts, anddogs. A good time was had byall with plenty of food to gowith it.

A very successful semi-formaldance was held on Friday eve-ning, May 28, at the newly re-decorated Knights of Columbusrooms. Many of the new stu-dents at school attended asguests. A large percentage ofthe Atlas alumni turned out forthe dance, the success of whichwas due to planning and workof brothers Joe Baker and JohnMoores.

At the past few meetingsseveral new students were sug-gested for pledging. The Atlasclub is pleased to welcome thefollowing new pledges into theclub: Jerry Filman, Earl Rey-nolds, Al Beckham, Paul Jackson,Bob DeFord, Fergus Mayer, H.

Pettersburg, Bud Yarrington andRalph Brought. Officers electedby these pledges are President,Bud Yarrington, and secretarytreasurer, Bob DeFord.

Arthur Jacobson was elected tothe office of recetaculum.

Plans were discussed and ar-rangements made for two activemembers of the club being pres-ent at the National conventionin Boston in July, if possible. Inthe event active members of theclub will not be present, reportsof the activities of the club forthe past year will be given at theconvention by alumni member,Dr. Forbes.

Congratulations to Bill andRosemary Robbinsi to whom adaughter was born last month.

Best wishes to pledge Al Beck-ham who married Mitzie Smothrson June 20. Also best wishes goto Brother Jack Woods who mar-ried Mary Beckett on June 26.

Two business meetings arescheduled for this summer. Oneis to be July 14 and the otherAugust 9. Both are to be heldin the hospital dining room.

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The President Chats New Faculty Member Improvements Made inYour president has just return-

ed from the national conventionof the American Osteopathic As-sociation in Boston. With a fewdays to reflect over the splen-did program that was presented,he not only appreciates his affilia-tion with the osteopathic pro-fession but becomes more anxiousthan ever to become better ac-

Dr. Edwin F. Peters

quainted with every member ofthis great profession. It is alwaysa pleasure to meet old friendsand to make new ones at suchconventions. It is a pleasureto visit wNith the old grads of StillCollege.

Much interest is being mani-fested by the Alumni Associationof this college and by the otherindividuals as they learn of theprogress, advancement, and ex-pansion of the college.

Homecoming this year marksthe fiftieth anniversary of yourschool. Fifty years has seenmore than 2,000 graduates of thiscollege go to the four cornersof the world to practice thegreatest of all healing arts. Fiftyyears has seen an unknownprofession become recognizedthroughout the nation as well asin many of the foreign coun-tries. Your college is puttingforth every effort to make Home-coming Week this year one ofenjoyment, one of pleasure andprofit to each old grad who shallreturn. October 6, 7 and 8 havebeen designated by the Board ofTrustees of your college as Home-coming Week-end.

The elaborate program for

Dr. Edward R. Minnick ofMount Carmel, Penn., has accept-ed a position on the clinicalfaculty of the Des Moines StillCollege of Osteopathy and Sur-gery. Dr. Minnick received hisBachelor of Science Degree fromLebanon Valley College and hisDegree of Doctor of Osteopathyfrom D.M.S.C.O.S.

Dr. Minnick will be associatedwith Dr. Byron Laycock, Di-rector of the College Clinic, andwill be in charge of the BloodLaboratory, do special work indiabetics, and teach the coursesin Physical Diagnosis. He hasdone a considerable amount ofresearch work in diabetics andwill continue this work at thecollege.

It is a pleasure to have Dr.Minnick join the faculty of thisinstitution.

Births

Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Borchardt,2005 Twenty-third Ave., Seattle,Washington (Class of '40)), an-nounced the birth of a daugh-ter, Judith Ann, on July 15, 1948.

Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Merrill,Tigard, Oregon, announced thebirth of a boy, Allen Brent, onJuly 27, 1948.

your entertainment and advance-ment starts with a get-togethermeeting on Tuesday night, Octo-ber 5th, at the HomecomingHeadquarters. Beginning at 9o'clock on Wednesday morning,October 6, and for three days anintensive refresher course willbe offered to all who care toavail themselves of this course.There is no tuition or registra-tion fee charged for those whowish to take this course. Fifteenhours of instruction will be givenduring three days and a copy ofthe refresher course is printedherewith.

On Wednesday night, October6th, there will be a Homecomingconvocation with the awardingof Honorary degrees to severalmen of national fame. On Thurs-day night, October 7th, theHomecoming banquet and danceand the crowning of the Home-coming Queen will be held.

The Board of Trustees, thefaculty and the students honestlyand sincerely trust that everygraduate who can possibly returnto his Alma Mater on this, theGolden Jubilee year, will do soas we are anxious for you to seeyour old college as it is today.

Cranial Teaching ProgramConsiderable work has been done by the various members of

the cranial faculty in preparation for the ninth biennial post-graduatecourse in Cranial Osteopathy to be held at Des Moines Still College ofOsteopathy and Surgery, October-November,1948. The experiencegained from the eight previous teaching programs during the pastfour years has brought aboutmany changes from the earlier This will assure a maximum de-courses and it is anticipated that personalized instrucgree of personalized instructionthe fall course will be one of and maintain a student-teacherand maintain a student-teacherethe most efficient and effective ration of four to one.to date.

Two. Divisions,

The trial elimination of theintermediate classification in the1948 spring course, as a resultof the increased efficiency meth-ods, proved quite successful. Somuch so that once again only twodivisions will be offered. Thebasic group will meet October11-23 and the Advanced groupNovember 1-11, 1948.

No Overlapping Classes

This arrangement permits forthe entire faculty of the group tobe present and available at alltimes, with no overlapping ofthe various class divisions. Also,it has been found that alter-nating the lecture and technic in-struction periods from day to dayis much more efficient and moreacceptable to the student thanprevious methods used. In thisway the basic student will belearning new technic beginningthe first day of the course. Bythe time he has completed histwo weeks of study he will bequalified and sufficiently skilledto return to his practice and be-gin immediately to use his newlyacquired cranial technic.

To Study Specialties

For physicians who have hadprevious post-graduate trainingin this work, the advanced classis offered. Here, major con-sideration will be given to trau-matic injuries, obstetrical se-quellae, neurological problems,etc., as well as a general reviewof all the basic principles andmethods of technic. In addition,considerable time will be spentin increasing diagnostic abilityand in learning variations ofstandard corrective procedures.

Enlarged Faculty

As in previous years, Dr. Wil-liam iG. Sutherland, founder ofthe cranial concept, will head thecranial faculty. An additionalmember has been added to thefaculty, making a total of fifteen.

Course Limited

In order to be assured of thisoptimum student-teacher ratio itis obvious that some form oflimitation must be imposed onthe number of physicians enroll-ed for each division of the course.Already many applications havebeen received by the Dean. There-fore, any physicians contemplat-ing taking this course are ad-vised to act promptly.

Tuition Fee

The tuition fee is $200.00 fortwo full weeks of lectures andtechnic-$100.00 of which is pay-able with the application, and$100.00 payable upon arrival forthe course. All applicationsshould be addressed to Dr. JohnB, Shumaker, Dean, D.M.S.O.O.S.,722 Sixth Avenue, Des Moines 9,Iowa,

Still StudentReceives Honors

Kenneth M. Roberts on August4th, at the United States NavalReserve Armory in the City ofDes Moines received from Com-mander Morgan, U.S.N.R., theGold Star in lieu of the secondDistinguished Flying Cross andstars in lieu of the second, third,fourth, fifth and sixth Air Medals.During the war Ken served withthe V.P.B. 13 Division, flyingP.B. 2Y's in the Pacific as co-pilot and pilot. His rank wasLieutenant (jg).

Mr. Roberts is from Greenfield,Iowa, and is now a Senior B stu-dent. He is married and has onechild. Upon completion of hisprofessional training he will in-tern at the Albuquerque Osteo-pathic Hospital.



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Dean's Letter

TO EVERY OSTEOPATHICPHYSICIAN

Frequently, during the pasttwo years, this letter has alludedto the educational requirementswhich must be met prior to ad-mission to Still College of Osteo-pathy and Surgery. Our catalogand other printed matter havestated that training in a recog-nized college to the extent oftwo years (three years are

Dr. John B. Shumaker

recommended) constitutes theminimum educational require-ment.

But this is not the only re-quirement. In addition the ap-plicant must furnish three ref-erence, viz: an osteopathic phy-sician in practice, the preosteo-pathic counselor or biology in-structor, and a reputable citizenwho is not a relative. No stu-dent may be admitted withoutthe satisfactory recommenda-tion of these three individuals.

It is the duty of the physicianto become thoroughly acquaint-ed with the applicant to deter-mine his motivation, enthusiasm,interest, and other qualitieswhich make a good physician.Before making recommendation,he might well ask himself,"Would I trust my health andlife, and those of my wife anddaughter to this young man whenhe has properly trained to bea doctor? Will he be as good adoctor as I, or even better?"The answers to these questionscan be made only after athorough acquaintance has beenestablished with the prospect.The profession needs many doc-tors, but great care must beexercised in the selection andtraining of these young men andwomen.

The preosteopathic counseloror biology instructor sees the ap-plicant from a scholastic view-point primarily. He is in posi-tion to observe the applicant'sability to absorb and retain

knowledge and his ability torationalize and integrate what helearns into something useful. Thecounselor has been selected bythe college administration for hisability to observe and judge thestudent, and then to recommendor disapprove him for profes-sional training.

The third reference usuallyprovides information concerninghis family and social life, churchactivities, etc.

The composite picture of anapplicant so obtained is of in-estimable value to the AdmissionCommittee. Recommendationshonestly made only after mostserious consideration of the vari-ous qualities which go to makeup the character, personality, andability of the applicant are mostimportant.

Grade earned in preprofession-al school are likewise of im-portance. A student must showat least average ability and inaddition must demonstrate hiscapability and liking for thesciences because the foundationof the profession is science.

In general, then, the Ad-mission Committee uses therecommendations of the ref-erences, the transcripts of credit,information gleaned from per-sonal interviews and photographsand information supplied on ap-plication forms for admission inreaching its decision to accept orreject an applicant. In most in-stances the applicant and thosewho recommend him are not per-sonally known by the Committeemembers.

The osteopathic profession israpidly gaining the genuinerecognition to which it is justlyentitled. As a result many youngpeople are attracted to it, notnecessarily as a back door tomedicine, but because it offersa future career of which theymay be justly proud.

Without doubt many members


of the profession have used osteo-pathy as the back door to medi-cine and they will continue todo so as long as they can enjoyfull and equal practice rights.Such medical aspirants can beeffectively screened at only onepoint, which is the recommenda-tion supplied the college by theosteopathic physician who con-sents to serve as his reference.A GOOD RECOMMENDATIONOF A POOR STUDENT OR ONEWHO IS NOT PROPERLYMOTIVATED CAN BECOME ASERIOUS LIABILITY ANDGENUINE HINDRANCE TOTHE ADVANCEMENT OF THEPROFESSION.

The administration of yourcollege is not interested in medicalstudents unless it is reasonablycertain that they can be success-fully indoctinated with the osteo-pathic concept during their train-ing period. The college dependsupon the profession to a con-siderable extent to supply andrecommend the osteopathic phy-sicians and surgeons of thefuture.

There is no essential differencebetween preosteopathic trainingand premedical training. A pre-medical student is such by hisown declaration, and a preosteo-pathic student is also self-declared. The two students pur-sue the same preprofessionalcourses side by side in the sameclasses.

He who accumulates moresemester hours and better gradesis presumed to be the betterqualified, other factors beingequal. If the student succeeds inacquiring the degree A.B., or B.S.or even M.S. he is by no meansautomatically classed as a pre-medical student. He can still bepreosteopathic and as such is allthe more desirable. The pro-gressive graduate student feelsthe need of taking postgraduatestudy to make himself a better


doctor. Likewise, the preosteo-pathic student should be expect-ed to exceed the minimum re-quirements in order to be betterqualified and to fit more easilyinto both the professional andsocial aspects of his future prac-tice.

Competition among applicantsfor admission is inordinately keencurrently. Your college feelsthat it can stretch its facilitiesto accept seventy freshmen thisyear for training. For each stu-dent admitted two or three ap-plicants will be rejected.

Those who are best qualifiedare the first to be chosen.Qualification applies not only toscholastic ability but to lengthof college training and the equal-ly important recommendationsand personal interviews.

The function of the AdmissionCommittee is extremely im-portant. Its screening systemmust be such as to prevent in-clusion of men and women whowould not be a credit to the pro-fession. Every osteopathic phy-sician is actually a part of thisCommittee when writing arecommendation.

We earnestly solicit your co-operation and continued goodand unbiased judgment in assist-ing us to make the professionever better.

Fiftieth Anniersary

President Peters sent a messageof congratulations to Drs. S1. L.and Lola D. Taylor on July 12th,1948, on their fiftieth weddinganniversary. Dr. S. L. Taylorwas President of D.M.S.C.O.S.from 1909 to 1926.

D.M3S.C.O.S. and the Alumniare deeply indebted to the Drs.Taylors for their services render-ed to this college.


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Your Freshman ClassOf September, 1948

Shirley Ahlers-Madison College,Tennessee

Michael Armaly-Detroit, Michi-gan

David Bloom, B.A. - Brooklyn,New York

Victor J. Bovee-Mt. Pleasant,Michigan

Russell L. Boysell - Detroit,Michigan

Harry J. Brom, B.S.-Columbus,Ohio

Harry A. Brown, B. S.-Canyon,Texas

Basil L. Butler, B.S. - Detroit,Michigan

Richard F. Cantrell - CedarRapids, Iowa

Willis L. Christensen, B.S. -Detroit, Michigan

William L. Chu - Stillwater,,Oklahoma

Raymond R. Conyers-Fremont,Nebraska

Donald W. tCunningham - DesMoines, Iowa

Horace M. Don, A.B. - Indian-apolis, Indiana

Cecil U. Dunlop, AB. - WestSalem, Ohio

Robert F. Eggert - St. Paul,Minnesota

Edward A. Felmlee-Tulsa, Okla-homa

Arden L. Findlay, A.B.-Fergus,Ontario, Canada

Boris Fiyalko-Warren, OhioJames P. Flammang-Dyersville,

IowaKenneth S. Foltz, B.S.-Wester-

ville, OhioCharles Fortino, BS,.-Pontiac,

MichiganHarold E. Foster, B.S.-Decatur,

IllinoisEarl C. Gay-Marlinton, West

VirginiaPeter E. Georgeson - Detroit,

MichiganGuilherme A. Gomes, Jr.-Green-

ville, PennsylvaniaEldon L. Gomoll-Toledo, OhioLouis Goodman, B.S. - Detroit,

MichiganAlden B. Gordon-Nashville, Ten-

nesseeRonald E. Grow-Beloit, Wiscon-

sinWendell B, Harris, B.S.-Balti-

more, MarylandJames T. Haffenden, A.B.-Battle

Creek, MichiganRoy F. Hedgpeth - Springfield,

MissouriRobert L. Herriott - Everett,

WashingtonEugene C. Herzog, Jr.-Brainerd,

Minnesota

REFRESHER COURSE SCHEDULE

Wednesday, October 6, 1948

9:00-10:10 a.m.-Cranial Examination and DiagnosisDr. Paul E. Kimberly

10:20-11:30 a.m.-Structural Examination and DiagnosisDr. Byron E. Laycock

NOON

2:30- 3:15 p.m.-Anatomy Lecture

2:30- 3:15 p.m.-Anatomy Lecture

3:30- 5:00p.m.-Seminar of the Topics of the DayDrs. Laycock, Kimberly, Gillaspy

Thursday, October 7, 1948

9:00-10:10 a.m.-A Few Common Snags in ObstetricsDr. Robert Bachman

10: 20-11:30 a.m.-Surgical DiagnosisDr. John P. Schwartz

NOON

2:00- 5:00 p.m.-Osteopathic TechniqueTo be selected

Friday, October 8, 1948

9:00-10:10 a.m.-E. E. N. T.

10:20-11:30 a.m.-Heart and Lungs

Dr. Verne J. Wilson

Dr. Louis Chandler

NOON

1:30- 2:30 p.m.-Continuation of Heart and Lungs2:30- 5:00 p.m.-Orthopedics

'Drs. Paul Leonard and H. E. Clybourne

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Roy W. Honeywell - Redfield,Iowa

Yoshio Inahara, B.S.-Hillsboro,Oregon

Harold R. Irvin - Omaha, Ne-braska

Frances King, B.A. - Abilene,Texas

Robert L. Kirk-Oskaloosa, IowaFrancis S. Kon - Des Moines,

IowaJoel M. Kowan, B.S. - Beverly

Hills, CaliforniaRobert Leachman - Amarillo,

TexasHerbert Little-Des Moines, IowaWilliam J. Lurie-Youngstown,

OhioAndrew J. Martin, B.A.-Tulsa,

OklahomaHirschel A. Martin, B.A.-Buffalo,

New YorkThomas C. McDaniel, A.B., M.A.

Manchester, KentuckyRichard P. Michel, B.A.-Belle-

fontaine, OhioVeldon A. Monson - Madison,

WisconsinLee C. Moore-Perry, IowaMerle A. Moxnes-Sioux Falls,

South DakotaClaude S. Nantz, Jr.-Charlotte,

North CarolinaNorbert G. Olschefsky-Detroit,

MichiganChester R. Owens - Kirksville,

MissouriLonnie G. Paulous-Des Moines,

Iowa

Andrew R. Perricone-Malden,Massachusetts

Albert P. Playford - GrandRapids, Michigan

Carl W. Pratt, B.S.-Tama, IowaRoy G. Raley, B.A.-Miles, TexasRobert C. Roddy, B.A.-Fulton,

MissouriMontague J. Rolles-Mt. Pleasant,

IowaJoseph H. Sage-Seattle, Wash-

ingtonJohn S. Seibert, B.S.-Detroit,

MichiganEugene W. Smith, A.B.-Kala-

mazoo, MichiganBeijamin J. Stough, B.A.-Fort

Smith, ArkansasGilbert J. Striks, B.S., B.A.-

Detroit, MichiganJack L. Stucker, B.S. - Ver-

million, South DakotaBlair L. Sweet, B.S.-Muskegon

Heights, MichiganDavid J. Wakefield, B.S.-East

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ObstetricalDepartment

The new obstetrical labora-tory will be completed and inoperation for the opening of thefall term. It will be completelyequipped for the training of stu-dents for home and hospital de-liveries. It will have the averagekitchen equipment as found inthe home and the usual bedroomfurnishings to familiarize thestudents with routine home de-liveries. It, also, will haveoperating room equipment fortraining for hospital cases.

The laboratory course is athirty-six hour course of practiceon manikins, including all typesof births and repair of lacera-tions. When the student hasfamiliarized himself with deliverytechnics he is assigned specificcase procedures. This starts withthe preparation of the patient,either for home or hospital typeof service. The manikin de-liveries are carried on withsterile technic training; includingthe scrubbing; gowning andgloving of the doctor; the sterilepreparation of the manikinpatient; draping with sterilelinens for normal and operativedeliveries. The delivery assign-ment is completed when themanikin patient is properlyplaced in its crib. Charts aremade out for delivery events andpost-delivery orders written.

A large amount of the mani-kin equipment used in this coursehas been made by members ofthe obstetrical staff.

Many of the students may re-call the obstetrical laboratorythat was started eighteen yearsago at Des Moines Still Collegeand became a popular part ofthe obstetrical course. With theacquiring of additional equipmentand the constructing of new andmodern types of manikins, thecourse has become more compre-hensive and clinical procedurescan satisfactorily be carried outand technical instructions givenon manikins that cannot be re-peatedly carried out on clinicalpatients. This course in additionto class room and clinical prac-tice in the obstetrical clinic,trains the student so that he iswell qualified to carry on an ob-stetrical practice.

Alumni News

Dr. W. JKarl Graham, of 545Atlantic Street, Corpus Christi,Texas, who graduated in April,

1948, from D.M.S.C.O.S., has justrecently submitted to a seriousmajor operation in his home city.

Dr. Graham would appreciatecards and letters from his manyfriends in our student body andhis class mates during his periodof convalescence. The Log Bookwishes him a speedy recovery.

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The Calvaria chapter of theL.O.G. is now on summer holi-day. The next meeting, Friday,Sept. 19, 1948, will officially re-open our series of lectures andforums devised to keep our mem-bers and pledges up to date onnew scientific data. The socialcommittee has also been work-ing overtime so that plenty ofplay will be in store for us.

We regret the sudden de-parture of Dr. Emanuel Racher,Professor of Clinical Diagnosisof the department of OsteopathicMedicine, and we wish him suc-cess in his future activities. Asadviser to the L.O.G. Fraternity,Dr. Racher helped us establishclose contact between studentand faculty

Psi Sigma Alpha, the Nation-al Osteopathic Honorary Fra-ternity announced the pledgingof eight new members at a din-ner held at the Tally Ho Restau-rant Thursday evening, August5th. Those selected were:

Ertle T. Cato, Columbus, OhioJohn E. Chapman, Toledo, OhioJames M. Dockum, Hampton,

IowaSidney M. Gelman, Detroit,

MichiganSimon S. Indianer, Flint, Michi-

gan

Joseph L. La Manna, West NewYork, New Jersey

Wm. A. Moylan, Detroit, Michi-gan

Jack H. Woodrow, Ottumwa,Iowa

ATLAS CLUMany thanks to Dr. J. R.

Forbes, who in his generosityacted as our representative andgave the chapter report at theconvention when our two dele-gates to the national osteopathicconvention were unable to makethe journey to Boston.

The alumni housing fund isprogressing satisfactorily. Agood response has been receivedfrom the alumni to our first let-ter. We are, however, expectingfurther contributions from thealumni when they return fromtheir summer vacations. Alsomany of the alumni were not con-tacted due to the unavailabilityof their present addresses. Weexpect to contact the latter uponour receipt of a new Atlas di-rectory.

Graduation of seniors is August24th. The Atlas brothers amongthem are Menas, Georgeson, TomHoyt, Dan Kegel, Dick Pascoeand Dick Sherman. The club isholding a banquet in their honorAugust 11th.

The club was enriched duringthe past month by a new pros-pective member when a son wasborn to Horace and Faye Purtzer.

Congratulations to BrothersJames Dockum and Joseph La-Manna for being tapped for mem-bership into Psi Sigma Alpha,the National Osteopathic Honor-ary Fraternity. The announce-ment was made public at thePsi Sigma Alpha pledge dinnerheld at the Tally Ho restaurantThursday evening.

Archon Brochu made a dra-matic recovery from his confin-ing illness and has been attend-ing classes for the past month.

The summer session is. fastdrawing to a close. With onlytwo weeks of school left, theusual conflict of final examina-tions and the prospect of a threeweek vacation makes concentra-tion a bit difficult.

Brothers Robert Pettit andTom, Dozier will start their ex-terneship at the Still College Hos-pital August 18th, as Senior "A"students. This will complete theircollege course.

On Sunday afternoon, August1st, the fraternity members andtheir families held a picnic andget together at Greenwood Park.Fun was had by all, and includedon the menu were sandwiches,soft drinks and watermelon. BillMoylan and committee were incharge.

William Blackler, recent grad-uate and past-president of thefraternity, is interning at theOsteopathic Hospital in GrandRapids, Michigan.

Jajmes Keller, also a recentgraduate and fraternity member,is serving his internship at DesMoines General Hospital.

Ken Schwab, an August grad-uate, is planning on interning atthe Madison Street OsteopathicHospital in Seattle, Washington,starting October 1st. We all wishhim luck and success in his newposition.


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Day Time Prosram---HomecominThe President Chats

The osteopathic colleges mustassume the leadership in safe-guarding the educational stand-ards of the osteopathic profession.We believe that this is one ofthe important responsibilities ofeach osteopathic college.

Only too frequently the state-

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nent is made by some membersof the profession "I cannot seewhy the school doesn't take morestudents" or "Why not crowd thestudents into the classes" or"Why encourage a student tospend more than two years inpre-medical studies."

These questions are all veryhealthy ones and questions whicanaturally come into the minds ofthose who are not constantlypatrolling the frontiers for addi-tional recognition for the osteo-.pathic physician and whose everythought is for the graduating ofyoung physicians who can right-fully be considered as PHY-SICIANS PLUS.

It is essential that our pro-fessional rights be preservedagainst the tyrannical actions ofpublic offenders. The pioneersof our profession laid a founda-tion which cannot be shaken, butit is the profession's responsibilityto be certain that this founida-tion which has stood the test oftimne not be forgotten, but thatit be broadened and enlarged;

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1948

9:00-12:00 a. m. OSTEOPATHIC I)IAGNOSIS AND TECH-NIQUE - - Dr. Robert B. Thomas

1:30-3:00 p.m. CRANIAL EXAMINATION ANDDIAGNOSIS - - Dr. Paul E. Kimberly

3:10-4:00 p.m. STRUCTURAL EXAMINATION ANDDIAGNOSIS - Dr. Byron L. Laycock

4:00-5:00 p.m. SEMINAR ON THE TOPICS OF THE DAYDrs. Thomas, Kimberly and Laycock

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1948

9:00-100:10 a.m. ANATOMY DEMONSTRATIONS10:20-11:30 a.m. ANATOMY LECTURE AND SEMINAR

Professor Carrie Gillaspy

NOON1:30-2:30 p. m. A FEW COMMON SNAGS IN OBSTETRICS

Dr. Robert C. Bachman

2:30-4:00 p.m. DIABETES - - - Dr. Edward R. Minnick

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1948

9:00-10:10 a.m. EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROATDr. Verne J. Wilson

10:20-11:30 a.m. HEART AND LUNGSDr. Louis C.Chandler

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2:30-5:00 p.m. ORTHOPEDICSDrs. J. Paul Leonard

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that it be strengthened to thepoint that no force of oppositioncan destroy it.

We cannot be content with aprogram of education which em-phasizes only the minimum essen-tials of osteopathic education-we must keep moving forward,with new concepts proven byscientific data to safeguard ourheritage. To realize our obliga-tions to society, as well as tocontinue to carry forward theconcept of our founder and en-large the foundation of osteo-pathic recognition so perfectlylaid by our forefathers, it ismandatory that the osteopathiccolleges continue to develop aneducational program second to noother professional course ofstudy and one that is based uponpure scientific findings and soundeducational procedures. The

future of the osteopathic profes-sion was never so bright as it istoday, that is, if the colleges canenlist the united support of theprofession. The answer to thefuture of the profession lies with-in the province of each osteo-pathic physician.

Class of 1968Please Note

Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Thielkingare the proud parents of a sonborn Sunday, July 18th at theRoswell Osteopathic Hospital. Theyoung man has been namedEdmond Louis II. Dr. Thielkinggraduated from D.M.S.C.O.S. May,1938. Congratulations to theThielkings.

Dean's Letter

Perhaps one of the most im-portant items of informationwhich is of value to the Admis-sion Committee is the predeter-mination of the interest which anapplicant demonstrates in osteo-pathic medicinet as a profession.


While there are several devicesavailable for measuring interest,the Strong Interest blank hlasbeen selected by our administra-tion for this purpose.

This blank was developed byDr. Edward K. Strong, Jr., Pro-fessor of Psychology, LelandStanford University, and has beenevaluated for osteopathic phy-sicians. The evaluation is basedon results of administration ofthe test to 585 physicians.

The test requires about 20 or30 minutes to complete and re-quires no supervision. The ratingof a student by this test is rea-sonably accurate but not in-fallible.

Each student in Still College,each student who has been ad-mitted this year, and all futureprospective students will take thetest. The rating of prospectivestudents will be one of the im-portant criteria in aiding the Ad-missions Committee to exaluateand consider a student for ad-mission or rejection.

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Know Your Faculty

(First in a series of articlesdescribing the background of D.M.S.C.O.S. faculty members.)

Colorful indeed is the careerof Dr. Edwin Peters, Presidentof D.M.S.C.O.S. A native ofMissouri, Dr. Peters is 42 yearsof age. He is married and hasone son.

Education

In 1940, Dr. Peters receivedhis Ph.D. degree from New YorkUniversity; an M.A. degree fromthe University of Missouri, 1933;and A.B. and B.S. degrees fromDrury College, 1927. From1934 to the time of his enter-ing the Navy, Dr. Peters waswith William Woods College,Fulton, Missouri, having pre-viously spent 7 years in second-ary education prior to his enter-ing the college field. As part ofhis doctorate training, Dr. Peterscarried on extensive case studywork at Bellevue Hospital inpsychiatry. His doctorate thesiswas "A Study in Factorial Analy-sis of Human Adjustment."

Publications and Activities

Professional and scientificmagazines have carried severalarticles contributed by Dr. Peters,in the field of psychology andvocational guidance.

For years our President hasbeen active in various education-al, fraternal and civic organiza-tions. He is listed in Who's Whoin America, Who's Who in Educa-tion, Biographical Directory ofLeaders in Education, NationalEducation Association, NationalVocations Guidance Association,Iowa Mental Hygiene Society,American Association for the Ad-vancement of Science, IowaAcademy of Science, Kiwanis In-ternational, Masonic Bodies,American -Legion, National So-journers, Heroes of '76, Osteo-pathic War Veterans Associationand an associate member of theAmerican Osteopathic Associationand the Iowa Society of Osteo-pathic Physicians and Surgeons.

Since assuming the presidencyof D.M.S.C.O.S., in January, 1946,Dr. Peters has been in great de-mand as a speaker at various stateosteopathic conventions, refresh-er courses and service clubs. Dr.Peters has flown more than 100,-000 miles during the short timehe has been at the college andin behalf of the school and theprofession.

Government Service

After this country enteredWorld War II, Dr. Peters helpedto activate the Fourth MissouriInfantry and served as command-ing officer of Company "C",later being advanced to major,under which title he commandedthe First Battalion of the Forty-eighth Regiment.

He graduated from the FirstService Command Army TacticalSchool at Sturbridge, Massa-chusetts in the fall of 1942. Inthe spring of 1943, he was com-

missioned a lieutenant, and inthe fall of 1945 he became alieutenant commander.

He is now serving in thecapacity of Lieutenant Command-er, U. S. Naval Reserve.

Leadership and Personality

Dr. Peters' varied experiencesin college work and his rapidadvancement in the U. S. Navyare good recommendations of hisability as a leader. His workhas offered him an excellent op-portunity to develop an under-standing of his fellow associatesand their problems.

Those of our profession whohave met Dr. Peters declare himto have a dynamic personalitywhich radiates enthusiasm forevery task he undertakes.

With him as our "skipper,"there will certainly be clear sail-ing the voyage through!

Bulletin

Dr. George M. Laughlin, 75,founder of the Laughlin Hospitaland former president of the Kirks-ville College of Osteopathy andSurgery, died at 1:43 a.m., August15, following a serious abdominaloperation several days ago. Dr.Laughlin was widely known as anorthopedic surgeon and collegepresident. He was graduated fromthe American School of Osteo-pathy in 1900. For many years,he was Dean of the school.

In 1922, he founded the AndrewTaylor Still College of Osteopathyand Surgery, which was con-solidated with the A.S.O. in 1924to form the Kirksville College ofOsteopathy and Surgery with Dr.Laughlin as president. He heldthis position until 1943 when heresigned to devote his entire timeto the hospital.

Dr. Laughlin is survived by hiswidow, Dr. Blanche Still Laugh-lin, daughter of Dr. Andrew Tay-lor Still, the founder of osteo-pathy; one brother, Dr. Earl H.Laughlin, of Kirksville; one sister,Mrs. Deborah Jones, DetroitMichigan; a son, Dr. George A.Laughlin, who was associatedwith his father in the hospital;a daughter, Mrs. J. S. Denslow,of Kirksville, and five grandchil-dren.

Funeral services will be held atthe First Christian Church inKirksville at ten a.m., Tuesday,August 17.

Agersborg to AddressZoological Society

Dr. H. P. K. Agersborg, Pro-fessor of embryology and his-tology at D.M.S.C.O.S., will de-liver a paper before the Nation-al Society of Zoologists at theAmerican Association for the Ad-vancement of Science CentennialCelebration in Washington, D. C.,on September 13th. The subjectof Dr. Agersborg's paper is ONTHE NATURE OF THE INTER-DEPENDENCY OF THE OR-GANISMS.

Dr. Owen Donnahoe, presidentof the Spinalator Company ofAsheville, North Carolina, thismonth made a gift to the D.M.S.C.O.S. of a spinalator to be usedin the College Clinic.

Dr Donnahoe will never fullyrealize how much the studentdoctors and the patients ap-preciate this addition to ourclinic. Dr. Byron E. Laycock, Di-rector of Clinics, makes the fol-

lowing statement regarding thespinalator, "We are using thespinalator to establish and tomaintain over a protracted periodthe motion that is established byspecific correction. It has beenour experience that positions willnot continue passive motion overa sufficiently long period of time.The spinalator, therefore, is anexcellent adjunct in manipulativetreatment."

Examinations forRegular Corps of Pub- Hospital Notes

lic Health Servicei IFrom the Washington News

Letter of July 15, 1948, we areinformed that competitive ex-aminations for appointment inthe Regular Corps of the UnitedStates Public Health Service inthe grade of assistant surgeon(first lieutenant) and senior as-sistant surgeon (captain) will beheld in October.

The written examination isconducted by multiple choicerather than on the essay methodand is graded by machine. ThePublic Health Service has statedthat successful applicants will becommissioned as medical officerswithout any preferences, distinc-tions, or discriminations.

Applicants must be at least 21years of age and citizens of theUnited States, must present adiploma of graduation from anosteopathic college recognized bythe AOA and satisfactorily passa physical examination perform-ed by Public Health Service of-fice.

It is urgent that osteopathicphysicians desiring to participatein the examination submit ap-plications at once. Applicationforms may be obtained from Pub-lic Health Service Hospitals, Dis-trict Offices, or by writing to theSurgeon General, United StatesPublic Health Service, Washing-ton 25, D. C.

Death

Dr. J. George Heilemann, agraduate of D.M.S.C.O.S., class ofMay, 1913, passed away August11, 1948, at the Battle CreekOsteopathic Hospital after 41/2years of illness. His home wasin Coldwater, Michigan.

With vacations drawing to aclose the various staff memberswho have been on leave have re-turned and the group is readyfor the winter's work.

A new superintendent ofnurses, Mrs. Margaret Zinn, hasreported for duty and the nursingstaff has been completely reor-ganized. Mrs. Zinn has beensuperintendent of nurses at theOsteopathic hospital at Warren,Ohio, and previous to that was inthe Army Medical Corps.

While in the east this past sum-mer, the Chief-of-Staff recruitedseveral new registered nurseswho have now arrived and areon duty.

The Diagnostic Service con-tinues to serve doctors through-out the entire country and nowphysicians from some thirty-sixstates have referred patients tothis Service for diagnosis andtreatment suggestions. We areindeed proud of the confidenceplaced in us by these referringphysicians and are continuouslyexpanding and improving theDiagnostic Service to meet theincreasing needs of the entire pro-fession.

Dr. Cash Elected toBoard of Trustees

Dr. Byron L. Cash was electedby the vote of the NationalAlumni Association of Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery to be their representa-tive on the Board of Trustees forthe year. Dr. Cash served theBoard as the National Alumnirepresentative during the pastyear. His services on the Boardare deeply appreciated by all,

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endeavoring to establish a closercontact with the practicingalumni, the faculty and the stu-dent body here at Still College.A few of you in the field havefrom time to time paid us a visitand have inspected our labora-tories, our clinical facilities andthe progress that is being madeon the expansion program. Weare pleased with the interest youhave displayed. Your criticismand comments have been con-structive and are greatly appre-ciated. To you who have not asyet been able to attend thecourses offered in post graduatework or, to give us a quick lookwe are making this appeal. Wewant your comments on what wecan do for you in making theLOG BOOK a vital tie betweenStill College and its alumni. Inthat we may accomplish this ob-jective we need cooperation fromyou. We want your commentsand opinions. We are aware thatwhile you are busy in your prac-tice your mind will wander backto Des Moines and Still Collegeand you will wonder just whathas happened to classmates orwhat changes are being made inteaching technique or what grad-uate courses will be offered inthe future. We are well awarethat we are restricted in time,space and ideas. We want to beof greater service in making thispublication more vital to you. Inorder that we may do this weneed to hear from you. We areinterested in anything that youmay have to offer in the way ofpersonal experiences, develop-ments in technique, opinions onany topic that may be of specialinterest to fellow alumni. We willpublish these letters and topicsas you may desire. We will en-deavor to answer your questions.In any event a letter or card ad-dressed to LOG BOOK will helpus immeasurably in preparingthese editions for your informa-tion and reading pleasure.

"An osteopathic physicianmust know the shape and posi-tion of every bone in the body,as well as that part to whichevery ligament and muscle isattached. He must know theblood and the nerve supply. Hemust comprehend the humansystem as an anatomist, and alsofrom a physiological standpoint.He must understand the form ofthe body and the workings of it."(Autobiography Dr. A. T. Still,p. 344-345.)

(A) A veteran enrolled in andpursuing a course of educationor training in two consecutiveterms-the current term and thenext ensuing term-at an in-stitution of higher learning andwho has been in regular attend-ance through to the end of theterm (semester, quarter, or sum-mer session) just concluding orconcluded shall be considered tobe in training status while pur-suing his course and not to ex-ceed fifteen consecutive days ofany period between the two con-secutive terms in which the vet-eran is enrolled but such a vet-eran shall not be entitled to anyleave in addition to those periodsexcept such other days withinterms as are granted by the in-stitution to other students. Dur-ing any period of enrollment theveteran shall be considered tobe in attendance unless absentunder circumstances which theinstitution considers to be con-stituted unsatisfactory conduct orprogress and the institution so in-dicates to the Veterans Admin-istration. Subject to remainingstatutory entitlement, the train-ing status of a veteran who failsto attend the next succeedingterm of the institution in whichhe is enrolled will be terminated15 days from the date of the clos-ing of the preceding term, unlessthe veteran's training is inter-rupted prior to the expiration ofthe term or unless the veteranat a time not later than 30 dayspreceding the regularly scheduledend of the term notifies the Vet-erans Administration in writingthat he desires his training statusto be interrupted at the end ofsuch term or semester.

(B) In the case of a part-timestudent, the extension of train-ing status specified in subpara-graph (A), above will be for thefifteen consecutive days and sub-sistence allowance and chargesagainst entitlement will continueunchanged at the correspondingpart-time rate.

(C) The extension of trainingstatus referred to above will notbe applicable in any case wherethe veteran interrupts training oris discontinued at any time priorto the end of a term. In suchcases training status will beterminated as of the effectivedate of the interruption. (Seenote)

(D) Leave will not be au-thorized for any period in addi-tion to the extensions of train-ing status herein provided. (July1, 1948)

Note-Recent regulations pre-scribe that unless prior notice isreceived -by he Veterans Administration, a veteran interrupt-ing during a term will be paidsubsistence for the full month inwhich the interruption occurs.His entitlement will be chargedfor the full month and for asmuch longer as is necessary to

satisfy the obligation to pay theschool for tunition. Generallyschools bill the Veterans Ad-ministration for tunition for theentire term, if interruption oc-curs after refund date publishedin catalogues.

AOA Editor Dies

Chicago, Ill., Aug. 23 Dr. R. E.Duffell, 8115 S. Harper Ave.,Chicago, editor of publications ofthe American Osteopathic Asso-ciation, died suddenly at 8:15 a.m.today at the Chicago Osteopathichospital. He was 46 years old.

Born in Chicago on April 14,1902, Dr. Duffell was graduatedfrom the Chicago College ofOsteopathy in December, 1930. Hejoined the editorial staff of thleAmerican Osteopathic Associationin October, 1933, and served asdirector of the Division of Pub-lic and Professional Welfare from1945 to 1947. In July, 1947, hewas appointed editor of all na-tional osteopathic publications, in-cluding the Journal of the Ameri-can Osteopathic Association,Osteopathic Magazine and theForum of Osteopathy.

Dr. Duffell was a past presi-dent of the Industrial Editors As-sociation of Chicago, secretary-treasurer of the Association ofOsteopathic Publication, and amember of Kiwanis.

Among the survivors are hiswife, Mrs. Thelma Hanshav Duf-fell; a son, David, 17; a daughter,Jeanin, 13; his parents, Mr. andMrs. William E. Duffell, 7123 S.Woodlawn, who recently cele-brated their 50th wedding anni-versary; a brother, Fred E. Duf-fell, of Chicago, and a sister, Mrs.J. P. Fox, Martiaroneck, N. Y.Funeral services are pending atthe George R. Thompson FuneralHome, 1008 E. 70th Street.

SCOPE

"The osteopathic concept in-cludes surgery, which osteopathicphysicians practice or recom-mend when it is indicated. Sur-gery is taught in all the osteo-pathic colleges. Osteopathy isnot a drugless therapy in thestrict sense of the word. It usesdrugs which have specific scien-tific value, such as antiseptics,parasiticides, antidotes, anes-thetics or narcotics for the tem-porary relief of suffering. It isthe empirical internal adminis-tration of drugs for therapeuticpurposes that osteopathy op-poses, substituting instead man-ipulation, mechanical measuresand the balancing of the life es-sentials as more rational andmore in keeping with the physio-logical functions of the body".(Quoted from an article by Dr.G. V. Webster, published in theYear Book of the American Oste-opathic Association.)

Visitor

Dr. Charles L. Timmons, Class1918, Aberdeen, South Dakota,and son Eugene visited the col-lege on August 20th.

Official Des MoinesStill Ring

Every so often something newis added to the college of whichwe may all be justly proud. Aftermonths of planning and designingan official Des Moines Still Col-lege ring has been adopted. It isbeautiful and its every detail

is exemplary of our College andour profession. Each ring is cus-tom manufactured to size andbearing your own graduating yeardate.

Made of beautiful and durable10 Karat gold and set with theglistening beauty of a doublefaceted amethist stone, the ringis well worth the carefully ad-justed price of $29.50 plus tax.All of us here at the College areexcited about the official ringand we know you will be too.Manufactured by the L. G. Bal-four Company you are assured ofthe utmost in quality and value.Clip the order blank below andmail with a deposit of $10.00.

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A Doctor Takes a Wife

Dr. Floyd Toland, of Corona,New Mexico, and Miss HelenFoster of Cedarvale, New Mexico,were united in marriage on July14th. Dr. Toland graduated fromD.M.S.C.O.S., February, 1947, andserved his internship at the NewMexico Osteopathic Hospital inAlbuquerque. Mrs. Toland is agraduate of Eastern New MexicoCollege and has been_ a musicteacher in the Portales publicschool system for the past threeyears. After a short weddingtrip, Dr. and Mrs. Toland willce at home in Corona, NewMexico.

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New Staff Appointments Final Plans Are Made for Cranial Course Announcement

Dr. William F. Teskey has beenappointed to the chairmanship ofthe department of pharmacology.Dr. Teskey received the degree ofPh.G. from the University of Con-.necticut College of Pharmacy;his B.S. Degree from Mount St.Mary's College; and his D.O.Degree from the D.M.S.C.O.S.

Mr. William Walters has beenadded to the department ofbacteriology. Mr. Walters re-ceived his B. S. Degree from St.Joseph's college, of Indiana, hisMaster of Science degree fromthe University of West Virginiaand spent 42 months with theUnited States Army laboratoryservice during World War II. Mr.Walters will assume his duties atthe college September 10th.

Mr. Charles Frisbe of DesMoines, Iowa, a graduate ofDrake University, will assist in thedepartment of physiology duringthe ensuing year.

Mr. Oscar J. Van Renterghen-of Kent, Washington, will serveas laboratory instructor in theDepartment of Bio-Chemistry.Mr. Van Renterghem was labora-

tory assistant at the University of

Oregon Dental School for three

years prior to his acceptance of

the appointment at D.M.S.C.O.S.Mr. Van Renterghem received his

B.S. degree from the University

of Washington and spent three

years of study at the University

of Oregon Dental School.

Help MakeDes Moines the

Mecca ofOsteopathy

Preparatory arrangement forthe October-November postgrad-uate classes in cranial osteo-pathy, to be held at Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery, are now completed. Eachsuccessive cranial course appearsbetter than the previous one.From all indications, this, theninth semi-annual cranial pro-gram, seems assured of great suc-cess.

October 11 to 23 is the twoweek ,period for the basic classand November 1 to 13 are thedates for the advanced class.

An excellent and qualifiedfaculty of no less than fifteen

practising physicians headed by

Dr. Sutherland, will be on hand

to conduct the well-balanced pro-gram consisting of lectures,technic demonstrations and prac-tise sessions. The enrollment islimited so that each instructorwill have no more than four stu-dents for the technic presenta-tions, thus permitting for a maxi-mum amount of personal super-vision and practise. This arrange-ment has proved highly success-ful in the past.

All applications should be ad-dressed to John B. Shumaker,Ph.D., Dean, in care of the col-lege.


Dr.!E. A. Hughes who graduatedApril, 1948, from D.M.S.C.O.S.has opened his office at 124 SouthEighth Street, Lebanon, Penn-

sylvania. We extend our "Good

Wishes" to Dr. and Mrs. Hughes.

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Golden Jubilee Homecoming IssueThe President Chats

Homecoming for 1948 is his-tory. Old Grads mingled forthree days with the large stu-dent body now enrolled in D.M.S.C.O.S.; visited the modern lab-oratories of the school; talkedwith the professors and attended

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fifteen hours of lectures whichconstituted the refresher course.No single lecture could be termedthe high light as each lecture initself was worth any physician'stime. The refresher course wasdesigned to meet the needs of thegeneral practitioner.

The College administrationfeels a debt which it will neverbe able to repay to Dr. RobertThomas, past president of theAmerican Osteopathic Associa-tion;- Dr. Louis C. Chandler ofLos Angeles; and Dr. J. PaulLeonard of Detroit, Michigan, forthe sacrifices they each made forthe refresher course.

The remaining personnel of therefresher course faculty, wereregular college faculty members.Their lectures were not only ap-preciated by all, but were givenwith the thought in mind, that itwas an honor to have the stu-dents of YESTERDAY return tothe old school and relive thosehappy bygone days.

Homecoming at Still was agreat event this year. Markingthe occasion was the Convoca-tion on Wednesday night, Oc-tober 6th, in the beautiful St.


Kirksville Board ofTrustees Elected

Kirksville, Mo., Oct. 2 - Dr.Perrin T. Wilson, of Cam-bridge, Mass., former member ofthe Massachussets Board of Ex-amination in Medicine, was elect-ed chairman of the Board ofTrustees of the Kirksville Collegeof Osteopathy and Surgery in itsannual meeting here. Dr. D. A.Squires, of Fulton, Mo., chairmanof the Committee on Public Rela-tions of the Missouri Associationof Osteopathic Physicians andSurgeons, was elected vice presi-dent and Dr. Harold I. Magoun,of Denver, Colo., eminent writerand lecturer in the field ofmanipulative therapeutics, wasre-elected secretary.

Dr. A. C'. Johnson, nationallyknown chief surgeon at Art Cen-ter Osteopathic Hospital, Detroit,Mich., was elected to the Boardof Trustees. Others elected tothe board were: Dr. Robert. B.Thomas, Huntington, W. Va., im-mediate past president of theAmerican Osteopathic Association,and Mr. Sam A. Burk, presidentof the North Missouri Broadcast-ing Company and general mana-ger of radio station KIRX atKirksville.

Other members of the Boardof Trustees are Dr. Charles E.Still, Mr. Ray P. Gardner andMr. Frank R. Truitt, all of Kirks-ville.

Sophomore "B"Class Elections

The following members of theSophomore "B" class were elect-ed to office on Sept. 22, 1948:

President Robert D. WirtV. Pres ..----- Edward J. ZarnoskiSecretary .--. Robert T. HarrisonTreasurer -- D...Dale DodsonStud. Council Walter R. HoffmanHistorian --- Elena W. Parisi

Miss Parisi was once againelected by a unanimous vote. Re-tiring President Charles Cham-bers turned the meeting over toPresident Wirt and plans werediscussed for a future social func-tion.

Last year the proceeds from aturkey raffle enabled the class topurchase flourescent lights abovethe blackboards of three class-rooms and to sponsor a picnic.

D.M.S.C.O.S. AlumnusHonored

Kirksville, Mo., Oct. 2 - Dr.George W. Sutton, of Mt. Pleasant,Iowa, was honored at a luncheonat the Travelers hotel, Friday, byformer students of Iowa Wes-leyan College of Mt. Pleasantwho are enrolled at the Kirks-ville College of Osteopathy andSurgery. Dr. Sutton has takenan active interest in the develop-ment of a program of pre-osteo-pathic education in colleges anduniversities.

Dr. Sutton, who is a graduateof Des Moines Still College ofOsteopathy and Surgery, is a for-mer student of Dr. H. V. Halladaywho returned to his alma materto deliver the Founder's Day ad-dress here Saturday. Dr. Halla-day was on the faculty of thecollege at Des Moines for a num-ber of years after leaving thecollege at Kirksville in 1924.

KCOS students honoring Dr.Sutton with the luncheon were:Edwin E. Bell, Porland, Conn.;Peter B. Roberts, Willow Grove,Penna.; Bruce C. Brink, Prince-ton, Ind.; Frederick P. Pelzer,Wickford, R. I.; James J. Mc-Tierman, Worcester, Mass.;Robert E. Sommers, Toledo, Ohio;and Howard R. Ware, Rockford,Ill.

Alumni News

Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Woofenden,Lake Worth, Florida, have justreturned from a trip to Australiathis summer. Dr. Woofendengraduated from D.M.S.C.O.S. in1926.

Dr. Richard L. Pascoe, August,'48, accepted an internship at Hill-side hospital, San Diego, Cali-fornia.

Dr. C. L. Cruser, 50, passedaway suddenly at his home inSpringfield, Ill., on Sept. 2, 1948.Dr. Cruser attended the Univer-sity of Illinois and was graduatedwith high honors from DesMoines Still College of Osteo-pathy.

Word has been received of thesudden passing of Janet W. El-lott, wife of Dr. G. S. Elliott,D.M.S. '12, and mother of Dr.,Gordon L. Elliott, D.M.S.C.O.S.'47, at her home in Toronto, On-tario on Oct. 2, 1948.

Homecoming at Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery is history. This year 500people, representing 19 states, en-joyed some part of the festivitiesof Homecoming. 149 of the visit-ing osteopathic physicians attend-ed the three day refresher courseand every lecture was a highlightwithin itself.

Honors of the Golden JubileeHomecoming certainly go to Dr.W. D. Albertson of Albert Lea,Minnesota. Dr. Albertson enteredwith the first class of Des MoinesStill College on October, 1898,fifty years ago. He was the onlymember of that class who return-ed for Homecoming. Dr. DellaCaldwell, of Des Moines, and Dr.James S. Schwieger of Jackson,"'Michigan, represented the class,of 1903; Dr. Mrargaret MacLen-nan, of New York City and Dr.Genevra E. Leader of Topeka,Kansas, represented the class of1904; and Dr. J. Ray Shike of Lin-coln, Nebraska, represented theclass of 1905.

This week has been a joyous oc-casion. The banquet at the FortDes Moines hotel has never beensurpassed and the dance whichfollowed was highlighted by thecrowning of the HomecomingQueen, Miis Sue King of Abilene,Texas. The convocation on Octo-ber 6th at the beautiful St. John'sLutheran church was one of themost dignified services held in thehistory of the school. Honorarydegrees of Doctor of Science weregiven to LtI General John C. H.Lee of York, Pa., sponsored byDr .C. Robert Starks of Denver,Colorado; to Dr. Francis E. LeBaron, Foxboro, Mass., who wassponsored by Dr. Jean F. Le-Roque, of Des Moines, Iowa; andin absentia to Dr. Frederic A.Woll of New York City, sponsor-ed by Dr. Robert B. Thomas: ofHuntington, West Virginia. Dr.Friley, president of Iowa StateCollege, gave an address on "Sci-ence and Social Progress,"

Plans are now being made forthe next fifty years and the nexthomecoming. But next year it isour plan to enlarge and we trustthat every person will put forthan effort to return to the Meccaor Osteopathy for Homecomingactivities.

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In keeping with our policy ofdeveloping and maintaining anoutstanding school of osteopathicmedicine, the Admissions Com-mittee of the College has mostcarefully selected superior stu-dents from the preprofessionalschools, and we are pleased toprovide statistical informationconcerning them.

Of the sixty-five newly ad-mitted freshmen, only one is a


woman. She comes to us fromthe Lone Star State, Texas.

Fifty students are veterans ofWorld War II, representing 73per cent of the entire class.

Our foreign policy is demon-strated by the fact that the fol-lowing countries are represented:Canada, China, England, Hawaii,India. It is most stimulating torealize that other nations are be-coming interested in the funda-mental osteopathic concept.

The average preprofessionaleducation of the freshman classis three and one-fourth years.Forty-one per cent have bac-calaureate degrees. Honors forA.B. and B.S. degrees are even,in that there are fourteen stu-dents in each group.

Georgraphically, on this oc-casion, Michigan leads with near-ly twice as many freshman as anyother state. The distribution isas follows:

Michigan --......---... - - 15Iowa ......-..------ -------------- 8Ohio .....- . ..-------- - ------------ 6Texas . .. .......-- ------------ 4New York . .----------.-- 3Missouri -.-------.----- ---- 3Minnesota -......---.---- 2Nebraska --.--- -------. 2-- 2Oklahoma .--.--......... . ...----- 2South Dakota ------------- 2Tennessee ------- ------. - 2Wisconsin ------... --. 2--. 2Arkansas ----------------------- 1California ----..------- 1Illinois 1....---...------- 1Indiana 1----------- 1Maryland .--.....---....... - 1Oregon .........----------.... 1Virginia .......---------.... 1

Washington ..........................West Virginia .-.......... .....Canada ..............China - .. ... ..........England ..............Hawaii -.India ---------------------------------


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The Admission Committee be-lieves that this group of fresh-man is most outstanding and theCollege welcomes them as futureosteopathic physicians.

The Mechanism of PainIn Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia (ticdouloureux), an episodic, re-current, unilateral pain syn-drome, which occurs in personsgenerally over fifty years of agewho may have arteriosclerosis,arterial hypertension, migraine,or Meniere's syndrome, usuallyappears during periods of anxiety,fatigue, tension or stress.

Recent observations indicate arelation between this conditionand defects in cranial circulation.It has been reported that sur-gical procedures inducing cranialvasodilatation, administration ofvasodilator agent, inhalation ofamyl nitrite, and continued ad-ministration of nicotinic acid bymouth have beneficial effects. Onthe other hand, attacks of painwill be precipitated by vasocon-strictor agents.

A recent report on sevenpatients indicated that vasodila-tor agents were effective inmodifying or eliminating attacksof pain during the administrationand for a short time thereafter.The vasodilator agents weregiven either intravenously or byinhalation. From these and otherobservation, it would appear thatthe paresthesias were due topartial ischemia because theywere eliminated by inhaling amylnitrite.

Tic douloureux is considered

the result of paroxysmal ischemiaof trigeminal structures, with thesite of the ischemia central orperipheral. It is postulated thatafferent stimuli (touch, pressure,cold, muscle, etc.) arising from a"trigger area" evoke reflex vaso-constriction either widespread orlocal, but involving the trige-minal structures, resulting in sud-den and critical increase inischemia and pain. The shortparoxysm of pain (from one tosixty seconds) can be undersoodas the effect of periodic vasocon-striction. Because of individualvariations in temperament, in thedegree and rate of structuralvascular changes and in toleranceto vasodilator agents, inferencesabout long term therapy are notjustified.-Science.

Hospital Notes

"I never would have believedit"-this seems to sum up thegeneral consensus of visitingalumni during the recent Home-coming activities. The hospitalevidently satisfied the former stu-dents of D.M.S.C.O.S. as all seem-ed to be in accord with what theysaw of the building, equipmentand clinics.

The hospital staff found itrather startling that so few ofthe alumni knew of the diagnosticservice which is maintained forthe benefit of the doctors in thefield throughout the country.Many expressed surprise that thiscomplete service existed and allwere of the opinion that it wasa fine thing. Each doctorpromised to send patients to thehospital in the future so thatthey might avail themselves ofthe many advantages of the diag-nostic service.

For the benefit of those whodid not attend Homecoming it isa pleasure to announce that some


400 patients have been throughour diagnostic service since thehospital opened two years ago.This total represents 36 statesand 2 foreign countries. Today'sdiagnostic service is a much moreefficient and highly organizedclinic than the original whichwas composed of some five doc-tors and which is now composedof 21 staff physicians covering14 departments. Many doctorshave expressed their appreciationof the reports mailed them fol-lowing the return of their pa-tients from the service and alsofeel that the treatment sugges-tions contained in the reports arehighly desirable. The service isgrowing very rapidly. Thereforewe are led to the conclusion thatthe referring doctors are findingit worth their while to send pa-tients in for this diagnostic work.The minimum three days' stayallows the staff to do thoroughpainstaking diagnostic workthereby aiding the patients' owndoctors in their future proced-ures.

Some 65 doctors or membersof their families have beenthrough the clinic and have re-turned home to send many oftheir patients to us for diagnosticprocedures. Because this is amuch needed service in our pro-fession we have every reason tobelieve that the department willcontinue to grow even more rap-idly in the future. We are nowasking referring doctors to pleasemake reservations for their pa-tients as far in advance as pos-sible as we wish to give them thebenefit of unhurried diagnosticdeterminations and carefullythought out treatment and prog-nostic opinions.

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Osteopathy Without Limitationa

The Challenge ofThe Degree, D.O.

Upon attainment of the degree,Doctor of Osteopathy, each manachieves a pinnacle of successand personal accomplishmentswhich is outstanding in his career.He is free to choose the path ofpublic service from that point onto the best of his abilities. Inthe pursurance of his chosencourse, he has brought upon him-self great and new responsibili-ties.

Responsibilities

Upon accepting the invitationto join the osteopathic profes-sion, each young doctor delegatesto himself responsibilities to hisCollege and lastly, a mutual re-sponsibility to himself and hisprofession.

The first are rather obviousduties which each man must fillregardless of his profession. Thedexterity and honor with whichhe carries out the appointed tasksare a measure of the respect withwhich his community regardshim. The ambitions which hefeels in requesting new respon-sibilities are a measure of hiscivic and professional following.The degree. of devotion to hisfamily, to his community, and tohis patients is a measure of hishappiness.

Respect

Chief among the obligationswhich a young osteopathic phy-sician has accepted is the dualresponsibility to himself and hisprofession, inclusive of his col-lege. Great strides have beenmade by the osteopathic profes-sion in its short history. It hasgained the respect of the laityas evidenced by the wide populardemand for osteopathic phy-sicians. It has earned the re-spect of the legislators as shownby the favorable practice actswhich prevail in most states ofthe union; and more recently byfavorable reactions of the federallegislature, w h i c h designatedosteopathic physicians as re-cipients of funds through ap-propriations for naval and U. S.Public Health Service commmis-sions. The osteopathic profes,sion has gained the respect of un-biased qualified scientists - wit-ness the recent acceptance ofosteopathic papers by scientificjournals, the additions to thefaculty of the osteopathic colleges,

the collaboration of independentscientists in 1 arge universitiesand the curiosity which is in-evitably shown by scientists whojoin osteopathic representativesin research. But most importantof all, the osteopathic professionin the short period of its historyhas at last gained the respect ofits own members. Alumni ofosteopathic colleges have pledgedmillions of dollars for educa-tion progress, in many cases ata cost of personal privation. Themembership in the A.O.A. is atits peak in the history of osteo-pathy. The profession has at longlast gotten behind itself.

It is that profession, which inthe scant half century of osteo-pathic education has earned therespect of the laity, the legisla-tors, the medical profession, themedical profession, the contem-porary scientists and the osteo-pathic physicians themselves, thatnow accepts new graduates of theosteopathic colleges.

Profession Progress

It is incumbent upon each manto carry forward the tradition ofprogress of the profession. Itis necessary that he shall provehis worth to a noble profession.Moreover, it is the acumen, thedrive the aims and ambitions ofthe present day graduate whichare charting the course of osteo-pathy in the future. It is thetask of each new graduate todecide whether osteopathy is tobe absorbed by the medical pro-fession as too many have pro-posed; whether it is to be amanipulative specialty; or whetherits basically sound principlesshall prevail in the field of thehealing arts so that osteopathyshall not be a competitor of"orthodox" medicine but shall bethe healing art. Osteopathy shallbe precisely what each gratduatedemands that it shall be and thelower the goal, the less will bethe professional attainments inthe next 24, 50 or 100 years.

Osteopathy was announced asa professional entity in 1874. Themost casual observer can ap-preciate, therefore, that osteo-pathy is not an offshoot ofmedicine," but rather an in-dependent growth which hasdeveloped side-by-side and simul-taneously with the "orthodox"school. Each new discovery hascome to osteopathy at the sametime and with as great force as ithas come to allopathy. Becauseof the soundness of the osteo-pathic principles and philosophyof disease, many of these havebeen early discarded or havenever become a part of the pro-iession. For the practice of osteo-pathy has been nourished by thewisdom of Dr. A. T. Still, andthe principles which he bropound-ed are still in force. Dr. Still,whose great knowledge of thehuman body, studious habits andintuitive insight into disease,brought the science of osteopathyto the fore, is to be respectedmost highly as a scientist. It isnot sufficient, however, that thenew osteopathic physician acceptblindly the dictates of the "OldDoctor," but rather he should

tear apart each item until hereaches the bedrock of truthupon which the principle or tech-nique was founded. Only by suchan intellectual search can thejustly great and persistent osteo-pathic philosophy permeate itsown profession. It demands thegreatest effort on the part of eachman to understand osteopathy,and it requires the greatest wis-dom of each man to comprehendthe science and see its applica-tions in order that he dare tochart the course of the osteo-pathic profession.

The Challenge

Because of the fact that a greatdeal of progress in healing hasbeen made since the time of Dr.A. T. Still it is inevitable thatsome of his statements have be-come inaccurate or incomplete.This, in itself, is mute testimonyto the necessity that each manallow, or force, himself to changewith the medical times. He isduty-bound, out of respect tohimself, his professiond and hiscommunity, to march forwardwith osteopathic progress. Hehas chosen a profession which re-quires from this point on that hebe a student. Through the years,he must learn, change, adapt andbuild. The profession which henow, joins deserves this mark ofrespect. It is a genuine chal-lenge.

Cranial ArticularMobility

By PAUL KIMBERLYDes Moines Still College of Osteopathy

and Surgery

Abstract from the American Society ofZoologists Forty-fifth annual meeting;Washington, D. C., September 11, 12, 13,1948. Anat. Rec. V. 101, No. 4, August.

Does motion exist between thebones of the skull? The failureof complete osseous fusion in thenormal skull and presencethroughout life of cartilaginousand connective tissue elements be-tween the bones renders motionsa probability.

William G. Sutherland, D.O.,Saint Peter, Minnesota, has in-cluded cranial motion in his pres-entation of the cranial concept.The motion is considered to bethe result of a rhytmical inherentmotility of the central nervoussystem, the fluctuation of thecerebral spinal fluid and the asso-ciated movements of the investingmembranes. The bones, beinganchored to the dura mater andin firm contact with the brain,are carried through a normalcycle of motion with each changein contour-form of the centralnervous system.

This motility facilitates thefunction of the cerebral spinalfluid and provides more efficientdrainage and supply of blood tothe central nervous system. Theeffect of restriction of motion inthese articulations is a fluid(blood and cerebral spinal) stasis.The psysiological effect of staticfluid will be manifest by dysfunc-

tion (hypo- .or- hyperactivity) ofthe part.

The implications regarding thecentral nervous system in thisconcept are so far-reaching as tobe difficult to visualize. Motionof the 8 cranial bones producesmovement in the articulation ofthe face. Restrictions here affectthe orbits, nasal fossae andpalatine structure. Certain dys-functions of the eyes, sinuses, andnasal mucosa are amenable tonormalization of the facial skele-ton.

On the Nature ofThe Interdependency

Of the Organism

By I. P. K. AGERSBORGDes Moines Still College of Osteopathy

and Surgery

Abstract from American Society ofZoologists Forty-fifth annual meeting;Washington, D. C., September 11, 12, 13,1948. Anat. Rec. V. 101, No. 4, August.

Two types of symbiosis exist innature: Inter-organismal andintra-organismal. The first isdemonstrated by the long foodchains on which organisms de-pend. The second is demonstratedby the relationship between cellsin the multicellular body. "Short-link" the chain in either bringstrouble.

Naturalists know that life isinterdependent mutualism; thatno living thing lives to itself;that life is a state of symbiosis,of "give and take"; that unicel-lular organisms, the most spe-cialized creatures on earth, can-not live a full life independent ofother life; that the cells of multi-cellular species individually andas a whole cannot live to them-selves; that unicellular and multi-cellular species live mutually onone another; that this relation-ship is a long chain with manylinks. Water low in organic mat-ter will be low in bacteria, pro-tozoa, protophyta, and metazoa:water fleas, insect larvae, worms,mollusks, and their young. Whenthese abound fish will grow big.Fish, even when hungry, don'tlike to eat starved fish; they don'ttaste good. Fatten the little onesand the bigger ones will love toeat them! To grow big fish, pro-vide plenty of good food for thelittle ones!

If the watershed is organicallyimproverished so that it contrib-utes little raw material to a lake,then tree-tops, arranged pyramid-ally, should be secured at variousdepths in the lake. Such basicraw materials do not overfer-tilize water because it decom-poses slowly and lasts long. Thework, however, should be doneby persons intelligently versed inbiological principles.

"The physician does not make thecure. He merely prepares and clearsthe way for Nature, who is thereal healer."

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On the evening of Sept. 22,1948, the fraternity held its firstmeeting of the fall term at theoffice of Dr. EW Sloan.

The business discussed at themeeting concerned plans forfuture work night and socialevents. Attempts to untie thepurse strings of .Treasurer JackSavarese were in vain.

Our first work night of the newterm was held on Saturday night,Oct. 2nd, at the home of mem-ber Bruce Thaye-. The guest ofhonor for that evening was Dr.R. B. Bachman who gave a veryinteresting talk on the appliedmechanics of osteopathic mani-pulation. Once again, we wish tothank Dr. Bachman for addingto our repertory many newideas and techniques.

Present also at the work nightwere the wives of the membersand guests. Refreshments wereserved following the techniquesession.

At the regular monthly meet-ing held September 20th, the fol-lowing were elected to servethrough the fall semester:EdwardJ& Brochu, who for the third con-secutive time, has been unani-mously elected to the position ofpresident, an indication of hiscapable management in the past;John Farnham, vice-president;

Allan A. Ingenito, secretary; Wil-liam Elston, treasurer; RichardCarpenter, Sgt.-at-Arms; WilliamSmeltzer, pledge master. The en-tire chapter wishes to extend thenew officials its fullest supportfor a successful term of office.

Best wishes are expressed onthe occasion of recent marriageof Brothers Russell Bunn, Rich-ard De Bard and Paul Panakos.Brother Farnham is welcomedback after a brief absence dueto illness. Congratulations areextended to Brother Hoffman theproud father of a member of the1970 class.

During the past month,Brothers Carey and Mallery fromthe Alpha Chapter at Kirksvillehave been guests at the fraternityhouse.

Phi Sigma 'Gamma is onceagain planning an extensive pro-gram for the coming year to in-clude social and entertainmentactivities, as well as an interest-ing schedule comprised of promi-nent men in the osteopathic pro-fession as guest speakers.

AOrAt a meeting, September 20, the

first of the new school year,L.O.G. elected the following offi-cers:

President -..--------- Sidney GelmanVice President .. Murray GoldsteinSecretary .-- ..-.- Mort LevinTreasurer -.-..... --- Lou Katz

Actives, pledges, and initiatesput on the feed-bag with a ban-quet at Curley's Restaurant,October 1. Immediately preced-ing the banquet an initiation washeld. Those initiated were Mur-ray Stromberg, Jack Roth, Sid-ney Adler and Bernard Goodman.

L.O.G. welcomes the membersof the freshman class. The chap-ter wishes them every success.

The Atlas Club began the newschool year with a picnic for thefreshman class. The picnic washeld Saturday, September 25, atRock-a-Way Beach. Many fresh-men attended with their wives ordates, along with a big turnoutof actives and pledges of thechapter.

On Wednesday, September 29,the Atlas Club was privileged tohave Dr. Verg Halliday visit DesMoines. Dr. Halliday is alwaysa very welcome visitor at StillCollege and the Atlas Club. Hehas had an active part in bothfor several years. He is one ofthe most prominent men in Atlashistory - both in the nationalchapter, of which he is GrandHistorian and in the Xiphoidchapter. In the evening a ban-quet was given in honor of Dr.Halliday at the Randolph Hotel.A large numrber of alumni attend-ed the banquet. Dr. Haliday re-ported to the chapter the activi-ties of the annual Atlas Club na-tional meeting which was heldin Boston at the national A.O.A.convention this summer.

Election of officers was held atthe business meeting September27. The following members wereelected to office for the ensuingterm: Robert Johnsion, nobleskull; John Woods, Jr., occipital;Howard Purtzer, sacrum; JohnHodges, stylus; Paul Walter,pylorus; Harry Wurst, styloid;and Arthur Jacobson, recepta-culum.

At the business meeting Octo-ber 4, it was decided that worknights will be held following theregular business meetings thatare to be held every other Mon-day night at 8:30 p.m. We ex-tend a cordial invitation to allstudents to attend these worknights, which will be held in thelounge room on the second floorof the Y.M.C.A.

President Chats


John's Lutheran Church withDr. Charles E. Friley, Presidentof Iowa State College of Agricul-ture and Mechanic Arts, of Ames,Iowa, as the guest speaker onthe subject of "Science and So-cial Progress." A banquet anddance were also held. Home-coming activities proved thatDMCOS grads are interested inprofessional advancement andthe progress of their AlmaMater.

Our heritage of freedom hasgiven the osteopathic professionprestige among all professionsand a strong feeling of pride,but pride is a substitute for con-tinued advancement. Oft timesthe gulf between practice andthe ideal has been wide, but inspite of individual differencesevery move on the part of or-ganized osteopathy has been forthe betterment of the profession.

An educational institution findsits guiding principles and ulti-mate goals in the aims and phil-osophy of the social order inwhich it functions. The aims ofDMSCOS are:

To educate its students:To the true principles of os-teopathic medicine.To the placing of service tothe welfare o fsociety beforeself.To have a fundamental ap-preciation for the values oftrue science and to becomemotivated to the scientificapproach of research.To achieve such preparationas will make for efficiencyand progressive improvementin their chosen profession.

The college seeks for a faculty:Who are making worthy con-tributions to the field of sci-ence.Who fully appreciate thevarious areas of human ex-perience.Who will cooperate in de-veloping the school of oste-opathic medicine.


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(Second in a series of articlesdescribing the background of D. M.S. C. O. S. faculty members.)

On April 27, 1946, Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy andSurgery announced the appoint-ment of a new Dean of the Col-lege and Professor of Bio-chemistry - Dr. John B. Shu-miaker.


Dr. Shumaker received hisBachelor of Arts degree fromCornell College in 1920; hisMaster of Science degree fromIowa State College in 1923; andhis Doctor of Philosophy degreefrom Iowa State College in 1930,majoring in food and sanitarychemistry. During his residenceas a student at Iowa State Col-lege while working for his grad-uate degree, Dr. Shumaker wasan instructor in the departmentof chemistry between the years1920 and 1929. From 1929 to1939 Dr. Shumaker was profes-sor of chemistry at the DesMoines College of Pharmacy,during which time he taughtcourses at Des Moines Still Col-lege of Osteopathy. In 1939 Dr.Shumaker was appointed profes-sor of chemistry at Drake Uni-versity which position he helduntil his appointment as Dean ofStill College.

Dr. Shumaker has been long

active in various educational,fraternal and civic organizations.He is a member of Phi LambdaUpsilon, an honorary chemistryfraternity; Kappa Psi, profes-sional pharmaceutical fraternity;Phi Sigma Gamma (honorarymember); Pi Omicron Mu, DrakeUniversity Pre-Osteopathic Club;and a Mason.

Beside these fraternal or-ganizations Dr. Shumaker is amember of numerous scientificsocieties. He is listed as a mem-ber of the American ChemicalSociety; American OsteopathicAssociation (assoc. member);American Association for the Ad-vancement of Science; IowaAcademy of Science; Institute ofFood Technologists; and DesMoines Science Society (memberof the Board of Directors).

Dr. Shumaker has had ex-tensive experience in industrialchemistry, serving a period withthe research department of MinerLaboratories, Chicago, Illinois, asgeneral consultant in the fieldof industrial chemistry.

Mrs. Shumaker (nee Ruth L.Drury) is a Wellesley graduate.Their sons, John B., Jr. and Wil-liam A., are both veterans ofWorld War II and students atIowa State College. Dr. Shumakeris a veteran of World War I him-self.

In the words of Dr. 0. E. Owen(former President of D. M. S. C.O. S., Professor of Pathology, andnewly elected coroner): "Dr.John B. Shumaker needs no in-troduction to the osteopathic pro-fession. Doctor Shumaker istruly a great scientist, a greatadministrator and a great educa-tor. He has the interest of thestudent at heart. Dr. Shumakeris a friend of all and his officewill always be open to the stu-dents who come to him withtheir problems. Men of Dr. Shu-maker's personality and educa-tional background are the typethat will assure the developmentand future growth of this in-stitution."

Note

The manuscript of the addressgiven by Dr. Charles E. Friley,president of Iowa State College,Ames, Iowa, at the Golden Jubi-lee Homecoming will appear inthe December issue of TheForum.

The title of the address was"Science and Social Progress."

October of 1944 was the date for the first institutionally spon-sored post-graduate course in the osteopathic cranial concept. Theopening of this first class was faced with much trepidation. This

-was the first occasion for anyoneWarning ! 2 other than Dr. William G. Suther-

_____'& *land to attempt the developmentof a graduate teaching program

Under date of October 8, 1948, based upon the premise of cranialthe Food and Drug Administra- articular mobility and the ap-tion of the Federal Security Agen- plication of osteopathic principlescy has issued a warning regarding to the skull. The initial quota ofcertain products of the C. B. 20 students was filled so, rapidlyKendall Co., Indianapolis, In- that a second division was estab-diana. Due to their high acidity lished for the overflow of 13. Fromthese injectables have given severe this beginning in the cooperativereaction and necrotic changes in teaching of the cranial concept,tissues when used. According to we have this month completedrecords they have been dis- the ninth biennial course for thetributed from Florida to Wiscon- graduate session.sin and from West Virginia toTexas. It has been requested wepublish this story.

The firm has recalled theseproducts:

Vitamin B. Complex StrongLot No. 54843.

Vitamin B. Complex Lot No.44832.

Pentabexin Lot Nos. 44823 and54837.

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Births

Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Dunbar,Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, an-nounced the birth of a daughter,Elizabeth, Aug. 31, '48.

Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Dun-bar (Class of '50), Gauley Bridge,West Virginia, announced thebirth of a son, David Mark, onNov. 1. '48.

Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Nie-siobedzld, New Britain, Connecti-cut (Class of '50), announced thebirth of a daughter, Ellen, onAug. 31, '48.

At each session there have beentwo or three divisions to thecourse. In the early meetingseach class was a duplicate. Asthese graduates demanded furtherinformation, an intermediate andadvanced division was developed.The improvement in teaching thebasic division permitted droppingthe intermediate class so that thepresent courses are arranged inonly two parts. One division isdesigned for the beginner and thesecond for the physician interest-ed in more advanced training.

The problem of teachingmanipulation from the lectureplatform is an old and difficultone. By experience, it was foundthat manipulative tecniques canbe adequately taught in practisesessions by using. student-teacherratios of four or six students toone instructor. This mechanismwas adopted and has been usedat a four to one level during, thelast four or five sessions.

The demand thus created foradditional teachers resulted in thedevelopment of a seminar pro-gram of one week duration, whichis maintained for the furtherdevelopment and improvement ofDr. Sutherland's assistants in thisteaching program.

The courses just completedwere attended by a total of 41graduate physicians. The basicdivision was a class of 19 repre-senting 10 states and Canada.California led the group withfive representatives. Illinois wassecond with three. The statesof Michigan and Nevada had twoeach, and one member was pres-ent from Minnesota, Florida,Wyoming, Arizona, Ohio, Idahoand the Province of Ontario. Theadvance division had 22 studentsrepresenting 11 states. Missouri,


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Psi Sigma Alpha, the NationalOsteopathic Honorary Fraternityannounced the initiation of eightnew members at a dinner held at"Mack's Snack Bar" Wednesdayevening, October 20th. Thoseselected were:

Ertle T. Cato, Columbus, Ohio._John E. Chapman, Toledo, Ohio.

James M. Dockum, Hampton,Iowa.

Sidney M. Gelman, Detroit,Michigan.

Simon S. Indianer, Flint, Michi-gan.

Joseph L. La Manna, West. NewYork, New Jersey.

Win. A. Moylan, Detroit, Michi-gan.

Jack H. Woodrow, Ottumwa,Iowa.

We wish to congratulate theseeight students upon their scholas-tic achievements and welcomethem into our organization.

To the members of the studentbody who are not cognizant ofthe working of Psi Sigma Alpha,we refer to the January, 1948,issue of the LOG BOOK for adetailed summary.

The present officers of PsiSigma Alpha are:

President, Kenneth M. Roberts,Greenfield, Iowa.

Vice President, Russell B. Bunn,S. Lyon, Michigan.

Sec.-Treasurer, Howard P. L.Dolyak, Youngstown, Ohio.

This group at Still College isone of the largest groups of stu-dent wives in the country. Onehundred and thirty-seven wivesrepresent twenty-five states, Ha-waii, Canada, Germany, Englandand India.

Many of the married studentshave families of as many as fourchildren. Consequently theirwives are busy with home re-sponsibilities. Otherstudentwivesare holding positions in the com-munity as nurses, medical tech-nicians, dental technicians,teachers, social workers, recep-tionists, bookkeepers, stenogra-phers, and saleswomen. One isan assistant buyer for a large de-partment store; another lecturesin surrounding towns on the ex-periences she and her husbandhad as missionaries in India.These accomplishments greatlyaid in creating a variety of in-terests that benefit the group intheir associations with one an-other.

The purpose of the club is edu-cational and social, seeking thedevelopment of its membersalong cultural lines. Special em-phasis is laid upon programswhich are in keeping with theethics and ideals of professionallife.

Funds are raised by bazaars,rummage sales, cake sales andraffles to buy additional equip-ment for Still College and Hos-pital. These projects have pur-chased such equipment as dra-peries for the hospital diningroom, reception room and studentlounge, place mats for the hos-pital trays, scrapbooks for thepediatrics department, a centri-fuge and other equipment for theclinical laboratory, and cardtables for the student lounge.

Each year a banquet is heldhonoring the senior girls. Di-plomas are presented to eachgraduate with a safety pin repre-senting each child.

The sponsors of the club areMrs. Robert Bachman and Mrs.Clayton Meyers, both Past Pres-idents of the Polk County Osteo-pathic Auxiliary.

The officers of the club are:

President: Ruby-Jean Talbot,Huntington Park, Calif.

Vice President: Jean Toews,Chino, Calif.

Secretary: Helen Hoffman, Ak-ron, Ohio.

Treasurer: Gloria Wirt, BattleCreek, Mich.

Historian: Virginia Finck, DesMoines, Iowa.

Reporter: Lee Moylan, Detroit,Michigan.

With the climax of the GoldenJubilee Homecoming, a luncheonwas held at the chapter house tohonor all alumni. It was indeedinspiring to see a well represent-ed attendance.

During recent weeks Phi SigmaGamma was privileged to haveas guest speaker, Dr. Harry El-mets, psychiatrist in departmentof osteopathic medicine. Dr. El-mets' address was on "Child Psy-chology", with emphasis on theimportance of psychopathologyand the influence of environmentupon the preschool child. Alsodiscussed was the importance ofhereditary and personality de-velopments. Scheduled for a fu-ture date is a talk to be givenby a member of the NarcoticsBureau of Des Moines, Iowa.

A celebration in the nature ofa dance and entertainment pro-gram was held on Hallowe'enEve at the fraternity house.

A formal initiation was heldat the chapter house on Sunday,November 7th. The followingpledges became active membersof the Phi Sigma Gamma:

Dale Dodson, Waco, Texas.Edward C. Reuter, Appleton,

Wisconsin.William Belanger, Flint, Mich-

igan.Joseph Donkers, Faribault,

Minn.Robert D. Hawkins, Milton,

Mass.Keith Howes, Tulsa, Okla-

homa.

Edward Kane, St. Louis, Mis-souri.

Allan C. Shelp, Kalamazoo,Mich.

Harry I. Simmons, Yonkers,N. Y.

Peter Tarakapian, Brooklyn,N. Y.

Phi Sigma Gamma is proud towelcome the new brothers intothe fraternity and congratulatesthem on the step they have taken.

Congratulations is extended toBrother Carpenter, proud fatherof a baby boy, and also to Broth-er Dunbar on the birth of hisson.

Brother Bunn has returned toschool after convalescing fromserious illness.

0UTOn Friday night October 8th,

during the Still College home-coming, the fraternity held a fish-fry at the A. I. B. hall for alumniand members of Iota Tau Sigma.

Interesting high lights of theevening were talks given by thealumni on the history and activ-ities of the fraternity in its ear-lier days. In charge of the ar-rangements were: Jack Savarese,William Moylan, Howard Dolyak,Bruce Thayer and John Chap-man.

The fraternity held anotherwork night on October 22nd atthe home of Mr. and Mrs. BruceThayer.

The guest speaker for the eve-ning was Doctor Dean G. Humewho demonstrated manipulativetechniques. Once again, we wishto thank Dr. Hume for beingwith us.

AarDuring the past month, the

fraternity has inaugurated itsguest speaker program. As thefirst speaker, Dr. Byron Laycockspoke of the advantages of astructural practice as a specialty.It is the hope of the chapter topresent evening lecturers fre-quently. Particularly, it is an-ticipated that this program willbe slanted so as to emphasizeosteopathic techniques. As usual,everyone is invited to attendthese L. O. G. sessions.

New Officers forThe Interfraternity

Council Elected

The following members of theInterfraternity Council wereelected to office on Nov. 4, 1948:President -........... Simon IndianerVice President .------- B. B. BakerSec.-Treas- ..... Josephine DiMarco

An appreciative "thank you"for a job well done is extendedto last semester's officers and apledge of cooperation to thosenewly elected.


Again the Atlas Club is happyto announce a full fledged pro-gram of work-nights with someof the outstanding men in thefield of osteopathy donating theirtime to help any student whowishes to avail himself of it. Anyand all students are cordially in-vited to attend any or all of thework nights held every secondMonday night at 8:30 on thesecond floor of the Y. M. C. A.

October 18, Dr Ray Lamb gaveseveral new pieces of techniqueand discussed many problemsthat will be encountered by newdoctors in setting up their prac-tices. The next work night No-vember 15, will feature Dr. Rob-ert Bachman who is always anencouraging speaker. Again wewish to extend our cordial invi-tation to all students, new andold, to take advantage of theseinformative nights.

Congratulations are extendedto seven men who have recentlybecome active members of Atlas.Alfred Beckham, James Conley,Robert Deford, Jerry Fellman,Paul Jackson, Furgus Mayer andEarnest Yarrington. The initia-tion was held October 15, atbrother Ed Zarnoski's home.

Irwin Groble hit the jackpotthis time with a boy arrivingOctober 27. Its good to see MikeAgnus around again, and we arehappy to hear he didn't have toleave his liver at the Veterans'Hospital after all.

An evening of fun was had byall October 30, at the A. I. B.International Room with manystudents, alumni and guests at-

tending.

Pi Omicron Mu

The Phi Omicron Mu preosteo-pathic fraternity on the Drakecampus has had a very activeseason and is looking forward tobigger events next semester.

We started the year with Dr.John B. Shumaker telling usabout this year's freshman classat D. M. S. C. O. S. and explain-ing what would be expected ofus when we were ready to enter.

We visited Dr. Jean LaRoque'sclinic where we spent a very in-teresting and helpful evening.

At one meeting three membersof our alumni who are now fresh-man at Still came back to talkto us.

On November 16, our nextmeeting, Dr. Laycock will be thespeaker.

Phi Omicron Mu is veryanxious to contact any collegestudents preparing for osteopathy.If any doctor knows of such stu-dents we will appreciate beingnotified.

Phi O. Mu initiated RussellBrown into membership and

pledged Sail Sutton. Both arefrom Des Moines. Charles Hughesand Don Nelson will be pledgedat our next meeting.

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The President Chats

The American undergraduatecollege, especially the privatelysupported college, is unique inthe educational system of theUnited States. It is readily agreedthat the privately supported col-lege group is one of the most im-portant agencies of our country'srecognition as a world leader. Theprivately supported colleges havecontributed materially to pre-serving and making effective so-ciety's basic social and politicalphilosophy, which developed theAmerican way of life.

The above is most true ofthe private professional schoolwhether the professional schoolbe dedicated to one professionor another. The graduates ofthese schools continue to make amost significant contribution tothe future of our country.

Osteopathy is a professionalschool, a school of practice, found-ed upon a definite concept, of heal-ing. The osteopathic school ofmedicine has encountered manyinterferences since the first schoolwas opened in 1892. But in spiteof obstacles our colleges havedeveloped an educational programwhich commands the respect ofall educators who become ac-quainted with our rigid curri-culum.

Every private college must attimes make an appeal to theirgraduates, to their friends, andto Americans in general to pro-vide more adequate financial sup-port for that institution. Thisis necessary in order to enablethe institution to present the trueideals and aims of the collegeand to offer adequate facilitiesand education for those in-dividuals in attendance who willtomorrow carry the burden ofthe profession.

In 1946, the American Osteo-pathic Association launched a na-tional campaign to provide $7,-500,000 for the six osteopathiccolleges. This campaign becameknown as the OSTEOPATHICPROGRESS FUND, but O.P.F.also carries other connotationsof importance to every osteo-pathic physician.

These same letters could meanthat your contribution to yourcollege OFFERS a PROGRES-SIVE FUTURE for the school andthe profession. If the demandsmade of the school are to berealized and the ideals of or-ganized osteopathy are to be at-tained, then O.P.F. could signifythat it is essential for every

osteopathic physician to, getOTHERS to PROVIDE FI-NANCES as well.

We all know that OPPOR-TUNITY PREDISPOSES FIT-NESS and if as a profession weare to achieve the recognitiondesired by all who are practicingosteopathic medicine and if weare to continue to make the ad-vancements demanded by society,every osteopathic physician mustsupport the present campaign foradditional funds. The OB-JECTIVES of the PROFESSIONwill be FUTILE if the colleges donot receive contributions annual-ly from every practicing osteo-pathic physician. These con-tributions can and will OFFER amost PROSPEROUS FUTUREfor osteopathy.

Those members of the profes-sion who are parasites and whopresent OPPOSITION to thecampaign will only PRODUCE aFRUSTRATION not only withinthemselves but chaos within theprofession.

The letters O.P.F. originallywere intended to mean OSTEO-PATHIC PROGRESS FUND, butits meaning is even much great-er. If the campaign reaches itsgoal, we can be assured that wewill have OSTEOPATHIC PHY-SICIANS FOREVER.

Several states have had theirconcentrated drive within thelast year. On November third,under the direction of Mr. LewisChapman of the central office ofthe American Osteopathic Asso-ciation, a concentrated drive forthe osteopathic colleges waslaunched in the State of Iowa. Inview of past performances of theAlumni of D.M.S.C.O.S. this officecan only predict that this cam-paign will be most successful.

As a profession we must not besatisfied or self-centered. Wemust not barter our freedom andour practice rights for any pres-ent prosperity, nor for an easy

or quick solution to the problemwhich faces us today. It is im-perative that we face our prob-lems and our anticipated prob-lems squarely. We must insureour continued growth. An annualcontribution to your college isyour insurance premium for thatcontinued growth. Professionalresponsibility . . . The price ofprofessional freedom.

The practice rights which havebeen achieved, the recognitionwhich has .been accorded to theprofession and the earnest desireand understanding of those out-side the profession for truth aboutthe osteopathic school of therapyare some of the challenges wemust recognize. Your contribu-tion today is your assurance forgreater educational institutions.

Yes, O.P.F. means OSTEO-PATHIC PROGRESS FUND; italso means OSTEOPATHIC PHY-SICIANS FOREVER.

Hospital Notes

The out-patient departmentcontinues to grow by leaps andbounds and the only salvation foroffice space for the staff phy-sicians seems to be the construc-tion of a new clinical building.

The growth of the diagnosticservice has been so rapid and hasmet with such success that doc-tors throughout the professionare sending increasingly largenumbers of patients to diagnosticservice so that we no longer haveroom for the proper examinationfacilities. Nearly every state inthe union has been representedby patients referred to the de-partment. Staff meetings are nowheld at lunch time so that thedepartment heads may discuss thecases at hand and have lunch atthe same time, thereby savingtime for everyone concerned.

The wide variety of cases

studied continues to surprise andplease the entire staff. Naturally,only the unusual and problemcases come to the diagnostic serv-ice. Consequently every case isan interesting problem in itself.Many times the three day mini-mum for the procedure is hardlyadequate. In most instances, ofcourse, the patient has severalthings contributing to his con-dition which makes it doubly in-teresting.

Because of the necessity ofspacing the examinations throughthe week we strongly urgereferring physicians to makereservation as far in advance aspossible whenever referring pa-tients to the diagnostic service.The patient should be told thata minimum of three days is ab-solutely necessary to do gooddiagnostic work. When theexamination is completed thepatient is returned to the refer-ring doctor and a complete sum--mary of all the findings is fur-nished the doctor by mail.

American Council ofEducation Accepts

AOA Application

Announcement has been madethat the American Council onEducation, at its meeting on Octo-ber 4th, 1948, accepted the ap-plication of the American Osteo-pathic Association for constituentmembership in the Council.

Membership in the Council isheld by institutions and organiza-tions rather than by individuals.Constituent members consist ofnational education organizationsand other bodies having similarinterests.

This acceptance represents amajor achievement in public rela-tions and is one of the finestrecognitions which has come tothe Association.

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Dean's Letter

Cranial osteopathy has fre-quently been brought to the at-tention of the alumni and thereading public of this publicationfor several years.

While investigations have beenconstantly in progress for a num-ber of years, cranial techniquehas been forcefully brought tothe attention of the professiononly recently. During the pastsix years Still College has under-taken the not-so-easy task ofdeveloping the cranial conceptalong sound scientific lines underthe able direction of Dr. W. G.Sutherland and Dr. Paul E. Kim-berly.

The cranial technique was firstpresented as post-graduate study.As the field of knowledge devel-oped and increased, the coursewas eventually divided into two

_sections-basic and advanced. Thesubject continues to be offeredto the profession on this plan.

It is true that many spectacu-lar developments have occurredin the application of this formof osteopathy. As is always thecase, spectacular results are view-ed with considerable skepticismuntil repetition makes them com-monplace. Such attitude towardnew discoveries is rightly that ofthe true scientist who is carefulto keep an open mind until he ispresented with indisputable proofof the truth.

Clinical evidence in the formof many case reports is nowavailable in partial substantiationof the soundness of the cranialconcept.

The administration and facultyof Still College is sufficiently con-vinced of the practicality ofcranial osteopathy as to begin aninvestigation of its underlyingprinciples and to sanction re-search in this field. To this enda research project was conduct-ed in the Marine BiologicalLaboratories at Woods Hole,Massachusetts, by two faculty

members-Dr. Paul E. Kimberly,professor of osteopathic princi-ples and technique and Dr. H. P.K. Agersborg, professor of his-tology and embryology. The pro-ject, focusing upon the distribu-tion of the cerebro spinal fluid,is an initial effort to substantiateand support .the expressedthoughts of Dr. Sutherland andDr. Andrew Taylor Still.

A paper by Dr. Paul E. Kimber-ly covering the project was pre-sented at the national conventionof the American Association forthe Advancement of Science inWashington, D. C., on September11, 1948. It appears in ANATOM-ICAL RECORD, V. 101, No. 4,August, 1948, and has been ab-stracted therefrom in the LOGBOOK for October.

The college has also incor-porated cranial osteopathy to alimited extent into its under-graduate course of instruction. Abrief fundamental course is pre-sented early in the junior year inorder that the student may ap-ply it clinically under direction.

Cranial osteopathy is rapidlypassing into the applied phase andis destined to become a normalphase of the principles of osteo-pathy. It should, eventually, begiven the same consideration asspinal technique. As knowledgeincreases, more and more dif-ficulty is being experienced inisolating one from the other, asituation which is logical inas-much as there is an inseparableanatomical and physiological re-lationship.

While undergraduates receivelimited instruction, the graduatedoctors will continue to receivehighly intensified instruction atthe higher graduate level.

The osteopathic physician willnow have another tool to aug-ment further the distinctive fea-tures which make his professionunique.


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Michigan and Ohio led the groupwith four each. California wassecond with three, and New Yorkproduced two. Illinois, Minne-sota, Maryland, Iowa, Kansas andArizona each had one.

The seminar for the facultyand potential faculty memberswas attended by 20 physicians be-sides Dr. Sutherland. In addi-tion to our regular faculty, whichhas been previously listed, Drs.Watd Bryant of Greenfield,Massachusetts, and Edith Tordoffof Providence, Rhode Island, rep-resented the new members of thefaculty at the recent course heldat Providence, Rhode Island. Drs.Fraser Strachan and MargaretBarnes attended from the ChicagoCollege of Osteopathy. Dr.James Keller came from theKirksville College of Osteopathy.Drs. Beryl Freeman, Faye Kim-berly and Rachel Woods of DesMoines, who assist in the teach-ing of the under-graduate coursein Des Moines, were in attend-ance also.

Many new ideas for the teach-ing of the cranial concept werediscussed and adopted. Much con-sideration was given to the ex-pansion of the teaching programin order to make it more easilyavailable to the practicing phy-sician. Teaching techniques havebeen improved to the degree thatfuture advance courses will prob-ably be limited to one week'sduration. Effort is being madeto design these courses to per-mit the frequent repetition by thegraduate students, thus makingavailable the new develop-ments as they occur. The mostgratifying aspect of this progressis in the increasing cooperationbetween Dr. Sutherland, theteaching institutions, the edi-torial boards, the research groups,and the officers of the AmericanOsteopathic Association and itsdivisional societies. The effort ofall is being directed toward the

single goal of putting the con-cept and philosophy of Dr.Andrew Taylor Still ever beforethe osteopathic profession.

Official Des MoinesStill Ring

Every so often something newis added to the college of whichwe may all be justly proud. Aftermonths of planning and designingan official Des Moines Still Col-lege ring has been adopted. It isbeautiful and its every detailis exemplary of our Colleges andour profession. Each ring is cus-tom manufactured to size andbearing your own graduating yeardate.

Made of beautiful and durable10 Karat gold and set with theglistening beauty of a doublefaceted amethist stone, the ringis well worth the carefully ad-justed price of $29.50 plus tax.Clip the order blank below andmail with a deposit of $10.00.

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Volume 26 DECEMBER, 1948 Number 12

D.M.S.C.O.S. StudentWrites on Travels

Mr. Montague John Rolles, afirst year student of D.M.S.C.O.S.,has a most interesting and in-formative article published underthe title of "The Indian VillageScene" in the magazine WorldDomain and the World Today.This article appeared in January,February, March and April issuesof the Journal.

Mr. Rolles has had a most in-teresting past. A native of Eng-land, Mr. Rolles first attendedNottingham University, in Eng-land, then Paton College wherehe was ordained a Congregationalminister. After his ordination,he proceeded under the auspicesof the London Missionary Societyto South India where he spent14 years.

Sensing the need for medicalmissionaries in India, and realiz-ing that medical missionaries areconstantly encountering the ageold custom and taboos of thatcountry, Mr. Rolles, his wife andtwo children were able to securea leave of absence from his dutiesfrom the London Missionary So-ciety Board to come to the UnitedStates to study Osteopathi2Medicine so he could return tohis adopted country and be bet-ter able to serve the people ofhis missions.

Even though Mr. Rolles wasa university graduate, it wasnecessary for him to pursue someadditional premedical subjects be-fore the pursuit of his profession-al course. Mr. Rolles entered IowaWesleyan College at Mt. Pleasant,Iowa, and completed the neces-sary premedical requirements forthe Des Moines Still College ofOsteopathy and Surgery.

During his stay at Mt. Pleasant,Iowa, while a student, he filledthe pulpit of the UniversityChurch of that city. Since enter-ing Des Moines Still, Mr. Rolleshas accepted a call to the Con-gregational Church of Ankeny,Iowa. He preaches each Sundayand his wife is largely respon-sible for the pastoral side oftheir work with the congregationat Ankeny.

Since entering Still College, Mr.Rolles has been in demand as aspeaker. Last week he spoke on"Medical Service in Rural India"to the Kiwanis Club before morethan 200 business and professionalmen of this city.

After Mr. Rolles completes hisprofessional training in osteo-pathic medicine, he and his familywill return to India. It is hisdesire that he will be able tofind five or six young osteopathicphysicians who will go to India

d eason s cJreeUnysPerhaps more aware of the great stride of progress

made by the Des Moines Still College of Osteopathy dur-ing 1948 than any other group, we wish to extend to allour readers a note of appreciation and gratitude for thesplendid support which has come to the college fromthe profession.

We may look at the accomplishments of the pastyear with justifiable pride and a keen sense of respon-sibility to the profession for our future. The generosityof the profession has enabled us to accomplish in the fieldof education tasks which could previously only have beendreamed. We appreciate not only the financial assistancebut the moral support and loyalty of our alumni as well.At the dawn of a new year we feel encouraged andresolve to continue to offer the best in osteopathic educa-tion. We resolve to co-operate with our loyal constituentsin planning and executing our program of balanced ex-pansion and academic excellence. We are resolved todevote our every energy toward recognition in the educa-tional world for our accomplishments, and recognitionby the public of our service to humanity.

We express for all our readers a hopeful wish for aHappy, Prosperous and Peaceful Year of 1949.

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with him and help develop anosteopathic clinic and medicalservice which he knows is so im-portant in that country.

Mr. Rolles is only one of themany interesting personalitiesfrom foreign lands who are en-rolled in D.M.S.C.O.S. this year.It should be most encourag-ing to the members of the osteo-pathic profession in the UnitedStates to know that so manyforeign students are anxious forthe practice of osteopathy to betaken to their native homelands.It behooves the profession tolend a helping hand to theseforeign students who are preach-ing the gospel of our professionto the various corners of theworld.

$5,000 for Research,Donor Anonymous

An anonymous gift of $5,000 tothe Still Memorial ResearchTrust was announced last weekby Dr. J. S. Denslow, director ofthe trust. The gift was presentedby the Drs. Josephine and IsabelMorelock of Honolulu, T.H., onbehalf of a grateful patient forthe support of research workbeing conducted by Dr. Denslow.

The Drs. Morelock have visitedthe research laboratories on anumber of occasions and been in-terested in research here and inthat supported by the AmericanOsteopathic Association.

A. T. Still MemorialBuilding Dedication

The dedication ofthe new A. T.Still Memorial Building, betterknown as the new Central OfficeHome, will be dedicated at spe-cial ceremonies on Wednesday,Dec. 15, starting at 2:30 p.m.

The dedicatory ceremonies willbe under the direction of Dr.Allan ,A. Eggleston, chairman ofthe committee on dedication. Fol-lowing the ceremonies open housewill be held from 3:30 to 6:30p.m.

The officers of the AmericanOsteopathic Association and theCommittee on Central OfficeHome recognize the contributionmade by the officers of the alliedorganizations, special campaignchairman, and solicitors who haveworked on this campaign since1946. In a letter of November20, addressed to the President andSecretary of each allied organiza-tion their gratitude and thankswere expressed to all who madethis campaign a success by pro-viding this memorial to thefounder of osteopathy.

All members of the professionare invited to attend these cere-monies and any one who is inChicago is invited to go throughthe new home at any time.

Christmas SealsGo On Sale

The 1948 Christmas seal salehas begun. A bigger and betterChristmas seal sale is anticipatedby the Iowa Tuberculosis andHealth Association. A state goalof $450,000 has been set for 1948.

All county associations will con-duct the fund-raising campaignby mail. At least two sheets ofseals will be placed in each let-ter. Christmas seals will be soldat booths and "self-serves" inmany areas during the salemonth.

Everyone in Iowa is urged tosupport the Christmas seal salethis year to bring about a suc-cessful campaign that will enablethe continuation of the wonder-ful work the Iowa Tuberculosisand Health Association is doingfor Iowa.

Visitor

Dr. G. V. Hilborn, D.M.S.C.O.S,1913, from Preston, Ontario,Canada, was a vistior at the col-lege on November 17th.

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The Woods Hole ProjectBy DR. PAUL E. KIMBERLY, D.O.

Associate Professor of Osteopathic Medicine

I would like to briefly discuss the relationship of research topractice. It seems to me more and more as I contact research men,as I read the results of various investigations, and as I see theapparent floundering that wehave in the practice of the heal- There is not a sign or symptoming arts, that there is a wide There s not a sign or symptomdiscrepancy between the investi- that you can think of which isgator and the practitioner. The not a manifestation of some partof the nervous system either

through a reflex arc or the resultof a stimulation of that system,locally or centrally. As we con-tinue to delve further into osteo-pathic principles by reading thebooks "Philosophy of Osteopathy"and "Osteopathic Research andPractice" both by 'Dr. Still, webecome more cognizant of themany references to structural in-tegrity, the necessity for freelymph drainage, for adequatearterial supply, and the relation-ship of the so-called wa-ter-s~ -ofthe brain or cerebrospinal fluidto the tissues.

It was my pleasure during thissame period of time to take onUlu ^U^JutfuL U1 llUul-Ugy 1Ut

Dr. Kimberly teaching purposes. That subjectwas given to me because they

investigator completes a problem,needed someone to fill in and notputs it on paper and forgets about because I was qualified. It wasit. The practising physician takes given to me, or better to say itwhat some author has deemed ad- was accepted by me with the ideavisable to put in a book and that I might learn somethingutilizes that plus his experiences. from teaching it. I am willing toToo frequently the results of re- admit that I went through thatsearch are lost for the lack of course for three semesters be-clinical application. It appears fore I could even make an -out-that research that can be accom- line hang together. But afterplished by physicians, men that that it began to fall in place andhave had experience in the field we began to see in the study ofand men that are going to be neurological diseases, the sum ofable to apply the fruits of their the many things that Dr. Stilleffort in the field, would be of was writing about. We began toconsiderably more value to the see then the relationship of manyhealing arts. of the things that Dr. Sutherland

The problem which we were has been talking about. In theworking on this summer was the study of nervous diseases we be-result of several years of accumu- gan to see again the picturelation of information. As all of which Speransky had tried toyou know, I have been much in- paint in his work in relation toterested in the concept and cerebrospinal fluid and the cen-philosophy which Dr. Sutherland tral nervous system. So the prob-of St. Peter, Minnesota, has been lem came down more and moreteaching. I was first introduced to the central nervous systemto that concept in 1942. About and the relationship of cerebro-the only thing which I acquired spinal fluid. Many authors havefrom the first course in the remarked about. the fact that incranial concept was that Dr. spite of our knowledge of theSutherland was basing his discus- chemical composition of thatsion on normal anatomy and fluid, we do not know yet of itsphysiology. The second course infinite function. Dr. Still hasdid not offer too much more. But, stated in some of his works, thatas time went on and he stressed the cerebrospinal fluid is essen-more and more the principles of tial to the function of tissues inosteopathy and its possible ap- that we have a withering field inplication to the many different disease, a withering field whichfields that we see in the general must be irrigated with thepractice, the significance of what waters of the brain. Then Dr.he was telling us became much Sutherland comes along and tellsgreater. During that experience, us how we can influence theI also had the privilege of read- fluctuation and outflow of cere-ing a book called, "A Basis for brospinal fluid and its affect onthe Theory of Medicine" by A. D. the central nervous system.Speransky. Speransky takes as his Now many of you people, andbasis the effect of the nervous I included, have been verysystem' in relation to a disease skeptical about accepting such anprocess. He maintains that any idea. Dr. Sutherland himselfdisease, the signs and symptoms started out his work on this ideathereof, are the result of the in an effort to disprove the pos-toxin or the process manifest sibilities of cranial motion and itsthrough the nervous system. If influence on body function. As weyou think about that for a little have attempted to disprove thatbit, you will see what he means. concept, and most of us that are

using it have atempted to gatherour information from clinical ex-perience, we are finding the truthin what the two men have beentelling us.

It came to my attention on sev-eral occasions, that the applica-tion of techniques designed to in-fluence cerebrospinal fluid pro-duced objective and subjectivesigns in the patient's affectedpart. One of the most outstand-ing cases some of you witnessedin the hospital. It was a skinlesion in which the techniquewhich we call bulb compressionis designed primarily to normalizethe longitudinal fluctuation ofcerebrospinal fluid produced aburning pain in the most severelesioned areas. A short time laterwe had another case of an in-jury which involved an upperextermity. The same techniquesdesigned to influence the outflowof cerebrospinal fluid producedtheir effect in the involved ex-tremi-ty-

At about that same time inNeurology, we came to the prob-lem of dystrophies. The dys-trophies have one outstandingthing in common. There is nodemonstrable disturbance in bloodor nerve supply. Then what isthe problem? I think it is cere-brospinal fluid. Clinically thereare two or three cases of pro-gressive muscular dystrophy onrecord which have been affectedby the use of cerebrospinal fluidtechniques.

(To Be Continued)

Faculty Notes

The President and Dean of D.M.S.C.O.S. will attend the mid-year meeting of the AmericanAssociation of Osteopathic Col-leges at the Drake Hotel, inChicago, December 13th and 14th.

The President will also attendthe mid-year meeting of theBureau of Professional Educationand Colleges, on December 11 and12. He will remain over for thededication of the new AmericanOsteopathic Association office onthe 15th.

New HeadquartersBuilding Visited

Your reporter and B. W. (asEarly Wilson would put it) madea very interesting visit on Novem-ber 26th to our new nationalheadquarters building in Chicago.We certainly were impressed withthe beauty and functional de-sign, and urge you to pay avisit when possible.

212 E. Ohio Street is an ex-cellent location a block eastfrom Michigan Avenue in an, out-standing district. The modernisticarchitecture stands out promi-nently, inviting the attention ofthose passing by. The only signin front is AMERICAN OSTEO-PATHIC ASSOCIATION inmodest, raised letters. As oneenters the foyer attention isdrawn to the bas-relief likenessof Dr. Still and the -inscription:"This Building Dedicated to theMemory of Dr. Andrew TaylorStill, Founder of Osteopathy."

A word of thanks to Dr. Mc-Caughan, Dr. Forbes. and MissRuth Hunt for the time they sograciously gave. Dr. Forbesserved as a most capable guide,and the fact that every personthere is proud of the building isobvious, for they instill you withthe same pride.

The color scheme is notable-deep rust, bright yellow, richgreen, light gray-all used to ad-vantage. The ceilings are ofwhite, acoustic material andfloors of asphalt tile blocks.Fluorescent lighting is usedthroughout, and the speciallytreated large plate glass windowsserve to create an efficient light-ing.

A library of outstanding booksand magazines is on the secondfloor and many other worthwhileprojects are under way.This building signifies the con-

tinued progress of the osteopathicprofession and the generosity andvision of its members. Whenyou're in Chicago a visit to yourheadquarters will be found veryworthwhile.

-- Richard Mark De Bard.


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The President Chats

CRIME AND THE MIND, byWalter Bromberg, M.D., formerlydirector of Psychiatric Clinic,Court of General Sessions, NewYork, New York, and Senior Psy-chiatrist, Bellevue PsychiatricHospital, New York, New York,Commander, M.C., U.S.N.R. Pp.219. Price $4.50. J. P. Lippin-cott Company, 227 S. Sixth Street,Philadelphia, 1948.

From the results of years ofexperience, Dr. Bromberg hascompiled a volume that will beof great interest to the generalpractitioner, to the educator, tothe law enforcement officers, tosocial workers and all people whoare interested in human behavior,especially those who are dealingwith young people.

The material for this volumewas developed from clinical studyof hundreds of convicted crimi-nals. Its emphasis is on thephenomenology of crime, the psy-chology of the offenders, and theemotional inter-relations betweenthe latter and his society. Thisbook beautifully portrays the dis-torted personality, and muchstress has been placed on a largegroup of psychopathic, neurotic,emotionally immatured and clini-cally normal individuals who havebeen involved occasionally or per-sistently in criminal activities.

The book is divided into twoparts; Part One is devoted to thelegal and social environment ofthe criminal; and, Part Two isdevoted exclusively to the in-dividual criminal.

Part One gives a thoroughanalysis of the approach to thecriminal, the criminal and his so-ciety, and psychiatry in the lawcourse, while Part Two is con-cerned with the psychopathicpersonality which discusses veryplainly the paranoid psychopath,the schizoid psychopath, the ag-gressive psycopath, the alcoholand drug psychopaths, the psycho-pathic swindler, sexual psycho-path, types of sexual crime, ag-gressive sexual crime, pedophiliaccrime, incest, homosexual of-fenses, bigamy, emotional reac-tions of the psychopath, and dy-namic aspects of the psychopath.Part Two also discusses mostclearly the emotional immaturityin crime, the neurotic offenderand the cure for the crime withspecial emphasis on psychotherapy,the treatment program and thepsychotherapy of the individualoffender as well as the treatment

of the psychopathic offender.The book presents excellent

case studies. The appeal of thisnew book is such as to make thework of Dr. Bromberg a signifi-cant contribution in the field ofpsychiatry.

Know Your Faculty

(Third in a series of articlesdescribing the background of D. M.S.C. c. S. faculty members.)

Dr. Agersborg, Professor ofAnatomy and Embryology, wasborn in Norway. He received hisB.S. and M.S. degrees at the Uni-versity of Washington and the

Dr. H. P. K. Agersborg

Akademisk Borgerskab from theUniversity of Oslo. Dr. Agersborgthen received his M.A. degreefrom Columbia University and hisPh.D. degree from the Universityof Illinois.

Dr. Agersborg has held teach-ing positions in the College ofthe City of New York, ColumbiaUniversity, University of Illinoisand James Millikin University.

He is a Fellow in the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement ofScience, Member of the AmericanScandinavian Foundation, AmericanSociety of Zoologists, AmericanMicroscopic Society, the Society ofthe Sigma Xi, and the American So-ciety of Mammalogists. He is theauthor of several books and manyscientific treatises.

Dr. Agersborg is married andhas two sons, James Albert, whois stationed with the U. S. Armyin Japan and H. P. K., Jr., whois a student at Harvard Uni-versity. Mrs. Agersborg is re-maining at their home in Cen-tralia, Illinois, for the time being.

Gifts

Dr. W. L. Crews of Amarillo,Texas, recently gave the CollegeClinic a Gastro-scope for use inthe clinic. The administration ofthe college along with the Di-rector of the College Clinic isdeeply apppreciative of thethoughtfulness of Dr. Crews. Itis a fine gesture for friends andold graduates of the school tomake contributions to the CollegeClinic which means so much tothe training of the clinical stu-dents and to the patients who de-pend upon the College Clinic fortheir professional care.

The College Clinic is growingvery rapidly and the gift so re-cently received from Dr. Crewswill find a very useful place inthe Clinic.

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Dr. E. S. Honsinger of Ames,Iowa, has also been a contributorthis past month in giving Ex-ternal Fixation Splints for theuse in our College Clinic. Theadministrators wish to publiclyrecognize this gift.

Happy New Year!

Dean's Letter

"Gain all you can. Save allyou can. Give all you can." Thesewords express the philosophy ofJohn Wesley, the great revivalist.In our modern world of competi-tion and industry, how essential itis that we endeavor to fulfill eachof the obligations-gain, save, andgive-all you can.

Once more the spirit of Christ-mas is upon us, and once morewe pause to think of our manyfriends and relatives, who stillcherish the memories of past as-sociations. A word of greeting,a telegram or letter, or a per-sonal gift as a token of pleasantmemories and continued friend-ship is stimulating beyond words.

To all who read the LOGBOOK, may I offer the season'sgreetings and the best wishesfrom all your friends with whomyou have associated at D.M.S.C.O.S.

Visitor

Dr. John Rogers, of Oshkosh,Wisconsin, was on the campusDecember 2nd and 3rd admin-istering the first section of theNational Board of Osteopathicexaminers examination to some22 students of the college.

Dr. Rogers, the secretary to theNational Osteopathic Board, hasbeen most active in its organiza-tion and functioning. It is thefeeling of the administration ofD.M.SC.O.S. that it is a distinctadvantage and privilege for anosteopathic physician to be adiplomat of the National Osteo-pathic Board. It is always agreat pleasure to have Dr. Rogersvisit his old alma mater.


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Phi Sigma Gamma fraternitywishes to extend its congratula-tions to Dr. O. Edwin Owen, PastGrand Archon of the Phi SigmaGamma Grand Council, Chairmanof Pathology Dept. at Des MoinesStill College of Osteopathy, andChief Pathologist at WildenOsteopathic Hospital on his re-cent election to the position ofCoroner for Polk County. Thefraternity and osteopathic pro fes-sion looks upon Dr. Owens withgreat pride as being the firstosteopathic physician elected toposition of Coroner.

At a recent school assembly,the following brothers wereawarded pins in recognition oftheir admission to the Psi SigmaAlpha, national honorary scho-lastic fraternity, James D. Dock-um, Joseph LaManna. This ac-complishment reflects a greatcredit to them and the fraternity.

Among the activities plannedfor the pre-holiday period is agala New Year's Eve party cli-maxing the 25th year of con-tinuous activity of the DeltaChapter of Phi Sigma Gamma atStill College.

Preparations are being formu-lated to schedule a ValentineDance and dinner party for mem-bers and their wives. The stu-dents pledging to the fraternitywill be invited guests at the openhouse luncheon to be scheduledat the fraternity house in thenear future.

The chapter house extends an

invitation to all students and theirguests desiring to attend theSaturday evening social partiesgiven at the fraternity house.A most enjoyable evening maybe had by all

Congratulations to the follow-ing brothers who have been ap-pointed as externs: Dr. RussellBunn at Wilden Osteopathic Hos-pital; Dr. Edward Brochu at StillCollege Hospital and Dr. CharlesStarr at Des Moines General.

On Friday night, November 19,the fraternity held a work nightat the home of Bruce Thayer. Asound March of Time film entitled"The Making of a Doctor" wasshown along with a film on footand ankle technique.

Following these showings, Dr.R. E. Sloan demonstrated a tech-nique for shoulder and arm

.neuritisX. .Refreshments were served and

the meeting adjourned.A business meeting was held

on Dec. 3rd at the home of Dr.R. E. Sloan. A future date wasarranged for the election of newofficers and other fraternityevents. Movies and refreshmentsrounded out the evening.

The fraternity is happy to wel-come Mike Fisher who waspledged during the month ofNovember.

The Atlas Club is planningtheir gala pre-Christmas dancefor Saturday night, December 18.The dance will be held in thenew ballroom of the HotelSavery. The music for the eve-ning will be furnished by KeithKillinger and his eight, piece or-chestra which also features a girlvocalist. In keeping with the holi-day mood the dance will be semi-formal. All students are cordial-

ly invited to share in the festivi-ties. Tickets may be obtainedfrom any of the Atlas membersand are on sale at the presenttime. Tickets will also be soldat the door. The ladies are re-quested not to wear corsages.

A representative from the Mc-Manis Table Co. will be guestspeaker at a work night, Mon-day evening, December 20, at7:30 p.m. in Room 307 of theschool. A demonstration on theuse of the table along with hintson technique will be given. Thiswill no doubt be of interest toall students and an invitation isextended to everyone.

A very interesting talk wasgiven by Dr. Park at the lastwork night held November 15.Dr. Park gave many helpful facts,advice, and sidelights that concernthe osteopathc student. Manystudents attended the work nightand wish to thank Dr. Park forhis splendid talk.

Members of the club are gladto learn that Ed Zaroski's wife,Nancy, has recovered from herrecent illness and is back at workin the college hospital.

The month of November wasa busy one for the wives, clubwith the prospect of an evenbusier December.

On November 2, we were guestsof Wilden hospital. It gave manyof us an opportunity to see forthe first time this much discussedmodern structure. Dr. Verne J.Wilson spoke on the place of thedoctor's wife in the community.His words of advice and cautionwill come back to us many timesin the days ahead as we makeready to be a help and credit toour doctor husbands.

Our meeting of November 16was held at the home of Dr. AnnaSlocum and proved to be mostinteresting and profitable.

Interesting-because Dr. Slocumwho has become interested in thedevelopment of cranial techniqueexplained some of the work -thathas been accomplished to date inthis field.

Profitable because it found ourtreasury larger by $191, thanksto the ingenuity and hard workof Anita Katz who conceived theidea of a turkey raffle and wasput in charge of the affair. Anitahandled the printing of the ticketsand obtained all prizes gratis forraffle. Donors of poultry in-cluded Charles Gunton, LairdJones, Ted Sammon, Chris Nielson,and the Crocker Poultry to whomthe Club is greatly indebted. Win-ners included Lois Thornton,Paul Raines, William Borosky,Jake Hedgpath, and Anita Katz(there wasn't any cheating-shebought many tickets, too!)

The Beta Chapter of DeltaOmega met at the home of Dr.and Mrs. Peters, November 11,1948.

Elena Parisi was initiated intothe sorority as an active mem-ber.

The officers for the followingyear were elected as follows:Myrtle Miller, president; TrudyCarpenter, vice-president; Ade-line McCormick, recording secre-tary; Jo DiMarco, treasurer;Elena Parisi, corresponding secre-tary; Mrs. Paul Kimberly, guard,and Mrs. Cash, escort.

We were all very pleased tohear of the birth of a baby son,Michael Ray, born October 16,1948, to Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter.

Dr. Rachel Woods gave us avery interesting talk on certi-fication.



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