Glimpses of medical Europe (1908) (14765730471)

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Title: Glimpses of medical Europe

Year: 1908 (1900s)

Authors: Thompson, Ralph L. (Ralph Leroy), 1872-

Subjects: Medicine Medicine Education, Medical Travel

Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott company

Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries

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dinners for an equal sum. Theaverage cost of living for a student is aboutfifteen dollars a month. Marburg, in Nassau, is beautifully situated.It is a small city, and its University wasfounded in 1527. The great Von Behringsname is enrolled on this faculty. The University of Leipzig, in Saxony, ismade use of by a few Americans for medicalstudy. Leipzig is one of the mo^t interestingof German cities, and one finds there manyAmericans in various lines of work outside ofmedicine. On the medical faculty, however,are many worthy men, among whom may bementioned Curschmann, Trendelenburg, andMarch and. Konigsberg, in Prussia, founded in 1544,has a number of good men on its faculty. Astudents club, the Palaestra x^lbertina, madepossible by the gift of Dr. Fritz Lange, ofNew York, is along the same lines as theHarvard Union, and is open to the entirestudent body. Breslau, the most populous city in Prussiaafter Berlin, is situated at the junction of theOhlau and the Oder. The university was 230

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GERMAN UNIVERSITIES founded in 1702, and Its medical scliool is ina flourisliing condition. Here are to be founda number of famous men: Ponfick, in pathol-ogy; riuegge, in bacteriology; Striimpell, inmedicine; Ivuestner, in gynaecology; Garre,in surgery; Huerthle, in physiologic chemistry;Czerny, in pediatrics. Greifswald, in Prussia, was founded in 1456.LoefBer and Grawitz are the two names bestknown to us on this medical faculty. Halle, in Prussian Saxony, on the Saale,was united with Wittenberg in 1817. Thisvery pretty town, not far from Leipzig, is wellworth a visit. Harnacks laboratory is ofinterest to all physiologic chemists, and Er-berth, whose name is associated with thetyphoid bacillus, is here. Frankel also shouldnot be passed by without mention. Giessen, in Hesse Darmstadt, founded in1607, is situated in a plain some thirty milesfrom Frankfort am Main. Bostroem inpathology, Strahl in anatomy, and Pfannen-stiel in obstetrics, are well-known professorsin this university. Got

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