THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, January 26, 1945

40 Years of Medical Service

Story of North End Clinic's
Medical Cdre in 'War, Peace

An Important Record of Community Service Dating Back

More Than 40 Years; 76 Staff Members Are In
Service, 50 of Them Serving Overseas

By SELMA J. SAMPLINER
Director, North End Clinic

TAKING CARDIOGRAPH AT NORTH END CLINIC

1

An informed physician has asserted that it often takes

41.8 tong as 10 years for medical discoveries of university re-

search laboratories to filter into the practice of the family
doctor. The process may be shortened during war years, be-
cause of heightened interest in medical advances for which
the war is responsible.

In times of peace, a practical
channel for speeding up the dis-
semination of new achievements
in medicine is the community-
supported Clinic or Out Patient
Department. Here young physi-
cians come to develop and per-
fect their techniques, to work
with older physicians, and to
demonstrate the practical appli-
cation of Science's contributions
for the benefit of patient and
medical knowledge alike.
Such a medical setting North
End Clinic has offered to com-
munity and physicians of Detroit
for more than a quarter of a cen-
tury.
North End Clinic, a participant
in the Community Fund, and a
member of the Council of Social
Agencies and the Jewish Welfare
Federation; has two principal ob-
jectives: service to patients and
the development of a program
designed to offer to its medical
staff an opportunity to learn on
the post graduate level.

Its Aims Achieved
The non-sectarian nature of
the Clinic's work, though under
Jewish auspices, the generosity
of friends in appropriating funds
for modern equipment, the train-
ing and abilities of its personnel,
the resourcefulness of its nurses,
social workers and technical as-
sistants, have been pointed to as
evidence of the Clinic's role in
Detroit's health program.
Through the Clinic's doors sev-
eral hundred physicians, non-
Jewish as well as Jewish, have
come to participate voluntarily
in this educational experience.
A review of the activities of the
North End Clinic Medical Staff,
year after year, indicates clearly
that the aims of the Clinic's spon-
sors have been carried out in its
medical program.

Standards of Medical Staff
Early in its development the
nucleus of the present Medical
Staff set standards of conduct
for its members and insisted on
their adherence. Such criteria
for accrediting specialists as mem-
bership in the American Boards
of Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery,
Ophthalmology and Dermatology
, were utilized. This happens to
be one of the essential standards
used as proof of special training
by the armed forces and V other
government agencies.
As the Clinic program began
to emerge and the community
became increasingly aware of
the availability of a wide range
of medical service for those who
could not afford care from a pri-
vate physician or dentist, the
board and medical staff took
steps to encourage staff physi-
cians to enhance their skills.
Younger men were assigned to
older and more experienced men
under whose supervision they re-
mained for a length of tire. The
program being departmentalized
and covering all types of ser-
vices, opportunities were offered
physicians to rotate through spe-
cial departments.
Sponsored Study Trips
Study trips to various centers
of learning in other cities have
also been made available.
The Departments of Metabol .

-

ism, Physical Therapy, Urology
and Gastro-Enterology, Arthritis,
Surgery and Dentistry have reap-
ed the benefit from excursions
to the Mayo Clinic, the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Northwest-
ern University, the University of
Michigan and Harvard Univer-
sity. These trips as well as oth-
er experiences at North End
Clinic have occasionally led to
the appointment of North End
Clinic physicians to teaching
positions on the faculty of Wayne
University and to analogous posi-
tions on the staffs of other medi-
cal institutions.
Publications
The staff has been encouraged
to record its experiences and ac-
complishments.' In the early
days, it published at irregular in-
tervals brief bulletins designed
to record and reflect the scien-
tific work done at the Clinic. In
October 1940 the North End
Clinic Quarterly, an extension of
this original project, began its
existence.
The Quarterly has had a cir-
culation of 2,000 doctors in De-
troit,—has been well received,
and had national recognition.
Scanning the list of titles in
issues from October, 1940, to the
present date, one finds various
type's of articles designed to re-
port up-to-date treatment of var-
ious diseases.
A Nurse's Letters
Occasionally there is an article
contributed from the auxiliary
and administrative services. One
finds an article on physiotherapy
by the technician in charge of
that department, another on as-
pects of medical social service by
the supervising worker, and a
series of letters by one of the
nurses, Lt. P. Eleanor Stanfield,
who joined the armed forces and
reports a regular odyssey which
took her up and down the Nile,
through Egypt, and finally land-
ed her in Persia, where the first
person she met in the hospital to
which she was sent was a Negro
soldier who had been a patient
at North End Clinic and who liv-
ed on Holbrook.
By far the most important
articles were on, clinical or ori-
ginal observations of disease pic-
tures or entities in the Clinic.
There is an elaborate study on
Nocturnal Gastric Secretion, sub-
sequently reported at one of the
national gastroenterological so-
cities. There was a careful study
made by one of the younger men
on the injection treatment of
hernia, a follow up of his cases;
another on Estrogenic Hormones
and Hyperthyroidism which was
subsequently reported in one of
the leading journals on Endocri-
nology; and several studies on
injections of novocaine to re-
lieve painful joints or rheumatic
manifestations.
Prize Winning Essay
In 1942 a prize essay contest
was conducted and small mone-
tary prizes were awarded. Sev-
eral of the papers submitted were
published in the July 1942 Quar-
terly.
The article which won the first
prize was by Capt. Jerome Mark
on the Use of Venography in the

Differential Diagnosis of the Per-
ipheral Venous Circulation; a
Simplified Technique. This in-
volved the injection of an opaque
solution into the vein at the
ankle with an X-ray taken im-
mediately to reveal the exact pic-
ture of the veins of the leg. This
study subsequently appeared in
the Annals of Surgery. It was
a continuation of some of the
methods which Dr. Mark had
observed and followed in Bos-
ton before he came to Detroit.
The most recent issue contain-
ed several articles on diarrhea'
diseases. One, a study of a mild
epidemic nature by Dr,. David J.
Sandweiss, received editorial
comment in the Journal of the
American Medical Association.
The January 1943 issue con-
tains articles by staff members
in the armed services on Emer-
gency Treatments of Chemical
Warfare Casualties, Experiences
in a Septic Ward of an Army
Hospital, etc.
Bailin Lectures
As a memorial to Dr. Max Bai-
lin, whose counsel in the early
days of the Clinic was inestim-
able, the Bailin Lecture Series
were inaugurated and continued
for nine successiw? seasons under
the auspices of the North End
Clinic Medical Staff. The onset
of the war has interrupted tem-
porarily this particular medium
for postgraduate instruction.
To these lectures were invited
all the physicians of Wayne and
adjacent counties as well as those
of allied professions who were
interested in attending. Physi-
cians of national reputation con-
sented with alacrity to give pa-
pers of current Scientific interest.
Speakers included: Dr. Solomon
Strouse from Chicago, Dr. Rus-
sell Haden of Cleveland, Dr. A.
C. Ivy of Chicago, Dr. B. B. Vin-
cent Lyon of Philadelphia, Dr.
Frederick Coller of Ann Arbor,
Dr. Nathan Rosenthal of New
York, Dr. Raphael Isaacs of Ann
Arbor, Dr. Charles Mazer of
Philadelphia, Dr. Lewis Pollock
of Chicago, Dr. I. S. Ravdin of
Philadelphia, Dr. Charles Ges-
chickter of Baltimore, Dr. Alton
Ochsner of New Orleans.
The Bailin Lectures grew in
importance, first being held at
the Clinic and later in the De-
troit Institute of Arts.
The Staff and the War
The Honor Roll just inside the
building's entrance, with its 76
names of doctors, eloquently test-
ifies to the staff's participation in
the war. Fifty of this number
are now serving overseas. The
Clinic hears regularly from them
and letters, coming from India,
New Zealand, Hawaii, Iceland,
England and Italy prove again
the global nature of this war.
Their military ranks—one is a
Colonel, two are Lieutenant-
Colonels, 14 Majors, six Lieuten-
ant-Commanders — "implies the
responsibilities imposed on them.
Col. William Henry Gordon,
Chief of Staff, in command of
the 94th General Hospital now in
England, was one of the first
Colonels commissioned in the

Page Nineteen

early phases of the war and has
a high seniority in the medical
corps. With him is Maj. Maurice
Meyers, chief of surgical service
of this 2,500-bed hospital.
War Time Problems
The depletion of the medical
staff has brought many problems
to the Clinic. By curtailment
of some of its program, though
maintaining basic services, the
Clinic functions in behalf of the
civilian population with only
35% of the staff it had immed-
iately before the war. During
the first years of the war ef-
fort, these doctors participated in
the Red Cross program as first
aid instructors, in the Selective
Service program by organizing a
team at North End Clinic for ex-
amining registrants for Board 3,
and by helping to man the In-
duction Station in the role of
consultants for such specialties
as Cardiology, Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat,' Psychiatry and Uro-
logy.
Illustrations Cited
A few illustrations will serve
to indicate the concern of the
Staff for medical progress as re-
flected in the medical program.
North End Clinic is a coopera-
tive center in the Federal pro-
gram for the control of Syphilis.
This means that its set-up not
only has approval but is partially
subsidized by Federal and State
funds. Patients with gonorrhea
are treated with one of the sulfa
drugs. When the disease does
not respond to this medication
then penicillin is given in con-
j unction with the Department of
Health. Patients are now rapid-
ly cured of this disease in about
one-third of the time formerly
required.
The Physical Therapy Service
in the scope of its work, is pro-
gressive, consistent development,
the training of its therapists and
the installation of its equipment,
ranks well with other centers.
The widespread use of physical
therapy in the treatment of con-
valescent men in Army and Navy
Hospitals points to its increasing
therapeutic value.
The strict ethical code of the
medical profession limits the
story that can be told. Never-
theless, it is good to know that

-

in Detroit under Jewish com-
munity auspices a sizable group
of doctors has voluntarily under-
taken to plan and implement a
thoughtfully evolved program of
medical care for over 40 years,
a program which has brought
comfort to many ill people. More
physicians to fill the gaps left
by those who go into the Armed
Service are sorely needed.

Men, Sisterhood

Of Temple Israel
To Meet on Feb. 6

Fathers -Sons - Daughters
Affair, Feb. 18; Children
of Servicemen Invited

A joint business meeting of the
Men's Club and Sisterhood of
Temple ISrael, to be followed by
entertainment featuring Margar-
et Bradfield, portrait painter, will
be held Feb. 6 in the Lecture
Hall of the Art Institute.
Charles L. Goldstein, president
of Temple Israel, will introduce
the speaker. Mr. and Mrs. David
Goldberg will lead in the singing
of the Star Spangled Banner.
Mrs. Reuben Levine will be
chairman of the social hour to
follow the program.
Maurice Levin, chairman of the
Fathers-Sons-Daughters affair of
the Men's Club to be held Feb. 18
at the Detroit-Leland, announces
that a program of entertainment
is being arranged and that a play
will be given by the Temple Is-
rael Boy Scout Troop.
Children whose fathers are in
service will be guests at this
event. Harry Pliskow, Irving
Small and Sol Stein are mem-
bers of the committee.
The Men's Club is planning
active participation in the inter-
congregational dinner in March
under auspices of the Men's Club
of Bnai David.

CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Jack
Kashtan wish V to express their
sincere thanks to their relatives
and friends for the kindness
shown them in their recent be-
reavement.

Lamp Repair Service

We specialize in the service and repair of
FLOOR—TABLE-3-WAY—FLUORESCENT
SUN LAMPS and all other types lamps

—

Old style floor lamps made into beautiful Indirect
Lamps and Torchieres. VASES and OIL LAMPS
converted to ELECTRIC. Reflector bowls, glass-
ware and parts for all lamps. PICK-UP AND DE-
LIVERY TO ALL PARTS OF DETROIT and SUBURBS.

MAIL ORDERS FILLED

LAMP SPECIALTY SERVICE

3201 GRAND AVE., WEST

Phone TO 8-5435

PHILIP GRIFFITHS

MINERAL or
TURKISH BATHS

For the
Treatment of
Rheumatism,
Arthritis,
Sciatica,
Neuritis

10 Baths for

$ 1 5 00

•

Attendant's Fee
50e each bath

Open
Day
and
Night

Detroit's Only
Natural
Mineral Baths

Separate Depts. for Men and Women

-

JUDGE

COMMON PLEAS

COURT

Veteran (Foreign) War

1

SUNDAY

SPECIAL
COURSE
TICKET

_

ELECT

Until 9 P. M.
DAILY or

Wayne Baths

FOOT 2ND BLVD. Opp. D. & C. BOAT LINES

Take

Woodward

Cars

Marked Boat Piers

RAndolph 6744