1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETA October, 1930of Lafayette College. In fact, $ A ©and Lafayette College, he writes, arehis two outstanding interests. ALafayette classmate once wrote of himthat he should pay an extra assessmentfor the space taken up by his list ofachievements. He received the degreeof LL.D. from Gettysburg College in1914.The students of the Medical Collegeof Virginia say that Greer Baughman,Virginia, '93, can lecture upon anysubject and make it interesting whetherhe knows anything about it or not.They should know since he has beenteaching at the college since his graduationin medicine from Virginia in1897. He has successively taughtphysiology, pathology, bacteriology,histology, and obstetrics. For threeyears he was in the great clinics ofVienna, Berlin, London, Paris, andDublin. For two years, during theWar, he served as captain and registrarof the base hospital unit of theVirginia Medical College which sawservice in Toul, France.Baughman is a fellow of the AmericanCollege of Surgeons. He has readmany technical papers at such meetingsas those of the Southern SurgicalAssociation, the American Associationof Obstetricians, Gynecologistsand Abdominal Surgeons, etc. Witheight other doctors he conducts theStuart Circle private hospital in Richmond,Virginia. He is perhaps as wellknown locally for his interest in recreationof all sorts but particularly watersports, as for anything else. He is aspecial examiner of the American RedCross life saving corps and is presidentof the Council of Social Agenciesof Richmond.Some of the most noteworthy contributionsmade for the betterment ofhumanity have been made by membersof the United States Public HealthService. They are unsung heroes butby no means unhonored. One of thegreatest of them is Edward Francis,Ohio State, '94. Brother Francis hasbut followed in the steps of an olderbrother, Mark, Ohio State, '87. However,the latter is perhaps more particularlya research professor. BrotherEdward Francis after receiving hisbachelor's degree in science from OhioState attended the University of Cincinnatiwhere he received the degreeof M.D. in 1897.For many years Brother Francishas been attached to the Public HealthService and has made remarkable contributionsin that capacity. Two ofhis earlier projects were those connectedwith the study of tularemia,more commonly known as "rabbit disease,"and the study of Malta fever.Brother Francis found the cause anddeveloped the treatment for talaremia,a disease which affects rabbits andwhich can be transmitted from therabbit carcasses to human beings withserious and frequently fatal results.More recently he has been investigatingthe mysterious "parrot fever" orpsittacosis, the disease which causedsuch a flurry in the country a fewmonths ago. In the course of his investigationsBrother Francis contractedthe disease himself.William E. Elkin, Centre, '79, haslong been a prominent surgeon in Atlanta,Georgia; he is now dean emeritusof the Emory University Schoolof Medicine. William A. Sawyer,Pennsylvania, '07, is the medical directorof the Eastman Kodak Companyin Rochester. Robert E. Noble,Alabama Polytechnic, '90, had a longand outstanding career in the MedicalCorps of the U. S. Army, ultimatelyreaching the rank of major-general.Hermann G. Gessner, Tulane, '89, hasfor many years been a leading surgeonin New Orleans; he is on the medicalfaculty of Tulane University.[42]