The Clinics Will Not Be Moved

THE CLINICS WILL NOT BE MOVED

Modern Trend of Medical Opinion Against It

EXAMPLE OF HARVARD

Withdrawing Her Medical Students From Boston-What President Angell Says

The college daily interviewed President Angell on the subject of removing the clinics to Detroit, as outlined in the plans of some Detroit doctors as previously given in these columns. The Daily thoroughly covers the question in these words:

"It has always been contrary to the traditions of the University to move any part of it from Ann Arbor," said President Angell yesterday, "and there is considerable doubt as to its constitutionality." The reason for this in this case is very plain and cannot fail to keep the clinics here.

Hospitals in cities are always large charitable institutions under their own management, and medical colleges, of which Detroit is no exception, simply obtain the privilege of allowing their classes to visit certain clinics and watch the work done by the hospital physicians and surgeons. Whereas, in case a school has a hospital of its own, the entire control is under the professors, and each student not only visits clinics and watches operations, but he has an opportunity for actual bedside experience. In the University hospitals each student is assigned several cases over which he has entire control, and in this way sets in touch of the responsibility of which he will have so much immediately he gets into actual practice.

It is an interesting fact that Harvard, though she has the use of all the hospitals of Boston, is planning to build an individual hospital, modeled after our own, where her students may learn not one but all sides of a doctor's experience.

The present conditions being so advantageous to those who have given the matter deep thought there is no fear that any change will be made to favor individual interests.