HISTORY

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Vanderbilt l'niversity owes its foundation to the munifi- cence of Cornelius \'anderbilt, of !\ew York, who on ~Iarch 27, 1873, made a donation of $500,000 for the purpose oi establishing a university. This donation was subsequently increased to $1,000,000.

Furthn donations were made by ~lr. W.

H.

\'anderbilt,

SOil of the founder, and by ~lr. Cornelius \'anderbilt, ~1r.

\\'. K.

\'anderbilt and Mr. F. W. Vanderbilt, grandsons of the founder. The total gifts of the \'anderbilt family amount to OVl.r three million dollars.

Other gifLs for the gem:r.li endowment of the L"niversity have been made by man} patrons and friends.

Vanderbilt L"nin:rsity first granted the degree of Doctor of :\Iedicine in 1875. In 1895 a complete reorganization of the ~h:dica1 School was undertaken, and the Uni\'ersity erected a building on the corner of Elm Street and Fifth AHnue, South, which was considen:d at that time an ade- quate and modnn ~Iedical School plant. The grounds and facilitits of the medical school were gn:atly extended in 1911 by the purchase of the campus and buildings of the George Peabody Co1\ege for Teachers, this purchase having been made possible through the gt'ncrous contribution of :\lr. \\'

K.

Vanderbilt for this purpose.

In ~Iay, 1913, ~lr. Andrew Carnegie contributed

$200,000 to the L"niversity to be used for the erection and equipmc:nt of a building for the laboratories of the medical school, and later gave $800,000 as endowment of the school.

The funds for the laboratory building were not used ior bUilding purposes at the time of the gift, but have been expended in erecting the part of the new medical school plant which is designated as the Carnegie Building.

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In 1915 ~Ir. William Utterer. a capitalist of Nashville, donated to the Vniversity the fonner medical building of the University of Nash\'ille. This building contained a large assembly hall, class rooms and laboratories of bacteriology and anatomy, and added much to the facilities of the school.

This gift is commemorated in the new buildings by a tablet which desi~lates the space de\'oted to bactl:riology as The Utterer Laboratory.

In view of the past n:cord of the school and in view of the favorable location of Nashville as an educational and medical centtr, Vanderbilt Vniversity was selectl.:d by the General Education Board of New York as offerin~ an e~ctlll'nt opportunity for the development of medical education, especially in the Southern Statc's. Accordin~ly in 1919 this

Board appropriated the sum of $4,000,000 to enabll' the l'nivcrsit), to effect a complete rl'Organization of its &'hool of l\ledicine in accordance \\ ith the most l'xactinK dunands of modern medicall'ducation. The medical faculty mtlnd into this project \\ ith a spirit of ca~lT co operation .

.\t this time the directors of thl' GallO\\ay :\It:morial Hospital deeded to the Pninrsity it~ unfltli.,hld hospital building located adjacent to thl &hool of

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dicim, which rl'presented an eXJXnditure of about ~250,OOO. Plans \\lTe then dra\\n for completing this hospital building and for making it part of a largu plant for the school of :\Iedicinc.

In June, 1921, aftu can.ful study, the program for the new medical plant was modifild by the action of till' B(lard of Trust, as it becaml' e\ ident that much was to be gained by uniting the School oi :\Iedicine with the rest of the l'ni- nrsity. It \\as decidl'd. therefore, to construct an entirely new plant on the main campus of the Cniwrsity, and to abandon the devdopments on thl' South Campus. This proposition had been considered many timl'S in past years,

but had always been abandoned because of lack of means.

At this time, however, the advisability of the move was g~erally recognized, and it became possible by the active co-operation of the Carnegie Corporation and the General Education Board. By thc action of this latter body the Pniversity authorities were pennitted to use what was needed of the initial appropriation of $4,000,000 for the erection of a medical school and hospital on the \Vest Campus. The General Education Board and the Carnegie Corporation tlH:n united, each gi\'ing half of 53,000,000 to prO\ide additional l"ndo\\ment for the School of ~Iedicine for its opuation in the new plant.

The ne\\ plant, consisting of a hospital, laboratories for all departments, a school of nursing and powu plant, was uecttd and equipped at a cost of approximatdy $3,500,000.

Thl new plant was put into operation in September, 1925.

Thln n mains of the original Carmgie l{ifts and the appro- priations b) the Gem ral Education Board and the Carnegie Corporation a sum of $5,000,000 for endowment of the School of ~Icdicine and of the Vanderbilt

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'niversity Hos- pital. During the period ()f reorganization of the school, othu nel"ds not fully prO\ ided for became apparcnt which havc been met by furthl'r appropriations nlllning o\"er a puiod of years by the (;meral Education Board and the Carnegie Corporation.

"'hl'n the ne\\ plant \\as nearing completion an appro- priation of $100,000 \\as made to the l'nivcrsity by the Rockefeller Foundation, to be used over a period of five years for the purpose of furthering the devclopment of nursing education. This sum places the \-anderbilt Univer- sity School of Xursing on a sound educational basis, com- parable to that of the School of Medicine, with which it is closely co-ordinated

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l"A.YDERBILT L'.\'/I'ERSITl' BUILDINGS

The buildin~ of the School of ~Iedicine is located in the southeast corner of the eniversity Campus. Itis constructed in the colle~iate Gothic style, the structure bein~ of concrete with brick and limestone walls. The total lenRlh of the building from north to south is 4:;8 feet and from east t) west 337 feet The floor area is 255,000 square feet The building is in reality a series of bui1din~s brou~ht to~ether s ) that they are all under one roof The laboratories of the various departments of the ~Iedical Schonl are grouped about a court, \\hich is open on the north side, to\\ard the main part of the campus. The entr,lllCC to the ~Iedi('al School is in the center of this court. The buildin~ on the east side of the court is desil:'nated ;1" the Carl1(~;{ie Buildin~, and contains the laboratories of hiochemistry, phar- macolog) and physiology, one 1100r being de\"oted to each of these subje(.ts The huilding on the \\ cst side of the cOllrt contains the laboratories of gross and microscopic unatom).

of patholog), and of bacteriolog\ In the building fonnin~

the south side of the court are the administrati\ e offices of the school, large student lalx>ratories. the Department of Preventhe ~Iedicine. the laboralor) of suq;~ical patholo~{)"

and the surgical operating rooms of the hospit.ll

Around another opcn court. similar in size and pro- portions to the medical school court. but openin~ to\\ard the south, arc the hospital \\ards and an extcnsi\e out-patient department The building on the \\C'it side of thi" court.

containing the surgicallx>rtion of the hospital, is desi~latcd as the Gallo\\ ay Building, and commemorates the donations made to the Galloway ~Iemorial Hospital which hu\ e con- tributed toward tte erection of thc ncw medical plant

The two buildin~s connecting the buildings of the north and the south courts contain laboratories, lecture roo111 5 and

FACILITIES FOR INSTRUCTION

The buildings of the school of .:\Iedicine contain all the necessary departments, facilities and equipment for con- ducting a modern hospital and for tile teaching of all the subjects contained in the medical curriculum. The labora- tory and clinical facilities are closely co-ordinated, with the

the library, and form the connectin~ links between the hospital and the medical school The laboratories in these buildin~s are arran~ed especially for the use of the clinical departments of the school Another buildin~ extending toward the east from the main structure and facing' on the Hillsboro Road. built about a closed court, contains the entrance to the hospital and its administrative offices, the livin~ quarters of the resident staff, the kitchens, and on the top floor two wards for private patients The hospital contains 210 beds

The entire plant is so arranged that tilere is free com- munication between the various departments of the school and the hospital, and the library, with its commodious readin~ room, is in the center of the building The medical school is arran~ed to accomodate two hundred students.

The buildinJ{ for the school of nursin~ is in conformity with the building of the medical school It is directly north of the medical school buildin~, facin~ Hillsboro Road

The power house is located on the west side of the campus, facin~ T\\cnty-fourth Avenue It senes the medical school and the hospital with steam and electricity, being connected with them by a large tunnel It also supplies the other Vni\ersity buildin~s with steam In addition to the boiler plant and electrical equipment, the power house contains the hospital laundry

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purpose that there ~hall be a ready flow of ide.!s Lel\\een the laboratories of the medical sciences and the wards and out- patient departll'ent Teachin~ laboratories, especially desig'ned for their respecth e uses, are provided for gross and microscopic anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, bacteri- oIOKY,patholoKY, pharmacology. preventi\ e medicine, and for the clinical departmenL'i

There are also a number of lecture rooms equipped with projection apparatus and other modern accessories for teaching, as well as an amphitheatre for clinical demonstra- tions which can an'ommodate practicallv the entire student body Besides meclin~ thc nceds fully for the usual type of medical instruction, cach departmcnt is pn)\ ided with ac- commodations for a large number of ad\ anccd studcnts :lI1d research workers

The hospital consists of six units of from 26 to 40 bed~

These units are desi~lled for the followin~ uses: One unit for male medical ca"es, one for female medical and pediatric cascs, one for male surKical cases, one for female sur/{ical and obstclrical cases, half a unit (or private medical ca ...es, half a unit for prh .Ltesur~ical case", and one divided unit for male and fcmalc colored patients The entire hospital b ('perated

by

members of thc teaching' staff of the School of

~Iedicine

Adjoining each ward of the hospital thcre is a laboratory cquippcd for thc more gencrally used diagnostic laboratory proccdures in which students perform the various tcsts and examinations which the cases assi~cd to thcm may require Each \\ard laboratory is provided with lockers for the microscopes and other instrument::; the Students are re- quired to own.

The out-patient department occupies the entire first

floor of the southern portion of thc buildin~.

^It

is especially

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desi~ed for teachin~ and contains a series of examining, treatment and teachin~ rooms for ~eneral medicine and sur~ery, pediatrics. neurolog')', dermatololn', dentistry, ortho- pedic sur~ery, ophthalmoloR)', otolaryngology, obstetrics,

~)"necolog}', and urololn' A waitin~ room adjoins each department, and se\ eral smalI clinical laboratories are placed in com enient locations. A demonstration room.

accommodatin~ about one hundred students, is also provided in the out-patient department

The department of radiology, equipped for fluoroscopic examinations, the making of radio~rams, X-ray treatment and for demonstration and study of radiograms. adjoins the out-patient department

The surgical operatin~ rooms are placed over the central portion of the medical school court, facing- north. There are three largc and one small operating" rooms, and an obstetrical deli\ery room .\ room for studcnts is provided on the operatin~ room floor

The library of thc medical school contains at present Q\.cr 18,000 volumes, and has been g-reatly augmented by the gift to the t"niversity of thc library of thc Xashvillc .\cademy of Medicine .\pproximately 250 mcdical periodicals are rc- cei\cd regularly The files of medical journals are being completed by the acquisition of back numbers as rapidly as they can be secured The library is in char~e of trained librarians who assist students in the use of the literature The library is open not only to the staff and students of the school but also to members of the i\ashville Academy of Medicine and to other members of the medical profession

Besides the clinical facilities offered

by

the wards and out-patient department of the Cniversity Hospital, the School of Medicine has been granted the professional control of the :-';asll\.ilIe General Hospital during eight months of

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the year and uses its one hundred ward beds for clinical instruction Teachinl!; prh ileRes have also been accorded to the school by St Thomas Hospital, the Baptist Hospital, the Central State llospital for the Insane, the Isolation llospital and the Davidson County Tuberculosis IIospital