{"id":4338,"date":"2020-09-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4338"},"modified":"2020-09-16T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:31:22","slug":"1920-a-look-back-at-the-school-of-medicine-100-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4338","title":{"rendered":"1920: A look back at the School of Medicine 100 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In 1920 the School of Medicine (SOM) was beginning its 113th<\/sup> academic year. \u00a0The 1920-21 academic year marked the first as a public institution following its merger<\/a> with the Maryland State College of Agriculture (College Park).\u00a0 This merger prompted the Faculty of Physic, as the SOM faculty was known, to tender their resignation as sign of acceptance of the new University charter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Faculty of Physic resignation following the merger of the University of Maryland with the Maryland State College of Agriculture in 1920. From article by Dr. Gordon Wilson in the Bulletin of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, December 1920.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mergers had become common in the SOM in the 1910s, in 1913 the school had merged with the Baltimore Medical College and in 1915 with The College of Physicians and Surgeons.\u00a0 These mergers provided access to a larger number of clinical facilities, hospitals, equipment, and faculty than had previously been available to the University of Maryland SOM.\u00a0 The school operated under the name, University of Maryland School of Medicine and College of Physicians and Surgeons and was led by dean, Dr. James M. H. Rowland.<\/p>\n

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Dr. James M.H. Rowland, Dean of the School of Medicine 1917-1940. Image from Centuries of Leadership: Deans of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Rowland graduated from the SOM in 1892 and became professor of obstetrics in 1915. He soon became dean (1917) and held the position until 1940. \u00a0In addition to his work as dean, Dr. Rowland was passionate about supporting women through obstetrical care and was instrumental in establishing laws to protect Baltimore mothers.\u00a0 Through his legal work and the establishment of hospital obstetrics programs in the city infant and maternal mortality decreased.<\/p>\n

As a result of the mergers in the 1910s, the SOM during the academic year 1920-21 had affiliations with 15 hospitals in and around Baltimore City.\u00a0 These institutions provided students learning opportunities as well as access to patients and instructors from around the city.\u00a0 These institutions included:<\/p>\n