Annals of medical history . wide as thecavity of the thorax will permit, and theheart recovers its strength, and the differentmovements of the same are beautifullydemonstrated. When the lungs have beeninflated again and again, you may examinethe movements of the heart by sight andby touch, as much as you please. {Page 824,Lilies 8-14.) THE CUSTODIANSHIP CABINET OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA As in the race or in the individual nobletraditions and a good inheritance count formuch, so in a profession such as ours aknowledge of its past and emulation of thegreat men who have advance
Annals of medical history . wide as thecavity of the thorax will permit, and theheart recovers its strength, and the differentmovements of the same are beautifullydemonstrated. When the lungs have beeninflated again and again, you may examinethe movements of the heart by sight andby touch, as much as you please. {Page 824,Lilies 8-14.) THE CUSTODIANSHIP CABINET OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA As in the race or in the individual nobletraditions and a good inheritance count formuch, so in a profession such as ours aknowledge of its past and emulation of thegreat men who have advanced it tend toraise its standards and ideals. In a timewhen the material advances made bymedical science are so wonderful and so through the cult of the past great mastersof their art. In 1910 Dr. Abbe presented Dr. BenjaminRushs watch to the College, to be held intrust by a Custodian, who should name theperson whom he considered most fittedby his eminence in medicine to succeed himin his sacred office. The first Custodian of. The Case and Mementos. absorbing in their interest, it is of greatimportance, especially with respect to youngmen at the outset of their careers, that thenoble history of their calling should befamiliar to every physician. In Englandand France great emphasis has been laid onthe practical value of the study of medicalhistory and the preservation of the loftytraditions of the profession. A splendid gift has been gi\en to theCollege of Pliysicians of Philadelphia byDr. Robert Abbe, the distinguished surgeonof New York, which has for its object thecultivation of high ideals among physicians the Rush Watch was S. Weir Mitchell, whowas succeeded by Simon Flexner, who mturn was succeeded by the present Custo-dian, William H. Welch. Last spring Dr. Abbe presented to theCollege a most beautiful glass cabinetdesigned to contain not only the RushWatch, !)ut certain other relics of thegreatest historical interest. These objectscomprised a silver shoe buckle which hadbe
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