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Vital Signs
Then & Now
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from the 1976 MHMH annual report:
"Ground was broken last fall
for a two-story addition to
the Norris Cotton Cancer
Center. Total project cost is
$5.3 million, of which $1.3
million is allocated for the
support of cancer-related
research activity. . . . When
completed in early 1977, the
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
will bring together multidisciplinary
resources related
to patient care, teaching,
and research in . . . cancer."
$40 million
Cost of the Cancer Center's
most recent addition,
completed in 2003
200,000
Current square footage
of the Cancer Center
$58 million
External funding in FY06 for Cancer Center research
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from the Fall 1986 issue of this magazine:
"More than 200 bicyclists
braved an all-day rain [in]
July to raise over $40,000 for
the Norris Cotton Cancer
Center in the fifth annual
Audrey Prouty Memorial
Century Ride. . . . The first
ride was held in 1982, when
four DHMC nurses fulfilled a
promise to a former cancer
patient . . . and raised $2,000
for the Cancer Center."
On July 8, 2006, the 25th
Prouty Ride and Walk—held on a perfect, sunny
summer day—smashed the
previous 24 years' records.
2,790
Prouty participants in 2006
123,459
Number of miles
they rode or walked
$1.24 million
Total raised in 2006
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from a 1973 case statement for a three-year, $20-million DMS capital campaign:
"During the past two
decades, cracks and strains
in the health-care system
became increasingly apparent
to the American public.
Although superb medical
care—perhaps the best in
the world—was available for
the acutely ill in major medical
centers, vast areas of the
country had few or no primary
medical services at all,
particularly rural communities
and inner cities. . . .
Dartmouth's location . . .
presents it with a unique opportunity
to explore effective
systems for providing
up-to-date, comprehensive
medical care to a rural area."
$250 million
Goal of the current
seven-year (2002-2009)
DMS-DHMC Transforming
Medicine Campaign
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from The Science We Have Loved and Taught, a 200-year history of DMS:
Becoming a doctor is an arduous
process today. It was
very different in the 1780s
for young Nathan Smith,
who went on to found
DMS in 1797: "An itinerant
surgeon, Josiah Goodhue,
arrived in town to perform
an amputation. . . .
Goodhue [later recollected]
how Smith stepped forward
when the surgeon called for
a volunteer to assist him
[and then], apparently overcome
with fascination, . . .
asked on the spot whether
Goodhue would let him
sign on as an apprentice."
4,620
Applicants for the 82 places
in DMS's M.D. Class of '10
3.7
Average undergraduate
GPA of the matriculants
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