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Vital Signs
Then & Now
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from the 1983 Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital annual report:
"Who could have foreseen
. . . stopping a beating
heart to repair it!"
—Medical Director
Louis Matthews, M.D.
$844,640
Philanthropic donations
to MHMH in FY1983
(compared to $24,637,591
to DHMC in FY2005)
181,387
Outpatient visits in 1982-83
(compared to 1.6 million
in FY2004)
"I was born at Mary Hitchcock
Hospital and . . . recall
Donation Day, when people
gave produce and canned
goods to the Hospital for the
winter."
—Hanover resident
Nancy Mitchell
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from a 1994 brochure for Dartmouth Medical School's graduate program in molecular and cellular biology (MCB):
"Overall, there is a thriving community of students engaged in graduate education and research, and interaction among students in all the graduate programs is common and encouraged. . . . Dartmouth has a longstanding tradition of close student-faculty ties [that is] heartily endorsed by the MCB Program."
40
Faculty in the
MCB Program in 1994
(compared to 69 in
2004-05)
75
MCB students in 1994
(compared to 140 in
2004-05)
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from the Spring 1983 issue of this magazine:
"Dr. Dean Seibert, associate
dean for regional
medical affairs, believes
most of the health problems
in [undeveloped]
countries could be solved
if the resources were
available. 'I think medical
schools have an
obligation and a responsibility
to be concerned
about the welfare of all
people. . . . While few of
our students will actually
work in international
health, I
hope that many
will participate in [promoting]
world health."
Today, Seibert is still active in international health (see here), and DMS has partnerships in international health programs in Kosova (see the story at left) and Tanzania.
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