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Daniel Drake
1820 - 1850
1850 - 1880
1880 - 1900
A New Era
Early 1900's
Medical Ed 1900's
Blankenhorn Era
Vilter Era
Vilter Era Cont..
1940 - 1970
Polio
Albert Sabin
1980 - Present
Conclusions
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History & Highlights
The Vilter Era
The Golden Age of Internal Medicine
It began in 1937……
Richard W. Vilter, MD, MACP
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Born in Cincinnati 1911
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Graduated from Hughes High School
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Attended Harvard for college and medical school
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Returning to Cincinnati in 1937 for internship!
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Local Events 1937
- Worst flood in the city's history
79.9 feet on Jan. 26, 1937
- “Black Sunday”
- The entire population was divided into two groups
victims of the flood and those who volunteered to help them.
- Nearly one of every eight people was left homeless.
- Almost one-fifth of the city was covered by water.
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Vilter Residency (1937-1941)
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Interns worked for the privilege of studying medicine.
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Average annual income was now $1,788
- a new car cost $760
- a loaf of bread was 9 cents
- a gallon of milk 50 cents
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1941 brings Chief Residency and a pay raise to $1000/yr.
- Roughly $12,000 today
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Hoxworth Blood Center 1938
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Started as a one-room laboratory located in the basement of General Hospital
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Dr. Paul Hoxworth and others donated their time
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Collected 2,000 units of blood annually in glass bottles and could only be stored for 5 days.
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One of the oldest community blood centers in the country
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Distributes more than 200,000 units of blood products a day!
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Dr. Sander Goodman
General Hospital at War
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UC Medical School 1935 and residency
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Assistant to the Dean
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1941- Major and Chief of gastroenterology in the mobile 25th Army General Hospital
- 1000 beds
- 57 physicians, 85 nurses
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Director of Medical Services Drake Hospital
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Retired after 65 years November 28th 2000.
- Dr. Sander Goodman Day!
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