Collection of Medical Essays
°L M,remec^s Written by Kremer
marguerite Wittwer
Just off the press last week and
soon to become available at the
.Co-op, the latest book by Dr. Ed
mund p. Kramer, University pro
fessor of German, “lm Zeichen des
Askulap,” is a collection of read
ings by contemporary experts in
medicine and related fields intend
ed for premedical students.
The book, “In the Sign of the
Caduceus,” is published by F. S.
Crofts and Co., New York.
“All intelligence has already
been thought, one must but try to
reflect again upon it,” Goethe said,
and following this precept, Dr.
Kremer compiled in this 200-page
book excerpts from lectures and
texts of outstanding men varying
in presentation and subject mat
ter.
In his foreword to the book, Dr.
Henry E. Sigrist, eminent Swiss
professor of history of medicine
at Johns-Hopkins University, ex
plains the need for a book of this
type. His foreword, freely trans
lated. follows:
"Most of the Universities in this
country require that the premedi
cal student possess familiarity with
scientific German.” However,
there is no “scientific” and no
“non-scientific” German; there is
only one German language in
which feelings, observations,
thoughts, and the exact conclu
sions from scientific research are
expressed.
“Furthermore, medical litera
ture is composed not only of sto
ries of illnesses and reports from
the laboratory; for the field of
medicine is an immensely wide
one. It embraces the studies of
mankind in his psycho-physical
entirety, in his natural and social
environment, in sickness and in
health. With every century the du
ties of the doctor have been en
-'-iifrged.
“Out of the simple healer of
olden times the doctor has become
tional and it would be naive to
one who trains and educates, who
through his advice seeks to fur
ther health and conquer illness. . .
The great progress of medical
science has forged new weapons
for the battle against disease. It
is consequently today more than
ever a satisfaction to be a doctor.
. . the young medical student
who wishes to use German liters.'
ture needs more than an acquain
tance with professional terms. He
must learn to read German, and
it is therefore commendable that
this book is not composed of es
says from professional writing
which sooner or later will become
obsolete, but is composed of essays
Odeon Deadline
Deadline for contributions to
~©deon is March 22. Submit origin
al writing to Marguerite Wittwer,
journalism building.
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which concern the eternal ques
tions of the medical calling.
“The student who reads this
fellow men, and to this purpose we
must strive to leave no stone un
turned.
“Every country, and Germany
perhaps more than others, has con
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book with understanding will not
only acquire the linguistic tools
with which to read German litera
ture, but will find himself inspired
to contemplation and better pre
pared to enter his profession.
In his preface Dr. Kremer ex
presses appreciation to Dr. C. L.
Johnson, Dr. Waldo Schumacher,
Kenneth S. Wood, and Mrs. Aileen
Guy McNett, University faculty
members, for their help.
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