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Show College of Medicine Two hundred medical students, divided into closely knit classes under the direction of Dean John Z. Bowers, worked for the honored M.D. degree. Most of the students joined either Phi Beta Pi or Phi Rho Sigma, medical fraternities to further fellowship beyond the classroom. Competition to win entrance to the College of Medicine, the only accredited school in the Intermountain area, and the necessity of maintaining high grades labeled med students as overly serious and studious. They defied normal "U" schedules by having longer quarters and a spring vacation. In cooperation with the Salt Lake General Hospital, juniors and seniors gained actual experience with patients and hospital practices in clinical work. A major part of the college faculty engaged in research, supported by government and private grants. For this work, research laboratories spread from lower campus to the recently erected Cancer and Polio Research Buildings at the base of the Wasatch mountains. John Z. Bowers Dean, College of Medicine Rows of scissors and knives on patient and side table await surgeon's call. Blood pressure is measured by an intern at the Salt Lake General Hoisptal. Operating within a narrow, sterilized area, physicians cut and anesthesiast watches. 142 |