January 1954

Alumni Bulletin

Winter 1979

Yale Medicine

January 1954
Alumni Bulletin

Wanted: Books for General Reading

“A small bookplate indicating ownership of the Yale Medical Library and bearing the tag from Marital’s [sic] Epigrams, ‘Those books they praise, but these they read’ is used in a collection of books that have nothing to do with medicine—not only volumes classified as ‘light reading’ but also books in other fields of endeavor which represent good general reading. This collection was started when a member of the Library Committee suggested the possibility of having a non-medical section in the Library. It was indicated that such volumes were to be added by gift only.

“Dr. Samuel C. Harvey made the initial donation of some thirty-odd volumes, and donations have been added subsequently. These books have circulated many times throughout the year. They are not catalogued in any way and are located in the Historical Library near the main door.

“The Library would be most grateful to receive from members of the Alumni Association and other interested persons any good books published since World War II to add to this collection.”

Winter 1979
Yale Medicine

A Special Program to Help Juvenile Diabetics

“… Last year, Connecticut became the second state (after Florida) to establish a program for children with diabetes, when the State Legislature authorized an appropriation of $130,000 to the State Department of Health to establish and administer two regional centers to provide counseling and health services to the estimated 1,500 to 2,500 diabetic children in Connecticut and their families. The centers are at the Yale School of Medicine, under the direction of Dr. Myron Genel and Dr. William V. Tamborlane Jr., and at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, under the direction of Dr. David Rowe and Dr. Susan Ratzan.

“The program was developed in the Yale Section of Pediatric Endocrinology by Dr. Genel, who is program director of the Children’s Clinical Research center at Yale. Modeled in part on the Florida program, it consists of a team at each center of three physicians, a nurse specialist, social worker, dietician, lab technician, and administrative coordinator. Their objective is to educate the young diabetics and their families, with the ultimate goal of helping the patients to care for themselves.”