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Fall/Winter 1971
Fall 1985
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Fall/Winter 1971
“The present first year medical class is the largest in the school’s
history—102 students. This is a ten percent increase in class size as
compared with the previous year and is the second increase in the past
five years.
“In 1951 the number of first year students was increased from 65
to 80. The size of entering classes then remained relatively constant
until 1967 when in response to the nation’s need for more physicians a
further increase was authorized, and 92 students were admitted.
“In commenting on the recent increase to 102 students, Dean [Frederick
C.] Redlich noted that changes in Yale’s class size and curriculum are
in concert with the national goals of increasing the enrollment of existing
medical schools and fostering curriculum innovations. The additional teaching
and administrative resources necessary to support the larger medical class
will be provided through a Physician Augmentation Program grant from the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare.”
Fall 1985
“In just the last decade, the field of medical diagnostic imaging
has entered into a new era with a dazzling spectrum of computer-based
technology that has vastly improved diagnostic capability, and at the
same time, created new roles for diagnostic radiologists.
“Computed tomography (CT) scans, first used in the 1970s to detect
brain tumors, now scan the entire body, using computers to organize thousands
of X-rays taken by a machine which rotates around the patient’s body.
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“The newest diagnostic tool—and the one causing the most excitement—is
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Without the use of ionizing radiation
or intravenous contrast material, the new technology has opened a whole
new area of diagnostic imaging. Its unsurpassed contrast resolution enables
discrimination of the individual tissues comprising an organ. For example,
gray and white matter can be distinguished in both the brain and the spinal
cord. … Within the uterus, the glandular and muscular layers can
be delineated. …
“For patients who are unstable, portable X-ray units, ultrasound
scanners and nuclear medicine cameras can be brought to the bedside.”
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