MCG Today [1976 Vol.6 No.1]

Abstract

Table of Contents: 4-11 The Medical College of Georgia officially dedicated the new Virgil P. Sydenstricker Wing edition to Talmadge Hospital on October 13,1976. Events of the day are pictured along with a tribute to the man.; 12-17 There's a man in Dublin, Georgia who graduated from MCG in 1934. He may well be one of the busiest doctors around.; 18-21 With his own child's fate resting in his hands, Dr. FitzGerald reached for the telephone that night in July 1969. He placed an emergency 800 number call to an internationally-known specialist in newborn care who is on the faculty of the University of Alabama in Birmingham Medical Center.; 22 For the first time in ten years applications to enter medical schools in the U.S. are down. However, MCG did not follow this national trend in 1976.; 23-24 Alumni News & Classnotes; 25 . . . And a cast of thousands