THE RICH TRADITION OF RADIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY-OF-MICHIGAN

The evolution of radiology at the University of Michigan after Roentge n's discovery in 1895 has had a profound influence on radiology. The s chool has had notable firsts in medicine: it was among the first of th e state-supported universities to have a medical school (1850), had th e first teaching hospital owned by a university (1869), and had the fi rst university department of roentgenology (1917). Given these circums tances, teaching and research were early high priorities. The original small hospital, a remodeled private residence in Ann Arbor (1869), pr oved inadequate and was replaced in 1891 by the Catherine Street Hospi tal, viewed then as the largest teaching hospital in the nation. This served the medical school well for many years but was succeeded by the magnificent new University Hospital in 1925. Built for $4.4 million w ith a bed capacity of 700 in a double-Y architecture, it was an entire ly new concept in hospital design and was the pride of the state [1].