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The Intellectual History of the Department of Urology
by Charles E. Hawtrey, MD
The 1940s and World War II: A Spartan Period
The war effort caused serious changes in departmental personnel. Dr. R. G. Bunge was drafted into military service while Dr. Flocks was spared to work as Dr. Alcock's essential assistant. The time provided Dr. Flocks with an extended experience in open urological surgery, as Dr. Alcock preferred to specialize in endoscopic procedures. Dr. Flocks continued his original research into the etiology of urinary tract calculi and collected information about transitional carcinoma of the bladder and ureterointestinal anastomosis for diversion. The war ended and many residents returned from military service and desired to start a new life with specialty credentials. Faculty physicians also returned and were uncomfortable with the low pay and vulnerability of the old geheimrat system of departmental heads and their financial power. The resulting Private Practice Plan instituted in the 1949-50 years would change departmental structure.
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