Loma Linda University - Priorities Yearbook (Loma Linda, CA)

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Q '00 SA pew? 0 0 After repeated attempts the tube passes the tricky epiglottis, and the student, tears coursing down his cheeks, triumphantly clamps his teeth on the twelve- inch mork, holds out his arm for o histamine shot, and moves on to the chemistry laboratory. Here for an hour he battles to keep the tube down, nobly ignoring the histamine headache, and analyzing with pride the constituents of his gastric iuice. At the end of this procedure he feels he has truly given his all for science. Then there is eye retraction. Mechanical eyes in the laboratory replace the fidgety patient, and after practicing on them for a 'Few hours, the aspiring doctor is tempted to think that ophthalmology wouldn't be a bad specialty. But on the stor examination at the end of the section he discovers that he has overlooked the little matter of oblique hypermetropic astigmatism -unfortunately Dr. Kellogg hasn't-so that field of spe- cicxlization is still open. Three freshmen learn a handy method of determining perimeters of visual fields. The instructor is Cloice Biggins, M.D.

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5' 2 Kenneth E. Kellogg, Associate Professor of Physiology, watchesiwhile u student learns about vital capacity by the practical method PHlSlllllllil hysiology is a basic science which the student of medicine must master to understand the normal functions of body organs and to analyze alterations which occur as the result of disease. Freshmen approach this course with trepiclation which is not diminished by thumbing through Best and Taylor's classic textbook of 1,900 pages. How- ever, Dr. Kenneth E. Kellogg, associate'Professor of Medicine and head of the department, proves himself to be the student's friend in the classroom as well as out by changing the complicated ramifications of 24 science into challenging, inspiring, and pleasant ad- ventures in learning. His genial nature, quick wit, and readiness to aid the struggler assist in clarifying such topics as aviation physiology, kidney function, the cardiac cycle, and even human relations. At least one day during the year a visitor to the laboratory would be tempted to take up any profes- sion other than medicine. On this occasion he would see Dr. Kellogg hand each student a stomach tube with the admonition, lt is best to have someone help you, in case your courage fails he can keep pushing.

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Thomas F. Juclefind, M.D., demonstrates culture characteristics of the coliforms , Illllflllllllllllil eeuwenhoek, Semmelweis, and Jenner -these founders of the lite-saving scienceeof bacteri- ologlyi are among the immortals. In their pioneering footsteps have marched the giants-Metchnikott, Pasteur, Lister, Kochi. Following these, on ever-in- creasing army of microbe hunters, utilizing the dis- coveries ot biochemistry and biophysics and the new electron microscope, have pushed back the frontiers of knowledge. At CME bacteriology dominates the first semester of the second year. Serology, titers, amboceptors, and complement are studied. The student attempts to understand immunology with its antigens, haptenes, opsonins, and agglutinins. Techniques for the proper use of culture media, inoculation, staining, and the recognition of morphological characteristics to aid in classifying must be mastered. The student learns to 26 Perfect technique in serial dilutions requires practice