Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons - P and S Yearbook (New York, NY)

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' '- 'F -,. f, '9- X22 A-,. xi' ' .v a,- 4175. '- Hn- LX ROBERT F. LOEB H. HOUsTON MEIKRITT HOW'ARD C. TAYLOR RUSTIN MQINTOSH lvIf?lffL'f7lE fNT4?lIl'Uf0g'1' Ob,i!el1'im .mtl G-wiernfogy Perfifilmsi has a sick liver, while a few may rerall his char- acterization of liver eongestion as hepatic priap- ismf' And no one within hearing could forget Dr. Kneelands introductory remarks to Physical Diag- nosis, when he disconrsed on frankness in the patient-doctor relationship- By frankness l do fmt mean that you should tell the hapless sullerer, 'My dear fellow, you have irremediable cancer, and if yOu're alive in three months, l'll era! my Jbirff' And then there were our petty triumphs. The time Penny bounced out of a Biorhemistry lec- ture with a lustily-bawling infant on her arm, causing Dr. Rittenberg to do a classic double-take. Bill XValker's exthange with Dr. Loeb on Friday rounds-when asked if eoffeeeground vomitus must necessarily mean gastric bleeding. Walker sagely replied that the patient might have been drinking coffee fthe expected answerj, but went on to add that one usually did not drink the grounds. The Bard Professor admitted defeat. Pirture to yourself Dr. john Taggarts discom- titure when a nameless student, in response to a demand for quantitation in history-taking, de- I taught Physical Dia nnsis . . . .4 ul -A Back at the Old H05 pital when Osler and

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Dr. Wlilwtt in Plivsiulogv Lib. Dr. McLaughlin and his bone, bone, boneu? Or Dr. Tillman's wonderful slide showing simul- taneously the blood pressure variations during pregnancy of at least 100 patients, all on one graph? Or our lirst exposure to Dr. Moloy's view of the pelvis-android-gynecoid, anthropoid-platyh peloid, android-android, et Cetera? But then there were the times when we could shake off our persecution complexes and sit back to indulge in the students favorite indoor sport- chuckling at the idiosyncrasies of the Professors. Remember Dr. Engle, discussing some minute l Dr. Rilev cnnteiiiplning diuresis in his nephrhtits. structure in the myelin sheath: XVhen you see this, forget it and move on to something impor- tant. And Dr, Stookeys Be specitic, class, and his blood-chilling admonition. You'll never know it if you don't know it now. Wliat ex-clinical clerk can forget Dr. Loeb's Fiddle-dee-dee, Smith, you know and I know -when Smith quite obviously doesn't know? A few privileged ones were on rounds the day Drs. Hanger and Wegria accused one another of being a bucket physi- ologistn and 21 Cosmic pliysiologistf' respectively. And everyone remembers Dr. Hangers This man HARRX' B. v.aN Dvxiz NOLAN D. C. LIZXVIS HAROLD W. BROWN Geoium H. Htuupuams II Pl7ilI'lIIfIt'0!0g-1' P,i'-ymfai.zli'y Pfzblir Htfizlllv Slfrgal'-1' vu JN! J' v in ' li ifvgif I Q -gf... .f A - N '- Q -' ii ' f- -vs. L Y . , pg 'A -1 , -T , ' 0 11 4'-if ' S 3 f i if , ll ' - - J 5 A . 'A li 11

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scribed .1 patient as tec-ling -ti hetter after treatment. And finally, Dr, Virginia Franzk mar- velous sample ot' psy1l1opatI1olo3gy ot everyday life -quizzing Steve Firestein on lumps and bumps she incluired, iixY'VULllLl you recommend that all males be removed? -ineaiiing moles, of' COUFSC. The faculty l1ad its triumphs, too. There was the time .1 student diftidently approached the oper- ating table for the first time, and much to his surprise heard tl1e operator say to the nnsterile nurse, A stool tor tl1e second assistant, please. The clinical clerks face cwhat could be seen be- tween cap and mask, clumsily donnedl brightened for a brief' instant, but was soon dashed by Dr. Bart Stevens' remark, You realize, of course, that this isn't for your comfort, but just to get you out of the way '. Defiant, tl1e clerk replied, I surmised as much. Maestro Titherington, silent till this moment, remarked, I-lah? look at him- three days On the service and he's paranoid al- ready! But first honors for joke of the year go to Dr. Leland of the Bellevue First Medical Divi- sion. Dr. Dinnerstein, at conference, was discuss- ing the great value of saving for histologic ex- amination tonsils, appendices, and all pieces of tissue no matter how seemingly insignificant. which were removed from patients-this in contrast to Bacteriology Conference with Dr Fox. 'ICQ' 1 The Snrhuical Staff reviewing the results of giistrectorny. the older custom of' throwing specimens into the waste basket. He felt, he said, that all these biop- sies might be utilized for diagnostic purposes. From the back of' the room, Dr. Lelands voice piped up- How about circumcisions, doctor? ln sum, tl1e Faculty tlilie the studentsj fur- nished during our four years abundant evidence in support of the motto G. B. Shaw recommended for every physician's shingle+ Ren1ember, I, too. am human. Dr. Rose letting .1 little lilulit into dark corners.