Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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I. 2. 3. ,533 A 14,6 ,,, Dr. Sylvis - excellenl Teacher, superb surgeon, an unlorgellable characler. Scholarly Dr. Riclfells shows lhe boys where il comes from. Viewing Jrhe remains ol fheir careful dis- seclion. F 1, NEURO- AND VISCERO- ANATOMY Some called him Wild Bill, buf we prob- ably will remember him as Roaring Bill Sylvis, for he cerlainly roared 'rhrough neuro- and viscero-analomy lilce a sleam locomolive. Be- cause he leclured direclly lo lhe lirsl few rows, lhere was a high premium on lhe back row seals, where lhe usual bunch dozed all in 'rheir regular sieslas in spile ol The roar. Oc- casionally 'rhey were awalnened by a sharp whislle which emanaled from lhe Roaring Bill direcled al Jrhem, or by lhe inleslines of a cadaver which were sfrelched lhe lenglh of lhe room for lhe benelil of 'rhose who couldn'+ be- lieve 'rhal lhe inlesfines were 25 feel long. Those papier mache models were of greaf aid 'ro him and a greaf developer of our imagina- Jrions because we never could see wha'r he was poinling 'ro on lhose Jrhings. Though Neuro- analomy slill causes us 'ro lhinlc ol somelhing lhal is myslic, we emerged from our course wi+h greal admiralion and respecl for Dr. Sylvis' knowledge ol analomy. ' 1. J 4

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BACTERIOLOGY We were inlroduced lo Dr. Soppinglons Boc- Jrericlogy os Sophomores. l-lis vivid leclures hod us going oround wirh hounds in oir lor ieor ol some horrible orgonisms. The lirsr loborolory pe- riod resembled o Lilchen, wirh pors boiling ond srudenrs mixing pons ol eggs. Scored we were when Drs. Fisher, l-lornehf ond Fovorire firsr gingerly hondled culrures of ry- phoid ond orher bocrerio. Fomilioriry bred con- rempr, lor we lorer hondled Mycobacferium 'ru- berculosis wirh quire some gusro. Wirh corbol- luchsin sloined honds, we slood in Jrhor one room in Jonuory, nervously moirching pennies while Dr. Cook reod oil 'rlie nomes of Those ossigned ro srhe vorious men lor rhe srill rollced-obour orol exom- inolion. REVENTIVE MEDICINE This yeor's progressive curriculum found o new series of senior lecrures on Prevenrive Medicine by numerous guesrs, all well correlored under Dr. FovoriJre's oble guidonce. viruses. Lower right: Dr. Grofsch expounding molorio. Upper and middle leffz The class invesfigcifes sewage disposal Lower left: Dr. Fovorife, wizord of bocferiology ond oufhorify