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

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INTRODUCTION TO MEDICINE AND SURGERY Finally, alrer one and a half years in a medical school, we were Io be infroduced Io medicine and surgery-The real 'rhing of lasl lwe Ihoughlrl. In elemenlary medicine, Dr. Vig- lione wi'rh his well-chosen, and ralrher slow buf sleady flow of words Iried Io reorganize our knowledge of anafomy, physiology, and olher basic sciences in an a+'rempI Io apply 'rhem 'ro clinical medicine. Elemenlary Medical Principles are Iaughl by Dr. Viglione. Surgical Dispensary is presided over by Dr. Hoffman. Relaxafion belrween Ieclures. Minor Surgery was capably handled by Dr: Bris'roI. Dr. Buck Iaughf us how Io use bandages.

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Q P I. 2. Paihologisi' par-excellence, Dr. Sappingfon. DV- COOR elfperfly goes 'rhrough +he day's specimens. 3. Dr. Russ Fisher rests his weary eyes from +he scope 4. Mfiss ZAcDeviff, The deparfmenfs efficient secrefory .and srude rien . 1- PATH OLOGY When we look back on The number of palh- ology courses we've had, i'r's amazing lhaf Dr. Sappingfon could ever have had ihe palience wi'rh us Thai he did. We'll noi forge? Sopho- more General Palhology, where we learned aboul lhe many pafhological processes Thai besel man's lissues. We'll remember lhe lime we warched corpuscles aclually circulale 'rhrough a lrog's mesenlery, and iirsl saw +he mysferious processes of inllammafion acfually happen. Wifh 'rhal came The mosl infriguing subjecl of fumors- The man who came lo dinner. And we'd always recognize Dr. Barlh- maier's lurned-up lab coal collar. For 'ren weeks afler ihal course, we plunged inlo Special Palhology, where nu'rmeg livers and flea-bi'r'ren kidneys abounded. The Junior year broughl Clinical Pafhology. l-lere we +es'red rows oi urine specimens and counled racks of blood smears. Throughoul 'rhe year, Dr. Sylvis also pounded Surgical Palh- ology info us and wondered if lhere had ever before been a class so lhick-headed. ln quick succession came Gynecological and Obslelrical Pafhology, wilh Dr. Favorile lec- luring solfly, Ophlhalmological Palhology in- Jreresfingly given by Dr. Snyder and orhers, and Dr. Fisher fascinalingly expounding Neuro-pafhology. Looking back on our Au- fopsy work, we wonder even now how we ever had ihe courage fo shakingly cu'r inlo a body so recenlly alive. And who will lorgef rising, whal seemed lo be in fhe middle of 'rhe nighf, lo barely make Dr. Sapping+on's 8:30 Immunology class, and how we marveled al 'the quirks of anaphylaxis.

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A -I J s f im. x S1- yq, Principles oT Physical Diagnosis, by Dr. Pinclce. MusT be inTeresTing. Charlie Tyler caTches up on recenT liTeraTure. Topographic sTudies a la Physical Diagnosis. Some sTudenTs saw The course in physical diagnosis coming, Tor monThs ahead of Time They were Taking orders Tor sTeThoscopes. And we were eager cusTomers, Tor aT lasT we had an excuse To procure and carry The emblem oT a physician. We carried our sTeThoscopes To class, making sure ThaT parT oT iT peelced ouT oT our pockeTs. BuT we were Tooledg The course Turned ouT To be reading The prinTed noTes and coloring each oTher like Indians. In The end we acTually goT To use The sTeThoscopes. The Term Minor Surgery gave To us an aTTiTude oT greaT imporT. As The whiTefhaired, elderly Dr. BrisTol enTered The lecTure room, his subTle sense oT humor came wiTh him. Many were The nuggeTsl' given ouT by him-many TundamenTals oT Surgery-To all ol which we were a TiTTIe unrecepTive. For This we regreT, because much oT ThaT TundamenTal lcnowledge could be puT To good use now and cerTainly will be useTul in The near TuTure. T-Tow To win paTienTs and inTluence Their Triends wiTh neaT bandagesw was The course TaughT by Drs. Buclc, Domansici and J. l-lunTer SmiTh. There was only one way each bondage wenT on as long as we wanTed To pass The course, buT laTer we learned ThaT any meThod was iusT as good if enough adhesive Tape was used.