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

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THE CLASS DF I944 The clciss of '44 sforfed ifs iourney fhrough l-lohnemonn in I940 under fhe leodership of Lcirry Rendin ond supporfed by Konoplco, Colvci- nese, Boch, ond Borcloy. Prom fhe beginning fhis closs esfoblished ifself os one of fhe brighfer closses. And before we lcnew if, we were Sophs. Following The usuol cusfom, we sfoged ci donce of fhe Slephen Gircird. Corn ond Uzmon ocfed os co-choirmen. ond we hod o rousing good fime even if fhe hofel monoger did gef sore. Affer o reslful summer we come boclc os Soph- omores only fo find fhof some choinges had been mode. ln order fo be equipped fo fighf for our counfry, we were looded down wifh on oversized noneregulofion poclcef filled wifh Bocfie. Pofh, Physiology ond o lof of former Junior courses. So fhof we would nof miss The full significance of fhe ull-ouf wor effort we puf on fhe nighf shiff which sforfed of 8 A. M. ond ron unfil lwe hopedl 5:30 P. M. Buf insfeod we were usuolly sfill in Physiology lob of 7:00 P. M. Wifh all fhis we monoged o Iiffle polifics on fhe side. Al Berger reploced Joe Boclc, ond Mun- cholc wenf in for Konoplco, ond Kersf foolc over Borclciy's iob. This yeor we wenf rifzy ond held our donce on fhe roof gorden of fhe Rifz-Corlfon cmd if wos quife successful. We hod on hond four fomous midgefs who odded much 'ro fhe enferfoinmenf. Well, fime is up ond we ore woifing fo sforf in wifh o hof summer in sficlcy Philly ....

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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.

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