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

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4 dw or S . Y I X, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS President Senior Vice President Junior Vice President Executive Vice President Secretary Treasurer Solicitor Mr. Charles A. Allen Mr. Walter H. Annenberg Mr. Addison R. Brown Mr. Robert G. Dunlop Dr. H. M. Eberhard Mr. William Goldman Dr. C. Harold Kistler Dr. Raymond S. Leopold Hon. L. Stauffer Oliver Mr. William W. Rhoads Mr. Ellsworth A. Roberts Mr. Howard W. Schotter Mr. Theodore P. Scott Mr. William P. Snow Mr. Frederick H. Strawbri Mr. L. Staulter Oliver Mr. E. A. Roberts Mr. William P. Snow Dr. Raymond S. Leopold Mr. F. H. Strawbriclge, Jr. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company Pepper, Bodine, Stokes 8. Hamilton dge, Jr. .-6 4' 'S if of Rh J- f liiJ it- g r F If S I i r H-,,.,i-i-

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g 4, i- IQ.. ,, T 3 QQ, 'und sr . Q1 5. .. Tsai lf . Q.- t U of ai TN . .W 'li 1-,gf u gn Y :iii ...si il .if iff C A it .fqiifn J! 3 , .. fi .ff c . A C., Q..-L ...Qi ,s . K I 1 4 N-rc L Y ,c rf- 53, ,r M 'G . . 15-.Zia -Ps ' J is ,,. -4.-3. ' s. SQ., l . if ln the field of Medicine, more antibiotics were being discovered, and VD, man's ancient enemy since before the Caesars, fell back against their onslaught. Bacitracin, Aureomycin, Streptomycin, Neomycin, and Chloramphenicol were introduced in rapid succession. A.C.T.H. and Cortisone were the new wonder drugs, guaranteed in the lay press to cure everything, but the serious problems of supply and cost still remained to be solved. Hahnemann got its share of the headlines with the development of Arti- sane. B-l2 was the newly discovered anti-anemia factor of liver. The physician who did not read Time Magazine was apt to feel left far behind in the rapid advance of medical science. Under the impetus of Russian use of the atom bomb to blast highways, research in the A-bomb and H-bomb went ahead with ever- increasing fury. At the same time, bigger and faster iet-planes were shuttling back and forth across the supersonic barrier. Radar waves had been sent to the moon and back. Sporadic re- ports of flying saucers made the news-hoax, hallucination or super military secret? Daily flights to Europe ceased to be a topic of con- versation, and rocket interplanefary travel was being considered as a probability. In fact, conversation itself almost became a lost art with the advent of television. While operations televised in color became novel at- tractions at medical meetings, comedian Milton Berle found the ordinary black-and-white variety a highly effective medium to a nation- wide audience. On Broadway, a man's importance could be iudged by the number of tickets he could get for South Pacific, and tenor Ezio Pinza gave new hope to the romantic middle-aged male. ln Brooklyn, the Mambo and Rhumba had pushed the Lindy Hop out of the limelight, while in Philadelphia the old-fashioned square dance was the latest fad. Canasta was the new rage. In women's fashions, the new look was ushered in. The plunging hemline was accom- panied by the plunging neckline. Was this a factor in the upsurge of romance that flourished during this period? Nelson Rockefeller and his Cinderella Bobo, Clark Gable and Lady Ashley, the Veep and Mrs. Hadley, Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Rita and Aly, and Ingrid under the inspired direction of Rossellini, served momentarily to divert our attention from the humdrum existence of operating rooms, clinics and National Boards. Even Philadelphia did not escape the post- war upheaval. The wave of labor turmoil was brought close to home when the ten-day transit strike turned Broad Street into a stream of oddly assorted busses, trucks and Model-T's, with pas- sengers overflowing onto running boards and roofs. Street car fares were increased from 755 cents to lO cents to l3'z cents, despite vigorous opposition by the city administration. Discrep- ancies in city tax funds involving hundreds of thousands of dollars were discovered, but tax collector W. Frank Marshall couldn't be re- moved from office. However, the incident produced the biggest upset in Republican Phila- delphia's political history, when Democrat Rich- ardson Dilworth was elected City Treasurer and three of his party colleagues took office. By and large, however, Philadelphia con- tinued its usual humdrum existence. The blue laws still drove people to Camden on Saturday nights, the local water supply continued to be undrinkable, the Chinese Wall remained even more indestructible than its namesake, the local bookies and numbers men continued to col- lect their slips of paper at corner candy stores, and the City's garbage continued to be collected by horse and wagon. This was the state of affairs while we at- tended classes, raised our families, nursed our ulcers, aged rapidly, and somehow muddled through the four years.

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COLLEGE COUNCIL Armand W. Angulo, Ph.D Reinhard Beutner, M.D. Amedeo Bondi, Jr., Ph.D. M. John Boyd, Ph.D. Charles L. Brown, M.D. Edward W. Campbell, M.D Joseph Chandler, Ph.D. Carl C. Fischer, M.D. Theodore C. Geary, M.D. John E. Gregory, M.D. Lowell L. Lane, M.D. William L. Marlin, M.D. Newlin F. Paxson, M.D. Charles E. Price, M.D. John C. Scott, Ph.D. Raymond C. Truex, Ph.D.