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

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gif' 593 'KU' 1-4-9 k IQ ,,. x To .2 Y l in F 'def John E. Gregory, M.D. Professor and Head of the Division of Pathology Edward C. H. Schmidt, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology Franklin K. Fite, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology Gregory F. W. Froio, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology Harvey Pullen, M.D. lnstructor in Clinical Pathology Thomas K. Rathmell, M.D. lnstructor in Clinical Pathology E. Karl Koiwai, M.D. Teaching Fellow in Pathology Pathology, along with Bacteriology and Pharmacology, formed the Big Three of our Sophomore year. The beginning of our study of Pathology coincided with the retirement of Dr. Samuel Sappington as head of the department and the appointment of a young man from Johns Hopkins in his place. Having listened with horror and awe to the stories of the upperclass- men about Sam's phenomenal knowledge of what pathologists know about Pathology and what students do not know about Pathology, we looked forward with relief and even with a smat- tering of self-confidence to the arrival of Dr. John E. Gregory. Nobody could be as tough as Sam . . . we thought. The course itself consisted of a series of lectures, presented by the staff and the residents, and covering the fields of general pathology, pathology of the special organs, and clinical pathology. Along with this there were laboratory periods, during which the class studied and made sketches of microscopic slides, examined gross

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When it was not feasible to perform ex- periments in small groups, demonstrations were held. Dr. Scott demonstrated current methods of gas analysis. Dr. Beck illustrated the spirom- eter. Dr. McClendon emphasized the impor- tance of iodine in physiology. And Dr. Barnes demonstrated his own techniques of super- electro-encephalography with fanatic empha- sis on acetylcholine, a substance which is ap- parently ffgood for what ails you. Dr. Scott used to say about examinations that when some of the boys did poorly it was the students' fault, but when most of the boys failed, the blame was on the examiner. Conse- quently, his monthly exams were closest to what we could call fair. His exams were difficult to nugget and even with the curving of the grades there were seven studying for re-exams over the summer. The monthly quizzes were tough, but nothing at all like the mid-year and final exams. The first part consisted of questions requiring short answers, to be completed in sixty minutes and to be argued over for sixty days. Part two consisted of two separate exams and lasted three hours with a ten-minute break in between. This ordeal, plus the use of benza- drine fEd. Note: Chicago name Amphetaminel, resulted in several mishaps, one student find- ing herself fast asleep with a blank paper at the end of three hours. By the end of the year, however, we real- ized that the browbeating process we had undergone had not been in vain. We had learned some physiology. l L,' f ft it iff E ,f-L , f 4 - L-, X il Q3 If-2' ,Qs , as Qi UZ Ti ' 1. , Ptlgofy , 'llfffyl FOR .- ! it fLvL 'W i 4, s..-f.---- 1 1 ' f

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specimens, and discussed the various ramifica- tions of pathologic physiology. Slide quizzes were given at regular intervals and it invariably proved embarrassing to miss not only the path- ology but also the identification of the tissue from which the section was taken. Clinical pathology was taught by Dr.Arthur Horneff. lt was in this phase that every fourth student was exposed to a gastric analysis, at- tempting to swallow a stomach tube once, and once only. It was in this phase that every odd- numbered man injected his partner with phenol- sulfonphthalein, and every even-numbered man urinated into a graduate. Anxiety was the rule, one student worrying about getting the needle into the vein within the first dozen plunges, and the other praying silently that his renal ex- cretion would be normal. The required textbook was Moore's Path- ology, which we found as hard to read as Boyd was easy. Although the text did not appeal greatly to the student, it found favor in the eyes of the students' wives, to whom Dr. Moore, un- doubtedly with economic foresight had gal- lantly dedicated the book. We had been told that this book would become more valuable to us in the future, and indeed it has, for the heavy tome has been directly responsible for keeping flat at least half the photographs in this year- book. T' ' A 1 Q-....... ' v Q7 'f't l, N X: -4 Es, . , fag, 4 fp , A '