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

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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 '

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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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. WL ii ,! x L Most of our Pathology grade depended on how well we made out in the oral examinations. These were truly historic events. On the days when orals were given, crowds gathered around the pathology office to collect nuggets from the poor perspiring wretches who had already undergone the ordeal. Students were called upon in alphabetic or reverse alphabetic order and alternated among the various staff men each month. Dressing for the occasion was character- istic. The brave men wore sport clothes, the piteous wore old clothes, the resigned wore 'dirty lab coats, and the women wore sweaters. Anxiously you sat in the anteroom waiting for your name to be called. In a moment you were in an office alone with Dr. Kassab and his in- scrutable smile, with Dr. Froio and his Philadel- phia sinuses, or with Dr. Gregory-in which case you were really alone. Some orals took thirty .mf , seconds and some fifteen minutes, during which time you suddenly learned that you were a stutterer. The outcome was invariably the same. A faraway voice was heard saying, That's all. Send the next man in, and you were in the hall again feeling lost, helpless, alone, with no one to turn to but the throngs of excited people mill- ing around yelling insanely, What did he ask you! What did he ask you! Alas, there was no alternative but to go home and read more'pathology-or else. This, apparently was part of the department's strat- egy, for the students who were most frightened ultimately got the best grades. With a few exceptions, we all got through. On that fateful morning when we received our grades in the mail, it was with sheer pleasure that we went down to a hearty breakfast ioy- fully anticipating a grapefruit the size of a tumor, instead of vice versa. .1 F., ,nr