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

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1 . in . -- . I'll never catch up. 'l Busy, busy, busy day, rr r 5 Then we ate the mole. Alfred, now listen here. zsl 1 Clinical otes 0 oUR SoPHoMoRE YEAR After the surviving members of the Freshman year were duly acknowledged and a brief moment of silence was held for the members who had been amputated from the group, the Sophomore year which was to prove a long, drawn out, uphill struggle was underwayg the all too rapid transition from idyllic summer retreats to the staccato tempo of the lecture room was uncomfortably accomplishedg sensoria, a mere Week before having been filled with scents of lavender and clean earth, were once again clouded with the heavenly aroma of formal- dehyde. The Department of Pathology did their utmost to dispell any illusions that were held as to the possibility of an easy year, as lectures were replete with blood-curdling glares, chilling moments of silence, and no smoking enforcement. For changes of pace the lecture series included several on the philosophy of Pathology and some mystery sessions of kodachrome slides. The class became expert on Tstsuga- mushi disease and could recite the big three ftumor, TB and stonel at the drop of a pickled kidney. A desperate attempt was made by the professor to make laboratory technicians of the classy but after the arms of hordes of students were masses of hematomas, white cell counts on any given specimen of blood ranged from 0 to 100,000 and all urinalysis were reported as normal, even these intrepid lectures were forced to admit failure. Microbiology provided a brief, but pleasant, interlude. Except for a few stabbings and streakings, all lab work was wisely left to the techni- cians. Many students were noted to have iinished the course speaking with a Southern drawl. - With wild African jungle cries and gutteral chants of quiet please, Pharmacology swept into the picture. The class was soon futilely studying for surprise quizzes specifically designed to be impos- sible to pass. Others were seen sitting patiently on high stools copying im- measurable amounts of essential information from innumerable charts: still other groups did some original research on projects that had been original for each of the past twenty years. Every minute of every day was fully occupied. If not piecing together a tinker-toy apparatus, a student could be found self-anesthetizing himself with an electro- encephalograph, carting dead rabbits to the chief undertaker, or per- haps on his knees at eleven o'clock at night desperately praying for his cat to finally expire so that he could go home. Interspersed for some unexplainable reason throughout the year were lectures and picnic excursions apparently sponsored by taxpayers and presided over by the Board of Public Health. Many guests came to speak to the class, telling them about garbage disposal, smog, socialism, and 108 degree F. water rinses. A great feeling of rapport grew in many for the overseer of this subject-a warm-hearted, quiet mannered, considerate Simon Legree. Classes soon became so popular, because of the essential subject matter and the matchless way in which it wasdelivered, that the students began to stay away in droves. Then came the big moment-the first exposure to real, live patients. This experience' came at a very opportune time, for minds were uncluttered with football or basketball scores, the classes having dis- covered that their private bookie had bought his own private basket- ball team with funds they had unwittingly donated, and the class party having come to anticipated state of amiable incandescence. The class was well prepared for these patients, being able to discuss intelligently with them Loa Loa and sewage drains and knowing how to prescribe large quantities of curare. A glimpse had been provided of the Junior year,' nevertheless, and the students were all set.

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