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

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ju X iv t : ' Q N l lx I b P i Cr o A9 if 'J it 7? - Y IOSEPH S. DeFRATES, Ph.D. My hand's caught in the drawer!! What are you, some new kind of nut? 0 . al 'I if Q? N J ,. 1' .elif J. gg if -f-.. v S PETER OESPER, Ph.D. - CARL ALPER, Ph.D. Maybe we should have let it ferment for another day, Carl. 5 - ii, IAY S. BOTH, Ph.D. According to yesterclay's laboratory results the entire class is in diabetic coma. A

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w .JY MZ!! snug: M. IOHN BOYD, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry Upon entering Biochemistry identity was completely lost, and so were most of us. We did get to meet the rest of the class. however, since seating was at random most of the time. Once things settled down We all started to pull together to get experiments finished by 3:30 P.M. This was accomplished by means of hard work, cooperation, and rotating Coke time. The day of reckoning finally came with a practical using No-Cal as the unknown. The experience proved enlightening and educational despite these occasional setbacks. Due to the efforts of a dedicated and interested group of professors We were exposed to the most recent advances in a constantly advancing field. biochemistry

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physiology During our course in physiology we became uneasily aware that beneath the placid ex- terior sported by each of the department mem- bers, lay some fantastic, concept-shattering knowledge which in time would erupt on man- kind's complacency. It was with almost dia- bolical cunning and patience that they were able to wend their way through miles of kymo- graph records without even a suggestion of the research which will even now carry these men to the gates of Stockholm. We have now verified the fact that ten years ago a prominent member of the department suddenly expired while delivering a masterful lecture on The Significance of the Decorticate Preparation in Medical Schoo1 . Dr. Scott and his colleagues were undismayed by the sudden change in the physical appearance of their co- worker lhis personality was fortunately undis- turbedl and were subsequently capable, by inconceivably agile maneuvers, to restore the professor to viability, by complex manipulations on the Tilt Board. A full report of this feat will be published shortly in the Thermometer . Until then, We can continue to look forward to his active participation in the department's research and teaching program , Ida said.