George Washington University School of Medicine - Speculum Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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MAN! LISTEN to the percussion sections. Dr. Friedrich Diecke extols the fidelity of new lab equipment to Dr. Margret Westecker. 1' ' ' ' x. 3 as Arljgmzvg w 3, 2, 1, FIRE. Another misfire at Cape Physiology. Dr. Ruth Henderson carefully surveys freshman astronaut Ed Houghton as he counts some radioactive substances. 31

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Active or Passive . . . Physiology Emphasizes Progress Our of the great abyss of cellular biophysics, Eugene Renkin l1as guided his good ship Membrane Physiology toward a more dynamic and unified approach. In addition to the basic course, a whole new program is envisioned for electives, clinical physiology, Masters, and Pl1.D. program. Dr. Renkin, who is interested in basic cellular physiology, has been honored this past year while in Germany, when he was asked to speak about Capillary Permeability at the meeting of the Society of Natural Scientists and Physicians. This fall he will again be honored when he delivers the Bowditch Lecture before the American Physiological Society meeting. In an attempt to build up the research program, National Science Foundation and NIH grants have been secured. In order to add more depth to the department, Dr. Barbara Alving, who is presently at the University of Miami doing research in neuromuscular physiology, will join the staff this spring. One of our more permanent memories concerns Charlie Hogben and his infallible Sodium Pump. Since any other explanation was tantamount to an artifact, the disbelievers amongst us soon capitulated and the Sodium Pump became the panacea for all unexplainable phenomena. Department of Physiology staff sealed Drs. M Westecker, E. M. Renkin R. Henderson. standing, Drs. F. P. J. Diecke, C. S. Tidball, C. E. Ieese f? 4-Q

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