Jefferson Medical College - Clinic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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.va The maestro conducts the overture. The first few weeks at D.B.I. can be likened to basic training in the army. There were calisthenics- jaunts up and down stairs with microscope or bone boxg obstacle courses-weaving through aisles in the dissecting room for clandestine cigarette breaksg bayo- net drills-with scalpcl or trephincg and inspections -Friday afternoon quizzes. Our afternoon uniform was a long White coat while our officer clan were garbed in black with exposed physiognomies. Under the constant guidance and drilling of these men wc quickly learned basic anatomical principals and rela- tionships. Clad you could make it this morning! ,fav ' www, W., msg ,aide ,i., Wat,

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z M535 ,.-unlv 'x Histology and Embryology are both anatomical sciences. Most of us had been exposed to these sub- jects in college. However, at D.B.I. we studied minute structure, composition, function of the tissues and developmental anatomy concomitantly. Dr. Ramsay expounded on the development of the human em- bryog Dr. D'Angelo on the endocrinesg Dr. Zitzlsper- ger on the three B's-Bach, Beethoven and bonesg Dr. Vogelaar on cavities Qincluding var. rodentiaj and the relative significance of heparin, a muco- poley -saccharide, to basophils. Occasionally we were harassed with oral quizzes., Systematically we were perplexed with written- examinations. Always we were delighted with the lilt and sway of Miss Plasmacyte. JUDICIUM SUPREMUM HISTOLOGIAE Charles C. Rosa, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.., Andrew J. Ramsay, A.B., Ph.D., S. A. D'Ange10, A.B., MS., Ph.D., Albert W. Sedar, A.B., Sc.M., Ph.D. llistology We always began our laboratory sessions by look- ing at slides already set up for us by Dr. Ramsay and his crew. This made the sailing somewhat less traum- atic to our eyes, microscopes and slides as we knew where to go to find a particular type of cell or struc- ture. lt wasn,t always easy. Some of us found it quite difficult identifying or even imagining the Golgi apparatus in a cell. Others were puzzled by the mitochondria. One cytoplasmic organoid gave very few of us trouble-the vacuole. we ::-s. - .,.. ':..5 rs 'a:2i za'-igorf six in ' 1 f A

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This you don't need. Day after day we were bombarded from all corners of the room with questions. Dumkoff' or Dumb- bell were epithets rewarded for inane responsesg but we soon realized that Dr. Michels was one of our best friends. He and his able staff will always be re- membered for having helped us build such 3 solid foundation. With Dr. Hausberger there was never fl dull mo- ment and never a sharp scalpel. He always got to the point quickly with his blitz blunt dissection. And there will be weeping and gnnshing of teeth. 3 We eek T0 Equip You 77