Medical College of Pennsylvania - Iatrian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

Page 15 text:

In the second year there is another beginning. For the first time all the words that have been read, the pic- tures seen, the facts that have been committed to memory become meaningful in their application to the patient. In physical diagnosis one ' s own senses of sight, touch, hearing are utilized to understand the complexities of man. And sud- denly the Doctor is you. r ♦ ■ ; ; ■ Nothing is more estimable than a physician who having studied na- ture from his youth knows the pro- perties of the human body, the dis- eases which assail it, the remedies which will benefit it, and exercises Ins art with caution. Voltaire

Page 14 text:

The transition period is over. The first year of medical school has been successfully completed. With this achievement a new confidence begins to develop, and the attain- ment of a medical degree becomes less a vague possiblity and more a reality. You have become reconciled to a life requiring many sacrifices, and the demands of one ' s work. In this year perhaps more than any other the amassing of a tremendous a- mount of material will at times seem impossible. For it is as a sec- ond year student that you begin the study of the processes of disease. Now too the principles of therapy are introduced in the study of pharmacology.

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The clinic years, anticipated since the beginning of medical school, have arrived. The hospital is now the classroom, and formal lectures are only a small part of the junior student ' s continuing medical edu- cation. The hospital becomes a fa- miliar place, and although one ' s contribution to hospital life may be small at first, it can be very valu- able to the patient who may find reassurance and comfort from the student who is able to give of her time and herself.