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

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F (3 5: EVIEW OF OYSTEMS FRESHMAN YEAR ? W SHARON SflPlf G-EKflUXlfc OUvft BoRBSRft SftWT PlftRY LftKC Utaiiifi— Dorothy Hodil Suasw Soslw BftUQftRft Lipacvtrti A Ro ERI RvtVEK Sixty-three unsuspecting young women were in good health until, suffering from delusions of grandeur, they arrived at WMC in 100° September heat to start training to be DOCTORS. Patients quickly developed olfactory hallucinations that it smelled where-ever they went — oddly enough, patients lost this hallucination, but everyone else at WMC developed it! Patient had no chills or fever, but was frequently in a cold sweat; food intolerance developed for all but coffee and cigarettes; distress was relieved by: sleep, a night out, and a P in a mental exercise. Patient was becoming paranoid until she heard that this was all bilge in her little black box. caused by confusion in the purple dots. MARCIftCOU-lHS PstRicir ftlLUR

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You were interviewed And what do mi think about marriage? and interviewed And what do you think about marriage? and interviewed And what do ou think about marriage? minutes, hours, days, weeks, until SUCCESS - ACCEPTANCE! 23

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= m About mid-way in her illness, patients ' symptoms shifted and became focused on the urinary tract — she insisted upon saving urine! Urine-clean catch, urine for specific gravity and urine for Kjeldahl. There was also a recurrence of G-I symptoms as patient put special diets, (and tubes!) into her esophagus. Patient experienced an all too brief respite from her symptoms during one hour per week when she focused her attention on neoplasia. In reviewing her case, patient feels the following exacerbated her symptoms: the eighty-seven layers of the eye, the intrauterine development of the ' ' haart. and the s-l-o-w descent of the testes; all subjected to an epidemiological analysis It was restorative for patients to project themselves into the future as they watched forty-four women become DOCTORS. All symptoms continued to recede over a period of about three weeks, at which time they were dra- matically removed by the printed words — You are recommended for promotion. a Mtf 6ARKER tf ftKEN LftUKOrf A- EftfSoK- bsR fww O ' PRffr