Medical College of Virginia - X Ray Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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STEVEN JOHN ABRAMEDIS Clifton Forge, Virginia seniors in THEODORE ADLER Norfolk, Virginia Phi Delta Epsilon •sitv ol ' Norlh Carolina; Alpha OmCRa Alpha; Signr A tiohilmrnl: Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals Boston, Massachusetts WILLIS EDWARD ANDERSON Roanoke, Virginia Thcia Kappa Psi • « ««»» K Winchester, Vir HARRY WTLSON BAC :HNL N, JR. Richmond, N ' ircinia Pin Chi {2(,

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senior class officers Robert G. Pr(ic;tor Prcsuleiil KcJNN-i K. ElswicK ] ' i(r-Pn ' Mi rtil Frank D. MciKen ' NEV Sctretarr-lrcusiiui Claiborne G. WiinwoRTH Hislurlnn Altitude and General Behavior APATHETIC:, oddly dressed, iintidx palient wearing oft-white jacket and trousers, and appearing to be slightly senile, drags himself into my office holding a weak, battered ophthalmoscope in one hand and carrying a limp stetho.scope draped carefully over his left forearm. He appears to be in a state of agitated depression for he is continuously flicking the switch of his ophthalmoscope and meticulously redraping the limp stethoscope. He attempts to be co-operative, answers in a circumstantial manner, but his eyes seem to be fixed on the diploma hanging behind me. Barely audible he mutters, T wonder if they cut the ribbon off my diploma. ' ' Stream of Mental Activity Eagerly he attempts to relate his complaints but his words come in e.xplosixe fragments, e.g.. T just want to study medicine! Focus, John, let ' s tink about it; PE. CE. Is Mr. Archimedes here? Be-e-ep! And with the aid of the Gonaphone which is inserted here you listen and make the diagnosis; Cold Skinny re ie ving Ttw LiU-raliirc including the Green Journal. You mean draw blood at six every morning? Will you collect the student opinion for next Fridav? Several times he inserts, I myself say so as he peruses his nails. Then he adds pensively, Usuallv. but not always; rarely, but not infrequently is this the case. Mood He exclaims that his situation is hopeless. Got through the first year on coffee, the second on dexadrine, Belbarb the third year and Banthine until now. Will my diagnostic acumen and therapeutic armamentarium last long enough to get me through graduation and Boards? Suddenly an expression of elation drifts across his face as he jubilantly relates his recent experiences mixing clysis fluids and making pincushions of the occupants of the renowned Green Room at Drooly. Joyfully he recalls how he has the opportunity each day to grope in the morning darkness bleary-eyed, looking for a sawed-off 20-gauge and a tourniciuet. Mental Trend The e iieen gunning for me for four years, he says, looking anxiously over his shoulder. They ' re sending out EEG waves about me to the hospitals now . . . and all I asked for were a few letters of recommendation. Strange experiences lately? ' Ves, he replies, since 1951. Sensorium Confuses time, place, and person, thinking; that it is Saturday noon and the examiner has him in The Pit. Vivid memor ' of bizarre childhood experiences accentuated with fragments of biochemistry equations, anastomosis of left leaf with the right and specimen F-54, the case of . . . Knowledge of current events since 19,S1 markeclK- im- paired. Closing a blue pearl book he hurriedly flicks through the last pages of Merctc. Manual as he threads an atraumatic with four in order to string a few last minute pearls. Impression: Nearlv finished medical student Rrronvncnd: (1) ' acation (2) Internship (3) Perhaps residency training Prognosis: Favorable. Po.ssibilities of adequate adjust- ment to practice of medicine. Case closed, June 1955. {25}

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medicine WILLIAM EDWARD BELL MORGANTOWN, WeST VIRGINIA Phi Beta Pi M.S., West Virginia Univci lmenl: University Hospitals Iowa City, Iowa JOHN JOSEPH BATTAGHNO, JR. Bluefield, West Virginia Phi Chi B.S., 1 Univ 7 JOHN ARNOLD BOARD . ltavista, ' irgi.ma Alp ia Kappa Kappa Randolph-Macon College; Historian, .Mpha Kappa Kappa, ' 52- ' 55; President, Alpha Kappa Kappa, 53, 54 Appointment: Louisville General Hospital Louisville, Kentucky HARRY SAMSON BLETHEX, JR. Huntington, West X ' irginia Phi Beta Pi t Virginia University aint Joseph Hospital , Michigan {21