New Jersey College of Medicine - Journal Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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U in f W if ' . 1 ..- l . NATOMY Upon entering medical school the green novice is terrorized by the fact that he must master the anatomy of the -human body, both grossly and microscopic- ally Wlthln the first four months of his career. This task is great, obviously exhausting, but neces- sary. For if one is to examine and treat this body, and if one is to know the abnormal, the diseased, he must know the normal morphology. Such is the purpose of the department of Anatomy. So, with his cadaver, microscope, and Gray's Anatomy as his guides, the student enters the lab and begins his task. He shudders as he pulls the sheet from his cadaver for the Hrst time and yawns as he stares into his microscope. But after numerous lectures, conferences, exams of every size, shape and description, one finds himself talking about the blood supply of the liver rather than the Giant's game. The frustrations and agonizing concentration which characterize the study of anatomy were only alleviated by such light moments as Pinkney Harman singing Ole Man River, Vinny Oriente painting the arteries red, veins blue and nerves yellow, just like in the book, or Paul Miranti singing out Tom has a nurse downtown. In time not only did we come to realize the im- portance of this subject, but We began to enjoy it-this naturally led to our retaining the matter and mastering the subject. The department is unique in that veal scallapine is served in the conference room, the switch plates in the labs are spotless, and the electron microscope hasn't worked for five years. H W' 1 From the start of the medical school, PINCKNEY HABMAN, Ph.D., has been an im- portant part of our faculty. He joined us after serving two very successful ten year periods on the Georgetown and New York University Medi- cal School faculties. His special fields of interest lie in chemical and electrical studies of the nervous system and in mammalian neuromuscular mutations. Few department heads could make us feel more at ease tl1an'Dr. Harman. Off cam- pus, few could beat P.j. Cor, The Duke, as he is known in Schiavdsj at pocket billiards. Who can forget that familiar sight at lunchtime of PJ., sporting his goatee, carrying a brown bag of groceries with a loaf of Italian bread looming over the top? ANTHONY V. BOCCABELLA, Ph.D., came to us in 1960 from the faculty of the University of Iowa, his alma mater. His chief interests lie in Endocrinology, specifically the thyroid gland and the reproductive system. Few of us can forget his lectures on feedback mechanisms or his cross sectional exams. Others still are chased in their dreams by cadavers covered with tags from the last gross anatomy practical. Now class, he would begin, and then launch into a discussion of how many parts our all-day exams would include, and how many floors they would cover. But we did learn anatomy, and in the process gained one of our best friends.

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ROBIN L. CURTIS, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy . y Sf IJ JOSEPH P. TASSONI, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy 525552:- eqg 1-'-- 1 --loso or FRANK D. ANDERSON, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy MAY B. HOLLINSHEAD, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy fry X X PAUL J. MIRANTI, M.D. GORDON W. HEATH, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Anatomy Assistant Professor of Anatomy