New York Medical College - Fleuroscope Yearbook (Valhalla, NY)

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THOUGHTS OF A SOUL With reverential awe I soft approached the gate Of entrance into I-Ieaven's holy fields. My fate Was soon to be adjudged-my acts, my wants, my Soul On earth. My death but marked the start of this my scroll. I sat in silence mute with mingled fear and joy, Emotions not like those of any but a boy. The court convened, the justices arrayed in white- Their brilliance burned into my being, cowed with fright I turned to flee. A sharp command rang thru the court That stopped my ev'ry move, that sensed my very thought. Then sudden as it came my fear was vanished-swept Away as by a supernatural will. I wept With joy. For He had come by Whom we all are born, For Whom our sorrows, joy and pain, and all are borne. My mind was living once again. I rose to heights Undreamt by mortal man. For God gave me the light To guide my steps to Paradise forever more: A God so merciful, so just, forever more. Edward I. Gallagher SOLILOQUY To live to die-t'is one to be, Who in this maze called life, With staggering gait, with strife In mind, unable to foresee the light. Unanswered to questions asked, Possessed with fear, in bondage kept-when Toward Heaven turns: a prayer to her For revelation-his soul's unmasked. To live, to die: to die with work undone? To die with faith unfelt? - T'is but to live eternal life Of thwarted visions, of one unsung. Diodato Villamena I UNDERSTAND WOMEN She told me that she loved me- Said I carried her away: So I asked her May I kiss you? And she murmured, Yes, you may . My mind was quite unbalanced As I pressed her lips to mine, My emotions quite unstable, I thrilled as from red wine. So, completely overpowered, She enjoyed my fond caress- But I never popped the question For I knew she'd answer Yes. . Gallagher One hundred seventy-one

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REFERENCES: 1. Stokes, I. H. Syphilis of Today and Tomorrow-Arch-Derm and Syph. V22, Aug. 1930-p. 201. 2. Rice, I. L. Kaleski, D. V. Farmer, T. P. Parran, T. Ir. Control of Syphilis and Gonorrhea in the Scan-danavian Countries and Great Britain. Amer. I. Syph, Gonorrhea and Venereal Diseases. 3. Buter, Caligula, or Histroy's Debt. to Syphilis. An. Med. Hist. N. S. V. 4, No. 6 pp. 560-564. 4. University of Pennsylvania-A Synopsis of a Chinese Secret by Chin- Shi-Sei originally written during ming dynasty. I 5. Buret, F. History of Syphilis-1891 V. I. 2 and 3. 6. Miller, I. L. History of Syphilis. Ann. Med, Hist. N. S. V2-1930. 7. Lane, I. E. A few early notes on syphilis in the English colonies of North America, Arch. Derm. and Syph. Aug. 1920, V2 pp.l5-219. 8. Lane, I. E. A note on the Prophylaxis of Syphilis from the writings of Daniel Turner, M. D. Arch. Derm and Syph. Iune 1923-V7, pp. 800-804. 9. Williams, An epitome of the history of syphilis. Arch. Derm and Syphilis, Vol. 12-1925, p. 508. . ' FURTHER READINGS: 10. Rosenbaum, I. The Plague of Lust-Paris 1901. ll. Suetonius, Transl. by S. C. Rolf--Vol. 1, pp. 435, xxii. 12. Record: Illustrations of Syphilitic Disease, 1851. 13. Report of an advisory committee to the U. S. Public Health Service Recommendations for a venereal disease control program in state and local health departments Repring No. 54 from Venereal Disease Information V. 17, No. 1. lan. 1936. 14. T. Parran, Ir. The Medical aspects of Social Hygiene, I. Missouri State M. A. June 1928, pp. 245-249. - 11- FINIS As we leave this place oi collegiate bliss, Old Alpha Sigma merely says this: Heigh de ho and a bumpety-bump, Our last place wit is a guy named Crumpg De Nyse commutes from a Westchester town- His back is bowed and his head is down: Dodge is a stooge for that wit Crump, Yesses are hurled-he's sure a chumpp Iohn Garbarini deplores his hair, Can you hear him swear when his head is bare? Heeve and Graham are friends so strong, Both are thin and both are longp Iohn Gutowski's from southern Kings, Blonde Nick Knox comes to school on wings: Edward Keefer is a roly-poly, Douglas G-iorgio's a terror holy: Merscheimer is true to the Iersey shore, Zoller swears to worry no more: Old Bill Martin, our social whirl, Will continue to greet every new girly Stalonas and Noto, both shy fellows, A contrast to Longworth, he who bellows. That's our roster excepting Ye Scribe Who belong to an honored Irish tribe. Thus to emerge from collegiate bliss With many a classmate's healthy hiss. One hundred seventy

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RECENT ADVANCES IN MCDERN SURGERY 1935 - 1936 IF we were to compare surgery at the beginning of the twentieth century with that of our present decade, we should find amazing progress in operative technic, in the methods for the early recognition of surgical conditions, and in the rapidly expanding number of human disorders amenable to surgical treatment. It is very difficult for surgeons of any age to appraise the value of existing methods as to their permanence and lasting merit. They are apt to consider their procedures as having reached the acme of perfection and the finality of law. Improvements, if possible, surgeons have often agreed, would be slight and inconsequential. Many surgeons of the last century would have considered as heresy the frequent sympathectomies and thoracoplasties of today. However, we must not be too severe in our criticism of their self-com- placency and peremptoriness. In general, good surgeons have acquired their knowledge of operative procedures, their skill, and their diagnostic judgment through years of patient study and diligent application in the development of their own methods as well as those of their contemporaries. Surgery has been concerned for many years with the correction of mechanical defects of the body. The surgeon of today is no longer content with the removal of diseased organs. His desire is to restore the whole organ- ism to its physiological harmony-reconstructive surgery. Many of the ductless glands are now being treated with brilliant success. Surgical treat- ment of dysfunctions of the adrenals, parathyroids, even the pancreas is being practiced rather widely and many ,spectacular results are reported in the literature. So, too, a better knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of different parts of the nervous system has in recent years aided much in the diagnosis of abnormal conditions of that system, and has permitted great advances in their surgical treatment. Now there is no ganglion or strand of the sympathetic nervous system which is not exposed or removed for various conditions of pain, paralysis, or dysfunction. When one reads of all the bene- fits which accrue from ablations of parts of the sympathetic nervous system one cannot help wondering why it was censured at its inception, for every one seems better in every way when he gets rid of it. This question might be asked of the appendix vermiformis which may be only a useless vestigial structure but what a boon to the young rising surgeon. With the trend of medicine, generally, toward prevention, surgery will and must contribute its share. 'New instruments, we are almost convinced, will not only improve technical skill, but as diagnostic aids will enable the surgeon to determine and correct disorders of function possibly even before morbid pro- cesses develop. It will be necessary to include only the most important contributions to surgery of recent years in this report, although the usefulness and significance of many others remains unquestioned. Most of the procedures mentioned have been tried with repeated success, some very recent ones however, are waiting One hundred seventy-two