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

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OUR' PROFS AYERS You'll find romance in medicine, if you look for it, so says this prof --but -doctor, we all can't be gynecologists. TRITSCH Look at those shades-too long for the windows: windows too long for the shades: sloDDY floors: dumb internes: etc. etc. etc. WI-IATA GUY. SAFFORD lust the man for a 9:00 A. M. Monday morning class. COCHEU p Broadway Lindsley -in a broad way this, in a broad way that: with a knee bend here and a knee bend there- STANFORD Can't understand how so fine a woman should want so very much to Bleed and Blind us. FIERRO and HOTCHKISS The supereducated Garbage folk. SCHMAHI.. Indifference personified. MACADAM Good old Wally-let's have another yarn. UPHAM HOUSE CHICK Tin-type Upham-Vim, Vigor, and Vitality. Headaches, sure you get headaches, you always get headaches, but what else do you get? -that's about all you gave us doctor .... . GRISWALD Swell fellow . . but how does he manage to keep from scaring the kids to death, that's what we would like to know . . . One of the very few men who can still recall his student days an-d treats us accordingly- BERKOVSKY FOBES The less said about this Master-Mind, the better. BINGHAM Scholar and gentleman . . . loved, respected and admired by all . . CI I'I1G1'1 CIIIIOIIQ' men. I had lunch with one of the Mayo brothers at the Ritz, and I said- Now see here Charley ...... SAMWORTH Listen, doc-that's quite a douche at 15-20 feet, with 10-60 pounds pres- sure, at atemperature of 45-125 degrees . . . don't you think . . . . . . RAISBECK Here today . . . gone tomorrow. IOHNSON Quick Watson, the pillow: what is this man-pediatrician or anaesthe- tician??? WILSON It's wise to do lots of bone-ing in order to avoid pulling any boners when studying for this prof's course . . . HETRICK An impressive ear-bender. MCGAVACK A little ray of 3X from California . . . no modalities. CALVERT We'll have him straight . . . no water on the side. One hundred ninety-three

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The extensive use of roentgen rays may produce nausea or vomiting but this untoward effect can be easily controlled by the use of Zcc of liver extract intravenously or intramuscularly. Other studies, just as valuable as these have been made in physiotherapy but space does not permit the discussion of even of ,small amount of them. Acetyl-Beta-Methyl Choline has also been recommended in paroxysmal tachycardia which has not responded to other measures, in spastic types of peripheral vascular disease, and in post-operative abdominal pains. Its use is based on its muscarine effect and it has the added advantage of being ef- fective by mouth. The so-called muscarine effect consists of three actions: an inhibitory effect on the heart, a peripheral vaso-dilatation with accompanying' fall in blood pressue, and a stimulation of gastric and intestinal paralysis. Remarkable results have been obtained in the treatment of post-encephali- tic Parkinsonism by Italian workers. They have devised the Bulgarian Treatment which is based on the use of a SW decoction of atropa belladonna in white wine. Patients under fifteen years of age are given 5cc three times a day while those over fifteen are given l5cc doses. The patients are also en- couraged to utilize a hypo-toxic diet, a minimum of stimulants, and various orthopedic and gymnastic exercises. . Another important contribution has been made by foreign workers who have introduced a dye which is useful in the treatment of streptococcus in- fections. German investigators first studied the effects of prontosil, which is a bright red solution used hypodermically, and prontylin which is a tasteless white powder used orally. These chemicals do not kill streptococci, but merely check their growth and damage them, so that they become easily susceptible to the action of the white blood corpuscles. These chemicals are useless in patients very near death from the infection, since they must be allow- ed thirty-six hours to exert their influence, and the patients must have enough vitality to destroy the germs after the chemicals have checked the growth of the streptococci. The favorable results obtained to date warrants the careful use of prontosil in infections due to beta hemolytic streptococcus. Cobra toxin has been advanced as a possible substitute for morphine in the relief of pain due to an inoperable or relapsing carcinoma. This extract does not reduce the appetite or diminish normal defensive powers of the body. Cobra toxin is also useful in neuritis and neuritides. The proper dose must be determined for each case starting with O.5cc doses in the gluteal muscles every 3 days. ' The introduction of varostadin Clistidene monohydrochloridei was widely acclaimed by the medical profession as a cure for all gastric ulcers, but inten- sive investigations have shown that its benefits last only for six months. It may be helpful in chronic ulcer cases which do not respond to diet, alkalies and other medical treatments. Any discussion of the recent advances made by medical science could not be considered complete without any mention of the enormous amount of re- search being conducted in two very important fields of medicine, one the en- docrines and the other cancer. The amount of experimentation that has been done in these subjects in recent years has been so great that any attempt to valuate the results obtained would be foolhardy. Therefore, in closing this article reference to the proper literature is recommended since it would give more information than could possibly be derived from this resume. - l- One hundred ninety-two

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CONNUBIAL BLISS SUGGESTION Let me take you by the hand And lead you thru this life: I'd gladly be your guiding star If I didn't have a wife. ERROR I still might say our friendship can Be really quite platonic: But if you think that that is so You're really quite moronic. EPILOGUE Now once again I'm back at home With wife and kids galore, I wish I could re-live my life, I'd use my will rnuch more. ' GALLAGI-IER POST - PARTUM HEMORRHAGE Thirteen little ones she had This last one dead, and she lies too As cold as marble ever laid In bleak New England hills God have mercy on the twelve at home. VERBARG RETURN TO CONSCIOUSNESS FOLLOWING ANAESTHESIA One hundred ninety-four As from a distance voices reached me: Voices haunting, soft and vibrant. lndistinct they Were, yet eagerly I sought to understand their meaning- In vain. They sank again beneath The comprehension of my tired brain. Time held no importance. And later Pain seared my utmost depths, rocked me To unwanted consciousness. I Peered at figures clad in white, Blurred and hazy. Gradually My eyes were focussed, vision Cleared. My lips, parched and cracked, Were moistened with sweet nectar. My feverish brow was cooled With soothing lotions. I turned To thank this saint-but pain bored In and tore my soul: insensate Once again. A swift return to Consciousness augured well. Sleep, sleep O'erpowered rne. Exhausted, I slept. GALLAGHER