Ohio State University College of Medicine - Caducean Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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CONVERSE HOLZBACH NAKHLE NIKOLAUS Bae ss oo a OZEROFF 3 ROSSEL SCHAEFER SMITH, H. STOTZER TEKNIPP THORNBURY TRESSER WAGNER, V. ' ei WHITACRE WOLERY ZIEGLER ZIMMERMAN ROTHCHILD

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BY THE GRACE of Heaven, a lot of luck and a multitude of “el torro”, we had gotten through National Boards! The block system was upon us, and no longer would we be to- gether as a class. The system had its growing pains: con- joint lectures were a paragon of disorganization, the nurses looked at us as if we were ants at a picnic and residents were the scourage of the earth—but we didn’t care! We were now full-fledged clinicians: stethoscopes were carried with casual obtrusiveness, and pocket notebooks replaced writing tablets. We applied the precepts of Physical Diagnosis with zest; his- tories were our prime requisite, and they were undertaken with patience and eagerness. We wrote volumes on each pa- tient, only to have the residents cover them with scarlet for omitting the fact that the patient did not have “jakeleg” as a child. We did circulation times, ““Pee-S-Pee’s”, and lumbar punctures; and arose with the birds to go over to the Hospital and attempt to aspirate blood from the hematoma created the day before. We tied knots on the bed post and door knobs, much to the chagrin of our wives, and we were impressed with the fact that the “Z’’ was much more than the end of the alphabet! Late in the Spring histories grew shorter, diagnoses be- came more accurate, and the golf course more crowded. Textbooks gathered dust as current literature took on added significance. We had chosen our mistress and she enveloped us. 24

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AS THE year progressed, the status of the student improved. We later realized that duties usually come with ability to perform them. However, the third of the Four Horsemen appeared in the student’s symptomatology: clinical paranoia. This was most evident on the surgical service. .. . We began to realize the significance of 2500 posts a year: this figure came alive for us after the third consecutive autopsy was begun at 3 A.M.... There was an opportunity to gain valuable experi- ence in the vena-puncture—for some a lost art since freshman days. For those who in undergraduate school had majored in English with a minor in fiction composition, the medical workups did not really re- quire four hours. On this station EVERYONE worked.