Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Synapsis Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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SYNAPSIS, 1937 DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY PATHOLOGY is the study of disease-processes, ever changing in manifesta- tions and presenting such tissue alterations, gross and microscopic, determin- able and undeterminable, which are the result of the conflict between noxious influences and a hum.an energy-machine. The pathologist sees in a bit of dead tissue, altered by the elfects of fixatives and stains, the general outlines of a living patient progressing along the path from health to death. Pathology is the substructure of diagnosis, and as Hamman points out, diag- nosis is concerned with a structural change, then with a functional disturbance. Boyd remarks that While pathologic anatomy is concerned with changes in structure, and clinical medicine with disturbance of function as m.anifested by the symptoms of the patient — it is essential that the two go hand in hand, for both present only one side of the picture. Twinty

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SYNAPSIS, 1937 DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY HIDDEN away in the basement of the hospital, and cut off from the rest of the institution by thick, lead ' lined walls and doors, the Department of Radiology carries on its ceaseless task. The institution is proud of the completeness of this apparatus, which includes two Roentgen units and rounds out all the possible work of this field. A course of lectures are delivered to the upper classes to acquaint them with the value of the x-ray in diagnosis and therapy. Of particular interest to the pro- fession has been the recent research work by Dr. Long of the Department of Osteo- pathic Principles and Research and Dr. Lloyd of this department. J meteen

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SYNAPSIS, 1937 DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY FROM the very beginning, the Osteopathic School of Therapy has main ' tained that germs exert, only secondarily, a positive influence in the develop- ment of disease processes; but, that certain primary and predisponent agen- cies interfere with the normal blood and nerve supply to the affected area, thus re- ducing its vitality or resistance and making it susceptible to germ invasion. There must be some failure of the blood. Nature ' s reliable germicide, to reach and repair and hold healthy possession of the part of the body in which the germ has been found. This department provides, during the second year, instruction in general and clinical bacteriology. It discusses adequately the problems of immunity and gives authoritative information on the osteopathic viewpoint concerning selected biological products from the field of serums, vaccines, antitoxins, protein sensitization and the like. For those students properly qualified, opportunity for research in bacteriological and immunologic problems is provided under supervision of the members of the staff. Twenty-one