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

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DISSECTION LABORATORY. Dominating the curriculum of the Sophomore year is anatomy, which is divided into Dissection Laboratory, Topographical Anatomy — the study of the principal landmarks of the body, Visceral Anatomy — the art of locating internal organs from known landmarks, and Neuro- anatomy. An hour and a half after the day begins Anne Blacksmith, Stanley Coltune, Dale Christman, Lawrence Bailey, Grover Artman, Donald Briner and Morris Cherrey are endeavoring to dissect the cutaneous nerve supply to the thigh. In accordance with the age-old custom of naming the body they dissect, they have named this cadaver Ernest, so that they can write home and honestly say they are working in dead Ernest. With a working knowledge of anatomy it is an easy step to its practical application in . . . 24 -

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. . . PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS. For the first time the student here examines living subjects— his fellow students — and practices the methods of diagnosing disease. Here he learns to handle such instruments as the stethoscope and reflex hammer and, what is even more important, learns to interpret his findings in terms of clinical entities. Normal and abnormal auscultatory findings are emphasized by Dr. Lutz ' recordings of heart and lung sounds. David Heilig, Albert Fornance, George Hoover, Charles Kaelber, Jack Freedman, John Finnerty, David Feinschil and Donald Harper examine each other in hopes of unearthing symptoms of some disease discussed by the . . . 25