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

Page 32 text:

MICROBIOLOGY f Our class was first exposed to this profound branch of the medical sciences in the Freshman year, when we undertook to study Parasitology under Dr. P. Lessig. There, stuffed like sardines in a can and perched atop high stools, amidst the sights and odors of the parasites natural habitat, we peered into our new microscopes and memorized long names with difficult life cycles. We also learned to make the three ring sign for Balantidium. When the end of the first year rolled around, names like Endamoeba histolytica, Wuchereria bancrofti, and Diphyllobothrium latum became household words, and one prominent eye specialist from the Eastern seaboard was sent on a premature vacation to Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria, — (in Canada?). Bacteriology, another branch of Microbiology, was taught by an eminent lapel horticulturist and his acco- ciates. The lectures were a mixture of facts and amus- ing anecdotes while the laboratory was a conglomera- tion of culture plates and lab manuals. When we weren ' t in the hallway for a breath of fresh air and a popsicle, we were busy analyzing our unknowns on a MaeConkey plate or other assorted media. When one among us worked out a system for solving the un- knowns, our burden became much lighter- However, this was the course that put 19 depression babies further into a state of depression. Serology presented many of us with a big problem when we first analyzed our own blood. These were the times when some students learned that a 4 plus was not their scholastic rating. For those who endeav- ored to make the grade in the course, the Pulitzer prize winning Serology Manual became a bible with Mazzini, Kline, Wasserman and Hinton as disciples. In spite of having purchased this fabled manuscript, one student with seven years of lab experience in Serology didn ' t make the first dilution. Then there was tropical medicine with all of its exotic diseases and the weekly travelogues which took us up and down the Amazon River with Dr. Magonga, chief of Medicine at the Watusi General Hospital. Thus ended our journey through the land of micro- organisms. 4r Joseph F. Py D.O., M.Sc. Professor — Chairman Department Microbiology Public Health Bodies and Antibodies! fv l

Page 31 text:

This is definitely Hi shima ' s Struma! ' He won ' t laugh when the 7 m- ..9hl.in ifif V. Tobias Shild Ruth E. Waddel Morton Greenwald Richard A. DeLotta DO., M.Sc. D.O. A.B., D.O. Laboratory Assistant Associate Professor Associate Professor A ssociate

Page 33 text:

I ' liilip M. Lessip A.B., M.A.. D.O. Associate Professor Bernard Witlin Ann D ' Auria A.B., M.S., D.Sc., F.A.A.A.S., F.A.P.H.A. Instructor Associate Professor Bill Carey Laboratory Assistant If they ow, I ' ll eat my lab manual. H. J. Heinz counting Dils