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

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The Osteopathic profession suffered a great loss this past year, by the sudden death of Doctor James Madison Eaton, who was Chief of Staff of the Hospital of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy. Doctor Eaton ' s contrihu- tions to the art of Osteopathy and the science of Orthopedics were well known throughout the profession. During his career, Doctor Eaton had been an instructor in Anatomy, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and had most recently served as professor of Orthopedic Surgery. He had also been Chief Attending Surgeon, and a member of the board of directors of P.C.O. In this capacity he had given much of his time and energy toward the college ' s expansion program. Doctor Eaton ' s work in the field of Orthopedics is attested to by the great number of original papers published in various journals, and by the number of orthopedic surgeons he has helped train for certification. His record of achievement will remain, for many years, as a testimonial to his ability, and as a goal for which future generations may strive.

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MEMORIAM There is in each of us the charlatan, the entrepreneur, the bigot and the selfish, and we differ in these respects merely quantitatively. The truly great, the dedicated, the inspired amongst our niidsts possess only trace elements of these characteristics, and furtlier devote much of their energies in thoughts and deeds directed towards the expunging and quelling of such inherent traits whenever they might inately become manifest. Dr. Earl Riceman will be remembered as a truly great physician, inspired and dedicated. Charlatan? — Who amongst us was more intellectually honest than he; entrepreneur? — Here he was a rank amateur; bigoted? — He abliored the concept and shrank from its ugliness; selfish? — He placed his family, friends, patients and students above all, for he w as an emblem altruist. No one ever understood the student better, ever appreciated their ravenous academic yearnings more keenly, ever treated them with more professional and personal dignity than did Dr. Riceman. No wonder! For he was himself the eternal student. Medicine was his love, but his scope and spirit were kept lofty by a generous and wholesome interest in all sports. He was posessed of excep- tional professional versatility and he masterfully expressed these talents in his field of Oncology. Interested in a new syndrome? Perk up at a description of some esoteric disorder? Care to wrestle with a baffling CPC? Earl Riceman always was! Of such stuff was he made, and this is how he shall be remem- bered. We have suffered a great loss with his passing; the loss of an academic hero here at PCO. He would, however, not have taken kindly to our mourning him today, but rather, would be comforted in the vision of a perpetuation of his ideals, of his love for fellowship and for the quest for intellectual attain- ment and integrity. So shall he live on in our hearts and minds, forever!

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ANATOMY LeMar F. Eisenhut, Jr. Blanche Clow Allen Robert W. England D.O. A.B., B.S. in Ed.. A.B., B.S., D.O. D.O., M.Sc. Angus G. Cathie D.O., M.Sc. (Anat.J Professor George H. Court James N. Rasin, Jr. D.O. Laboratory Assistant PATHOLOGY Robert S. Bear Donald A. Goodman Ruth V. E. Waddel Morton Greenwald B.S.. M.S., D.O. B.S., D.O. D.O. A.B., D.O., M.Sc. (Path.) CROBIOLOGY Tobias Shild D.O., M.Sc. Associate Profesor f ' Joseph F. Py D.O., M.Sc. (Ost.) Emeritus Professor Philip M. Lessig A.B., M.A., D.O. Associate Professoi Bernard Witlin A.B.. M.S.. D.Sc., F.A.A.A.S., F.A.P.H.A. Associate Professor Richard A. DeLotta Laboratory Assistant William Carey Laboratory Assistant