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

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through these doors During our third year at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, we were steeped in the clinical aspects of osteopathic practice. Hour after hour, day after day, we were lectured to on the fine points of such subjects as Applied Anatomy, Dermatology, ENT, Pediatrics and Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. During this time, we literally learned to practice medicine from the seat of our pants. As the hours of classroom work began to multiply, many of us felt that we were satura- ted in didactic knowledge. It was only the rumor that P.C.O. students were better prepared for the practice of Osteopathy, due to their superior academic back- ground, that kept us at our books. However, although we did not realize it then, such men as Dr. E. J. Leu- zinger. Dr. Alvin Rosen, and the trio of Drs. GUetto, Pecora, and Scharf, were making an indelible impres- sion on our memories. Looking back, we thank these men for their words of wisdom that supported many of us through the long days and nights of our senior ex- ternship. 18