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

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abyss of a generation gap and not being accepted. Of course, he was accepted and is very much appreciated. He tells of his delight with the students minds, the great desire to learn, and the esprit d ' corps ' of our P.C.O.M. students. Of all his teaching years and expe- riences, he declares our students to be the most en- thusiastic, most responsive, an d best that he has ever had the pleasure of instructing. Standing out among us, arrayed in his black labora- tory smock, he earnestly explains, I must teach in my own way. That, he has most dramatically and effec- tively done, and our students sincerely thank him. In our students is to be found tremendous desire to persue knowledge, to train, and understand fully. Dr. Brown has found the scholastic enthusiasm of our classmates most admirable. To encourage excellence, in anatomy. Dr. Brown has established a monetary prize, awarded at the end of each academic year in honor of his parents ' memory, for that student who has succeeded in attaining the highest achievement in anatomy. At last he has found a comfortable place, a peaceful place, and a place that respects a man who could teach in his own fashion. This happy place — P.C.O.M. — his home. For a family are we, in a brotherhood supreme, with loyalty to all, following the paths already trodden bare by so many before us. We join with our commence- ment, our fellow physicians in the service of mankind. Thus, we dedicate to Dr. James Oliver Brown, hon- orary member of the Class of ' 76, a special place in our book, in our memories, and in our hearts.

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J The rule of the artery must be ab- solute, universal, and un- obstructed, or disease will be the result. My patients ' recovery is more to me than the dollars. 1828 — A.T. Still — 1917 FOUNDER OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE Vis Medicatrix Naturae — healing power of nature — a basic tenet of Still — Snapping and popping of the bones is no evidence of an adjust- ment.