Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

Page 8 text:

Dedication . . .

Page 7 text:

Medical Center • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania temple university health sciences library

Page 9 text:

I N the course of a medical education, transition from the accumulation of knowledge in the basic sciences to its application in the clinical evaluation and treatment of human disease represents a major milestone. For the medical student, a crucial factor in his attempt to bridge this gap is a solid foundation in the fundamentals of physical diagnosis. For if that foundation be firm, upon it may be built (through the daily observation of patients and a continued program of academic study of disease) the ability to recognize the specific pathology at hand and therefore to initiate a sound plan of management to correct it. We were particularly fortunate in having for a subject so vital, one well fitted for the task of presenting it to us. The problems of enlisting the best men in the respective departments to speak to us each Saturday, and insuring their presence in the classroom on the appointed day, doubtlessly consumed considerable time and effort. Added to these problems were those of making the necessary arrangements for our weekly treks into the various clinical departments of Temple and its affiliated hospitals. His avid pursuit of the principles and techniques of bedside diagnosis led to a collection of observations which were presented to us in clear, concise, and highly informative lectures and were later published as a text, Notes on Physical Diagnosis. Our ovation on the last Saturday of our Sophomore year was perhaps the loudest, longest, and most sincere we have yet given. But this man’s service to us goes beyond his course in physical diagnosis. As juniors some of us met with him again during our clinical clerkship in medicine at the Episcopal Hospital. There he assumed the responsibility for one of the medical wards in order that the patients be available to us. He conducted daily teaching rounds with enthusiasm, and forcefully drove home the artful application of bedside medicine. This year he conducted an elective in medicine for seniors at their request. Hence it seems fitting that we consider the background of this man who logs such an amazing number of hours in student contact and instruction. He was born in Philadelphia on October 8. 1920; and in early youth he set his goal at becoming a physician. He was an honor student at Central High School and Temple University where he acquired a B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1941. He became a medical student at Temple the following September. During his student years he decided that his particular interest was in the field of 5