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

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The tedium of Gross lecture was broken only by the tedium of the Gross lab. Dissection proceeded with some rules not included in the official dissection guide: If you pulled on a structure and it broke, it was an artery; if it didn't break, it was a nerve; and if you couldn't find it, it would be on the next practical exam.

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You could tell that they were Freshmen on Monday morning because of the pride they showed in their new white coats; you could tell that they were Freshmen on Monday afternoon because of the Anatomy lab stench that exuded from their bodies. All except Mitch, whom you could tell at any time, because of the gold buttons and the green lapels on his white jacket. They settled into their daily Anatomy routine. Chief of the department and king of the “S's , Xs”, and U's , was John Franklin Huber, M.D., Ph.D, and close friend of Frank Netter. Using every means available to aid the class's comprehension of Anatomy, “Daddy Huber tried TV, 3D, videotapes, and large group presentations. They came; they listened; they tried; but there was no way that they could ever remember all those bronchopulmonary segments. However, they did retain the basic anatomical concepts: da head bone's connected to da neck bone, da neck bone's connected to da shoulder bone, etc. 1 w-'iiEO Tm DwJfr WoBr P. r

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The Great Pumpkin arrives during Dr. Troyor's Histo. lecture Tho Histo. lab Embryology gave them an exercise in dexterity. Besides watching the blackboard and listening to Dr. Troyer, they had to choose the right colored pencil for the right germ layer, squeeze the label in with a suitable pen. underline the printed notes, and supplement them with meaningful additions. It was like trying to do the Cha-Cha on ice skates! Histology was a rerun for some and a bewilderment for others. It was in Histology that they were introduced to the crucial decisions that they would be forced to make in managing some of their most critically ill patients: terminal ileum or proximal colon?, parotid gland or pancreas?, pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells or simple columnar epithelium with brush border and fat droplets??? And to add to their hysteria, the dynamic duo of Bates and Troyer provided the Great Pumpkin, apple cider, and 400 color slides of Bubbles LaBust.