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

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. . the superior vermis consists of the lingula; the lobulus centralis; the monticulus, which is divided into the culmcn and declivc; and the folium vermis. On the under surface, the inferior vermis includes the tuber, the pyramis, the uvula, and the nodulus . . “Say. did anyone get that in their notes? . . . Did you get that in your notes? . . . Did you?” “Shush. I’m trying to sleep.” “Now quiet. When I tell you what I have to say. don’t look surprised, and don’t run to the exit. “Okay . ..” “The grades for the first test arc posted.” “Wow!” Quiet! You want to create a stampede?” “Sorry . . . Now about the grades for the second test or the histology exam, or the . . .” “No, no! Just the one anatomy exam. “Have you found any way of getting the smell of formaldehyde and flesh off your hands?” “No, nor will I ever!” “What in the name of all that’s holy is this?” “That’s my lab coat.” “What do you want me to do with it?” “How did you do? “Three satisfactories, four unsatisfactories. How about you?” “Five satisfactories and two unsatisfactories. but I failed Daddv’s section.” You what?”' “Yes, I know. I failed Daddy’s section. “You arc a most distinctive individual.” “I’m a pinhead. “Agreed.” “I was hoping you could wash it. Mom.” “Wash it? I’m going to line the garbage can with it.” “Well, doctors . . . “Doctors’, again. Something must be wrong! You’ve gotten the results of your first exam. “Frankly, the faculty is most dissatisfied with so many unsatisfactories. ..” Hmmm ... I never saw a multiple choice question one-and a-half pages long before. Well, I’ll just read it slowly. It should be easy enough. Let me see. Answers one and three are out—they both have double negatives. Answer number two is a bit too humcrous. It must be number four! I.et me see what number four says again. “That doesn’t look good either—too many statements in the answer. One of the statements must be wrong. “It must be number two. Sure, that’s it. The Rod has a sense of humor. He’s ribbing us again. Number two it is!” “Yes sir! The bronchopulmonary segments are: in the right lung, the apical superior, posterior, anterior, the lateral and medial basal, anterior basal, lateral basal, and posterior basal; in the left lung, the apical posterior, the anterior, the lingula, the superior inferior, the anteromedial basal, the lateral basal and the ... the ... ah ... ah .. . The what?” “The, ah ...” “tsk, tsk, tsk,. . . too bad. “I don’t want to talk about it. .. .What did you get for number 1 7?” Which one was that?” “It’s hard! Four years of straight honors and now I’m mediocre.” Yes, from A’s to U’s is an abrupt transition. “Are we really mediocre, though?” “I’m beginning to feel that we probably are.” “The one which was a page-and-a-half long.” “Oh, . . . that one. Number two, the humorous one.” Right! That’s what I put. The Rod sure docs have a sense of humor, doesn’t he?” “He sure does.” “Sorry fellows, but you are wrong! Number four’s the correct answer.” Number four? With all those statements? You must “What did he say? “He said, ‘In those regards Sweetheart needed no instructions.’” “I thought that’s what he said’. be kidding.” lit “I never kid.” How do you know?” I study very, very hard. Excuse me, gentlemen.” l ie’s bluffing. The answers are posted. Let’s go see.” The answer to number 17 is ... I hate humorless people. 1 hate bluffers.” “You go get the head sawed in half; I’ll continue dissection what’s left of her neck.” “Do 1 have to?” “Okay, I’ll get the head sawed in half and you continue dissecting what’s left of her neck.” “Do I have to?” »