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

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14 WELCOME TO ANATOMY Many of us felt that there was a discrepancy between what the infamous gross lab rules said and what they really meant, e.g. Rule 1: Lab coats are to be worn while working in lab. This seemed like a good useful rule. The problem was that the rule should have stated that lab coats be made of whale hunter rubber and that no matter how many coats you wore, once entering Dr. Schneck’s playpen of bones you were doomed to ten weeks of smelling like one of Boris Karloff’s co-stars.

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On that note the Herr Lt. Wasserstrom rushed into the room and arrested the incredible hulk for malpractice. Everyone mourned his loss.

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Rule 2: Each table will be provided with a locker. By locker they meant cabinet, no, they meant shelf, no, maybe a drawer; well, a box with a door on it is more appropriate. Each A.M. you have schools of baby freshmen pushing and shoving to get their coats and more than once you could hear one or two No, I'm not paranoid med students bellow Someone stole my Huber probe. Rule 3: Eating and drinking are not permitted in the gross lab. This little ditty was stolen from the Temple cafeteria which stated that eating and drinking are not permitted in this gross cafeteria. 15