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

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Finally, we moved Ui the other side of the clinic in hopes we might then learn aomrthing. Boy. were we wrong! Orthopedics consisted of Brachman plates and Whitman skates, Bohler'sangle, the Sag index, and the 'angle of the dangle' compliments of the triad of egos. King Hamid the First, Prince Harpo thr Second. and the (!ourt Jester would play charades each morning. Many a student in orthopedics would hear. You. yes you, you got one!” One what? wc would ask. The King would demand o presentation the following morning of the Action of the extensor digitorum brevis on the fifth MPJ. Our class has been notable for cutting, and not all of it was performed in surgery. Oh, surgery, that wonderful rotation to determine how dex-terious your ten golden fingers were at operating bandage scissors. Many hours of practice were employed sewing felt While keeping ourselves occupied, a new suture method was created; it was called the knit one and pearl-two • get me out of the too. If we demonstrated inadequacy in the O.H., there went our chances at Southlake. Cosmopolitain. and Urn. ORTHOPEDICS Dingnoaia. the phantom department, consisted of a few ergos and thuslys, supplied by Tony the 'K'. Just remember, Sugar Froated Flakes ore Grrreat! At lost It would be time for lunch, and os we prepared to depart from the clinical environment to enjoy our gourmet treats of a soft pret-rel and a Coke, a voice echoed over the huddling crowd: One for Surgery! Our esteemed Professor of Orthodigitu, Dr. Hymes, spent many hours discussing the merits of the LcBovith sling, the Engle splint, and CRTC with halters 3-4. We were also into halters, but they were on girls nnd they wren't filled with urethane! Dr. LcBovith in the OrthoticB Lab demonstrated rubber butter batter. We understand his recipe is available through Betty Crocker One of the highlights of our third year was receiving our Doctorium Orthoticum Constructorium degree with the honor of Magnn Cum Molo. As we received our degree, our minds were on June 1977 when we would get the real thing. Neurology with Dr. Mordes was a course in mnemonics. We're still trying to decifer the significance of COWS in neuro-diagnosi . Derraatology with Dr. Witkowski was extreme ly stimulating and dynamic, with many hours spent studying the fine art of Bridge nnd the itchy gitchy syndromes predominant in Peruvian lliunos. Dr. Kudnick, Redneck or Spot nick, the chairman and only faculty member of the Department of Psychiatry, presented a very stimulating movie on the joy of sex, courtesy of u qua driplegic. While visiting Pennhurst on our Allied Facility rotation, wc were cautioned to be wary of female schizophrenics with eggs in U

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Ah yes, Statistics taught by Dr. Kanof ky, n mini course which nobody wants, nobody learns, and nobody cares but everyone takes The logic of l he systrm in beyond us. PVD was approached with excitement and glee until wr discovered that it didn't stand for Pure Vaginal Delight- On teotripsy. or 'Drilling for Dollars', was presented by Dr. HVines as an elective in the per p tuation of Voodooi m and other assorted mystical means of performing the art of medi cine. We propose that research be started in the area of perfecting an national buninnec tomy with a Shannon 44 liurr. Sports Medicine consisted of shin splints, ankle sprains and jock straps courtesy of that dynamic duo of Flash Gordon and Mr. Roofers, or was that Rodgers'’ Perhaps Wall dfcney could have used the matetial presented in these lectures as the script for. The Adven lures of Spin and Marty. Drs. Daniels, Viner et. al provided Ua wilii an excellent correspondence course in Internal Medicine at the price of only ten dollars. Of course, this included a money-hack guarantee! Dr. Newman's dissertation on “Mulpractice How to Laugh Through It was reinforced with his infamous comic strips und satirical quips. Anesthesia, a real sleeper, was taught by Woody Allen. The course was so poor that wo all thought of it as a bad dream and chalked it up to n poor script Our course in Podiatric Surgery wo quitr good, and nur compliment go to the tag team of contoinposis. Jacobs and La Porta. We knew that things were going well when 'no show showed. After three years of haaales. ulcers, hard work, aggravation, nervous breakdowns. Valium, therapy and a bizarre feeling of bending over at ’ PCPM, we found the fourth year to lie leas traumatic aa we awaited graduation and residencies. Only onr third of the Senior Glass was at PCPM attending classes and clinic per trime ter. We weren't boggled down with ten courses and ten finals, but rather with .1 hodgepodge of classes designed to fill time and prepare iu for the ‘outside world' Words such as Blue Cross, Medicare, Medical Assistance, units, code numbers, and Podiatry Mental Level berame second nature. I)r Goldfarb, the Jewish Godfather, taught us how to make it big without cheating the gov ernmenL Internal Medicine, taught by Dr. Cohen, covered new and interesting diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, which had only been covered fifty times before. Dr. Zullt'a Radiology Seminar taught ua how to interpret t rays tu a blind man over the phone; and Hearfool sur gery. a highly technical course, seemed to be a conglomeration of bizarre procedures thought up by orthopods that we would never attempt Iwho know ?) 15