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

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One funny thing about our first year was that you knew you would hear the word “Max” about 4 times a day First, for the lights. Second, for the slide projector. Third, for the overhead. Fourth, just because we felt like it. SECOND YEAR Dr Jacob's Pharmacology class was geared for the early birds. God help anyone who didn’t show up. or worse, came in through one of the side doors. Our first thought was that perhaps he was hiding a PDR behind his back and he didn’t want anyone to see it. lie told us we were mediocre and taught us “Shulfonamides Caushc Shtevcnsh Johnshohnsh Shyndrome”. It was during this memorable lecture that Dean and Noah received their second shower of the day. Fortunately, they were the only ones, for anyone else who attended sat in the back three rows. In Pharm lab we got to use the polygraphs from Physio This time, we got to shake them upside down to get the loose rats out of them. In Microbiology we learned the importance of being quiet in class. If you were caught whispering while Dr. Abramson was lecturing, you risked having your head dunked in “foul smelling, viscous, rice-water diarrhea . When he got mad, he would pound the podium so hard you thought his plaque on the fifth floor would fall off the wall. We learned alot in micro, but of all the organisms wc discovered, none were more fascinating than B. tcrleckvi. This was an anthropo philic, commensile, non-motile organism with a glycocalyx. On Sabouraud dextrose agar, this particular species tended to lecture on lipopolysaccharides. The only antibiotic effective against this organism was of course Axlercillin (Axlin®). Dr. Abramson was funny but Bo was alot “cilia”. In Pathology though. Dr. Arden only lectured to Frank Mole. We fell a bit miffed. Okay, the seven of us felt a bit miffed. Maybe wc should have painted open-eyes on his eyelids. Joe LaConte rescheduled every final we had with Dr “Aaaaden”. Dr. Skarinski lectured about Ecntesteenal Mookosa. Vaskoollitis. and Knotmeg Iccver. She was the Mrs. Gorbachov of the Pathology world Fortunately, Vera was there to transcribe those lectures. Dr. Wcissman and Big Al showed us the importance of taking and failing a Radiology final twice in a row. Dr. Wcissman is the author of Radiology of the Foot. This book, wc were told, was the foundation that Wilhelm Roentgen and Marie (.uric used in order to better understand radiology. From our tests wc

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caster for ESPN. Wc thought wc were going to win an argument with Dr. Assalita in Intro, to Pod. Jonathan was crying but putting up a good fight. But wait. Hosey may have blown it by getting into it. Andy Karpf interjected. After all. lunch is my favorite class. Dr. Pitkow taught us neurophysiology during the last half of the football season. This was capped off by his tenth annual Post Supcrbowl Examination . The date for this exam increased the spread on our test grades. Our attempted pass was stopped by his beta-blockers. “Biomagic began with Dr. Sanner. At first wc were spinning index cards on pencils and then wc were turning our fingers into Midtarsal Joint axes. Finally, we were given questions like....... When the STJ is pronated in midstancc on an incline of 45° and viewed from the frontal plane, the MTJ is then: A. maximally pronated B. supinating C. supinated D. none of the above E. a few of the above F. most of the above, including choice D In Lower Extremity Anatomy. Dr. Hirsch reaffirmed Darwin’s theory of natural selection. He kept the herd healthy by clipping off the weak. FIc gave us diagrams and labelled pictures on his tests. These were of thing that could have very well been a wedge of cheese, an Egyptian pyramid, a chewed piece of bubble gum or maybe a lateral cuneiform. After his exams, our once rational, diplomatic class transformed into an angry mob (like straight from a horror movie), complete with pitchforks, wooden stakes and burning torches out for blood. Biochemistry started out on a dark, cold winter morning. Early in the day the class was awakened by this big girl asking. Where's ma' notes? Emma June would traipse down the aisle, go to her row and use Tim Lynch’s body as an apical axis guide to get into her lecture scat. When she finally stopped coming to classes. Gina Carlo and Russ Pctranto stuck a picture of her to her desk so that she was still with us. not in body, but in soul. Mike Obrecht came to class with a knapsack that was bigger than Rodney Dangcrfield's golf bag in C'addyshack. He must have had his bone box in it at all times. When he came to school, he looked like Neil Armstrong on a 10 speed.

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learned that the difference between measuring a 24' met. adductus and a 25° met. adductus was 5 points on an exam grade. We also learned that x-rays don't photocopy very well. Remember ’‘Stupid Question Bingo ? Each of us had a playing card with the names of students who were prone to ask dumb questions during class Of course Brel was always the free space in the middle of the card. We also had picture cards for students who Dr. Schoenhaus would call on in class. A “Mancini playing piece was worth Big Bucks. If you had a card with Boom Boom Mancini. Dan Coca Cola, and Matt sing for us Caruso, you were sure to win! It was during our second year when we heard the legend of Dr Bales. He was said to be the Capl. Kirk of our “Enterprise , but turned out to be the Boy in the Bubble or the Howard Hughes of PCPM. Very few students knew of him or what he does. Some think of him as God; certainly there arc similarities too close to be a coincidence. For instance: A. A few people can say they’ve talked with either Dr. Bates or God. B. Both God and Dr. Bates have set down rules that we all must follow, like it or not. C. Both arc said to be everywhere, but are seen nowhere. D. God created entropy, while Dr. Bates maintains it. THIRD YEAR Third year begins and we arc thusly beckoned to elaborate the supreme interlocutor. Dr. Anthony Kidawa. His elocutions inherently contain morpheme aggregations so abundant and intricate that they confound the intellect of a student who possesses a mere median scope of diction. Upon inviting an 83-year-old grandmother to recline in the phlebostatic position for a non-invasivc hemo-diagnostic doppler examination, he is left perplexed as the woman requests an interpreter. Fortunately. Bill Releford is usually nearby. We had a course called Practice Management also. In this class. Dr. Larry (Donald Trump) Levine taught us the art of getting into debt. Most of us found that wc had become masters of this already. His secret formula was to use OPM . which stood for Other Peoples’ Money With this philosophy, he could take out bank loans to purchase Lit Brothers as an expansion of the Foot Health Center and still have a little money left over for that extra Rolls Roycc.