UNC School of Medicine - Tarhealer Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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Introduction to Medicine inspired laughter and tears as patients shared their lives and illnesses with us. Dr. Bryan wrote key words on the board like “shalom”, “love”, conflict”, “control” and “69” (as in 1969). In Social and Cultural Issues, we solved the health care problems of Fallsborough but couldn’t quite stay awake during lectures. Immunology was a short but interesting course with lively instructors who promised us human immunology only but couldn’t help discussing some animals. From Dr. Klapper — “It’s hard to tell if a chicken has diarrhea, they go through life with the squirts, but it ' s easy to tell if a chicken is dead”. And Dr. Frelinger — “cows don ' t lay eggs”. Dr. Frelinger also endeared himself to students by saying what every course director must feel — “First we’ll go over the answers to the exam, then I’ll stand up here . . . and turn around . . . and bend over”. In Microbiology Dr. Bassford won the Carl Wernicke Prize in Teaching for his ability to say the most words in one lecture period with commendation for the day he completed 15 minutes worth of material in 5 minutes without once stopping to breathe. Dr. Weatherly actually made worms interesting for three hours every morning. Dr. McGinnis ' California jokes never inter- fered with his subtle approach to what we needed to know — : “broad-based budding, remember that buzzword, it will be on the test and on your boards”. Physiology provided interesting entertainment in the form of a movie complete with the monitored blood pressure of a horse and some titillating scenes of cold and hot water immersion. Dr. Perl provided useful informa- tion on examining the cardiovascular system — “A stethoscope is the way you tell a medical student from a dental student”. Dr. Cidlowski won Spelling Error of the Year for “genetailia”. Dr. Lund was a plant in the audience and we learned all you could ever want to know about Zollinger-Ellison syn- drome. On the last day of class Dr. Langford spared us the details of the lower colonic reflexes. Neurobiology was the year’s finale. Dr. Oxford walked us through the motor system (“Dr. Oxford, is that the same as a chicken with its head cut off?”), Dr. Ferrell taught sleep, and Dr. Stuart honed our senses of sight and sound. Dr. Bullitt burned through her lecture on surgery and Dr. Haywood demonstrated neurologically abnormal gaits. In lab, videotapes taught us how to do an anterior grope of the thalamus. Only one question did not appear on the exam — (Q. What is cauliflower? A. Myelinated broccoli.) Dr. Oxford appeared at the end-of the-year party to assure us one more time that no one had ever failed Neuro (if they hadn’t failed the midterm). 9

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