University of Southern California School of Dentistry - El Molaro (Los Angeles, CA)

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Pathology JOHN Oral Pathology There are dental plumbers, dental jewelers, dental morticians . . . and there are stomatologists! With these simple, succinct statements we were introduced to Dr. Nathan Freudman, the psychologist of the periodontium. Here we became familiar with the exotic lesions of the oral cavity ... at least we classified them according to Dr. Rice, and destroyed them according to Dr. Freudman. Dr. Nettleman and Dr. Cantor taught us to scale extracted teeth and to recognize lines of retzius. We found out that the knife and fork does the masticating, mixing with saliva is done by the tongue, and you don ' t need the teeth at all . . . why save them? — they ' re of psychological importance only, my friend! Well, we had learned the normal tissue . . . then thev switched the slides on us and we learned what it really looked like! It was a classical class . . . dolor, rubor, tumor ... it was microprojection, being locked out, it was jiggle, jiggle evervtime a car, bus, or — heaven forbid — a train went bv the building ... it was consuming reams of paper during lectures, it was capillary distention, parenchymal degeneration, it was algormortis (set in 8-10 hours after exam), rigormortis (lack of oxygen during exam), and livormortis (rapid discoloration of the body upon hearing the grade). Differentiating hyaline degeneration, secondary amyloidosis, pyknosis, anorexia nervosa, cachexia, cloudy swelling ... all led to pressure atrophy (a form of brown atrophy or fatty metamorphosis). Semantically this was General Pathology! Roentgenology OUR FIRST EXPOSURE ... by a great guy, Dr. O ' Grady

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Crown and Bridge DR. GUY HO Second bicuspid ... 1 think Clown and Blidge lectures started promptly at ten past the hour . . . silence prevailed until twenty past (the ten minutes being taken up by our art lessons for the day). Our past master of technique was also superb at moving the white stuff across the blackboard ... so as to give the visual image of living tooth structure. Punctuation of Dr. Guy Ho ' s remarks was accomplished as deft fingers propelled small white projectiles accurately in the direction of somnabulistic students. The projects were numerous and beneficial . . . the check cards had at least one Ho signature with ten Murph signatures . . . drawings on the reverse and wrinkled corners — the rules of the game! We learned the value of perspicasity and the slow down . . . along with the intricacies of the three-quarter and seven-eighths crowns. We are sure the students of the future will seriously miss the talents of the man known as the first real live Cod of S and T. Operative DR. HARRY QUINT OPERATIVE . . . this one word could strike terror into the heart of an SC dental student, and create a shivering mass of oozing jelly. Form the first lecture to the last lab the word was fear. The terms of the course were clearly defined . . . it ' s in the syllabus! The grading was clearly defined: easy for the first preparation, disasterous for the last. But one thing was ideal, the patients sat quietly, uncomplaining with never a disappointment, while we — the eager students — placed rubber dam, preparation, and restoration with impunity except for the watchful eves of the instructors. We Ducco ' ed our foils, thumbed our allovs, and drilled holes in our mirrors under the inspired tutelage of Drs. Quint, Buchannon, Bassett, Munsen. Stark, Leftwich, Shanlev, Lvnrh. Kimtz, Hodge, Desmoni. and Wallen. After siirvivin? we emerged little the worse for wear with an excellent practical knowlegde of operative dentistrv and a tribute tn the techniques of Dr. Harry Quint . . . and the operative department.

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Bacteriology DR. MILO DON APPLEMAN Where do bacteria leave off and fungi begin? Can you really streak a plate evenly? Why in the devil do we have to figure out what this stupid unknown is when the lab tech is sure the culture was contaminated during inoculation. Sergi and Stan and that stupid Dr. Pepper sign . . . and incubators and gram stain, and methyl blue, and phenolphthalein, iodine, ethyl alcohol (hie) . . . cutting out early and missing the quiz; geting a copy of Appleman ' s lectures by buying his book; trying to follow Kurtz ' s fanciful trip thru immunity theory, and Kelly thru Cod knows what . . . these are the things Bacti is made of! Keep your bugs to yourself, John! sure to buy my book, and ou ' ll p, s this course! Aw come on fellas, you ' re kiddmg aren ' t you? Periodontics The lectures started off slow . . . we were told we could expect printed notes on these lectures later. We were about five weeks behind, which made for great fun on the first exam! Crading of exams left a little to be desired — we found out our midterm grades three days before the final! . My father ' s name was Caiant, therefore if follows that I should be Calanter • Dr. Benjamin, I don ' t know what calculus is, ! only went as far as trig! . The first patient was very traumatic — they actually bleed and move! . These students act like they are hoeing a victory garden! . No one knows what etiology is ... ! Ill print up these notes for you DR. BOB REEVES Feet up put em on the po po