University at Buffalo School of Medicine - Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Top: D. Dohn, V. Panaro, M. Lapp, J. Banos, K. Wegner. Middle: B. Baumler, L. Conforto, A. Connette, W. Schwartz, .l. Underwood, D. Kelley. Front: H. Richards, B. Wilson, B. Stulberg, S. Gottlieb, S, Simpson. beaten twice consecutively by Baumler, and Al Brown discovered a new treatment for ingrown toe-nails-psychotherapy. Not to be outdone by the above mentioned astute group, Burt Stulberg took time off his diet to re-organize the General battalion after they had suffered various setbacks. Burt rapidly fell by the wayside, however, as his caloric intake finally won out and Gerry Somich manned the helm-100 lbs. of dynamite as any attending will testify. Ollie Steiner became the best interne the General had in years even tho' Omar the tent-maker had to make his uniforms. lt took Ollie almost a month to convince Gordie Schmitt that my patient is falling apart is not an accepted clinical diagnosis. Chip Simpson remained the only man who could sleep through a lecture and still ask questions about it later and Phoebe Saturen reported in one of the conferences that there is a case reported in the literature of thymoma in guinea pigs over 80. General inspection followed at which time fingernails were inspected and pens were examined to see if the correct shade of green ink was being used. Daily rounds in medicine were preceded by the recitation of LincoIn's Gettysburg address to that well-known attend- ing, Byron Sheesley, however, flunked the course given by this same attending because he could not remember the cover colors of the textbooks he had read. To this day Byron still insists that he is color blind. Then, iust as things began to cool down again, orders came to report to the Children's Hospital lor make mine a bottle of V2 N. saline pleasel. Here General Rubin informed us that there were many accepted pediatric field manuals but recommended that we read the

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a surgical needle for the assistant scrub nurse during a skin biopsy. Mechanized maneuvers continued under the leadership of General Milch, as roller skates were donned in order to keep up with the advancing front during ward rounds. Zim Zeller and Bill Zuazaga, how- ever, were soon lost behind and had to resort to a relay system in order to maintain contact. 7 t , , Between lulls in the fighting came voluminous case histories. At the Meyer, quadrupli- cates were made, one copy being presented to the head nurse who corrected it and made out the grades. Colonel Levitt held reveille each morning at 7:30. lt did not take long, however, to realize that ward rounds were watering the vegetables , that the therapeutic approach to an 80-year-old patient was to congratulate him and leave him alone , and that the most common complication in patients at this hospital was adhesions to the mattress . However, the highlight of activities came when Levitt presented Frank Fote with the bronze tongue blade for being present at morning rounds twice in succession. Attendings at the Meyer front were rare birds and it was here that Al Connette remarked that he wasn't sure but that he may have seen a few flying over Lockport. Neil Fuhr and Al Gartner, however, being more intrepid souls were sent on reconnaissance to find one in order to present their cases. At this writing they are still missing in action. Nevertheless, much was still to be learned and research flourished. Joe Genewich admitted that in his series of 50,000 routine urine exams ltaken at randoml he had tabulated l29 types of urine crystals, Gene Loeser decided to market commercially the free HCL in Wayne Greenberg's stomach, Jack Banas decided upon a residency in chess playing after being OF 1952

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American ones first. The battle became hot and furious as Salmonella Neter began his verbal barrages. Let me stop you here, doctor, but don't tell me you are actually paying to go to Medical School? Work was piled on night after night and amidst the meconium and wails, we found little time to do anything else. Gamble became the pass word and we were even asked to know how many mastoid air cells there were in a two-week-old infant weighing 2800 grams and having a positive Chvostek. Woe befell Ted Drapanas when after joining Will Schwartz one bright spring after- noon at a nearby pub was suddenly informed by a resident, upon returning, that a quiz was to be held concerning each student's patients. Will, when asked what the CO2 in respiratory acidosis was replied 86 proof later to be verified by a resounding hic from the former. Nor will we forget Bruce Connell singing Here comes Peter Cottontail to the kids, Bernie Davis informing a parent at the Well-Baby Clinic that it's alright to start a two-month baby on macaroni as long as it's done slowly, or Jeff Underwood feeling so sympathetic for the little tots that he joined them with chickenpox. Everything was not all work and no play, however, as the scene shifted to Gowanda and psychiatry. Gene Sigman packed his golf clubs and camera and Robbins became quite adept at climbing drainpipes. Notice should also be made, however, of Frank Wharton and Bob Wilson who decided to make a little extra money as ianitors-or so they told the nurses. As the year finally came to an end, exhausted and weary, we were all given three months leave to prepare for that final and glorious push remaining ahead next year as seniors. Top: N. Fuhr, J. Zeller, F. Fote, D. Hertz. Middle: A. Gartner, T. Drapanas, F. Wharton, J. Schmitt, .l, Rcmchoff, .l. Genewich. Front: G. Loeser, C. MacLeod, M. Krohn, R. Thurn, E. Green.