University of Florida College of Medicine - Retrospectroscope Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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Nn ee oe ee MEDICINE ... histories. .. work : “ups... -CBC’s with differentials... . urinalyses... chest x-rays... EKGs «- electrolytes... fimetionrtests .., . ‘Doctor you're the fourth person , As stated b ' who s asked me these same y Howell, the reasons for medicine are: ‘1) to fight disease on questions today. It’s 1 A.M. and Id every front, 2) to prevent untimely, like to goto bed...heaves... thrills unnecessary or avoidable death, 3) mejoction clicks. +. MIs@. | . q ree death is inevitable — to make it . : rable, 4) after death — to salvage the waves... the Japer . . . potassium family.”’ This is what your patients can © eerenal failure . | “Gatorade Cade reasonably expect from you and it Pee PPDs . ©. blue bloaters . . . pink should somehow be accommodated ites ; j within the fabric of your different mo- Pueers .. (BiGck. . . Harrison’s 2. tives for practicing medicine. Harvey’s .. transudates and ex- Luis 1. Juncos udates. . “LDH... you mean you left last night without a stool guaiac on the chart? . . . erythema mul- tiforme . . . lichen sclerosis et at- rophicus...Diabetes...GTTs... hypertension . . . geriatrics . . car- - eino-embryonic antigen . . . sigmoi- doscopy oes esophagoscopy . pee 2 Coe Errors in judgment must occur in TLOscopy 278: gastric lavage ee the practice of an art which consists Ae QE Aawens -leukemia... what do you largely in balancing cee mean, spike it with a little Gen- ae “tamycin?... the hard corps... the “New England Bible of Medicine... qa ofttnditir Auotionne {it tetet tang mim ma ppins. quuame en Titttt fodis D}LS printo | AS ae; Wee ainiequaim EF § Ye Le f me Matera mpasan af aaa he avtert ittrugetpYy = EO 2 Pe mas MpItis fp thonne vii ct minut w (us ady lam ct pile ctquomod ct cus ann Physician examining a patient Guido de Vigevano, 1345

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Society grants to physicians the privilege, but physicians have no innate right, to practice medicine. Physicians must recognize and accept their re- sponsibilities to society if they expect to retain these privileges. Their training and practice, therefore, must be con- sistent with societies needs and not only with personal interests. Leighton E. Cluff NEUROLOGY, or name the lesion ... Positive Q sign... Babinski’s... clinic with superman... spinal taps sweat breaking out on your forehead and running down into your eyes as you attempt to guide the long needle home; crunch, flinch, missed again . . . “No ifs, ands, or buts” . . . Show me your teeth, stand on one foot... Arsenic poisoning. ..multiple sclerosis... gtasp.: .Snout . ..SuCkre oe VLA Go CLINIC . . . student doctors and student nurses... x-rays... EKGs ... trailer life... greasy spoons and ice cold springs... .anew roommate ... simple people with blind faith in God knows what. . . emergency call .. suturing... Peacock slough... Dowling Park .. . a taste of what it might be like on the ‘‘outside”...a week’s vacation in anesthesio- logys +4 ST =p i] Examination of the patient Gentile Bellini (1429-1507) Engraving. The modest country doctor may furnish you the vital link in your chain, and the simple rural practitioner is often a very wise man. Osler

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