University of Maryland School of Medicine - Terrae Mariae Medicus (Baltimore, MD)

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D. C. Smith Professor L. M. Karpeles Assistant Professor S. E. Greisman Assistant Professor J. K. Ml.KLIs Associate Professor W. D. Blake Head S. L. Fox Assistant Professor of Opthalmology and then the rravelint; salesman said . .

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Looks like a Dali original Biochemistry Along the ancient shores of Chaulmoogra flowed the blood of the ages. And we upon the stately banks among the tubes stacked high gazed in wonderment. Lo, wherein below , say we, lie the inmost secrets of this species sapiens ? Behind our youthful eyes thought we, To analyze that juice just from the sluice! Sanguinously we went about our labors for days and days . . . then we knew a thing or two of Folin-Wu, Somogyi and all the rest. In vitro techniques were our forte. Under glass approach preceded in vivo studies. Ours was not to do or die but to reason why. Cycles here and cycles there. Round and round they went. And we in simple mimicry did too. To find the cycle clue, seek the pivot point, grab on, enjoy the ride. Embden, Meyerhof, Krebs and Henseleit did, so why not you, our mentors said. On flowed this mighty stream of life along its rocky way. The molecules and globules swelled and bobbed, more certain in their course than we in our relentless quest of knowledge. To those who ' ve tried their stride against this tide their dreams do seem to say, This stream was rather — Styx? 25

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Dog-gone Physiology In a more dynamic vein, we passed from the intri- cacies of the innards of Man to those of the innards of dogs and cats — although they were extinct rather than extant soon after we started on them. Finding Starhng ' s Law to be all or none was rather mundane. But a steel nerve? Really! Many were the facts we learned, both commonplace and esoteric — all to ulti- mately aid in explaining the whys and wherefores of our relentless search for the diagnosis. Part of the course revolved around the cor and its rhythmicity. To be recalled: it is heart-shaped and goes boom-boody-boom and is run by electricity (as shown by EKG). Furthermore, when it rumbles or snaps at you, that ' s pathos. Interestingly enough, we found that the brain is also run by electricity and that if one becomes too potential he may be seized. Every- body was eager to know all about hormones (espe- cially somebody else ' s). We found that just a little bit goes a long way and that there is such a thing as having too many. Whereas the rolling stone gathered no moss, the smoking drum gathered the soot and we the facts. 27