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

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From here oii take Route 66. I wonder which one of those guys pinched me. But Dr. Kuypers. I can ' t find my crayons. t

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The scene is the biochemistry laboratory. A traditional kidney function test is in progress. There is a general commotion as students scurry about clutching their specimen bottles. 1st Student: Please sir, the protocol calls for a specimen every 15 minutes. 2nd Student: Sir, we have to use it. The elevator has broken down and the stairs are being painted. We can ' t get to the one in the base- ment. Professor: No one is using my John without my permission and that ' s final! 2nd Student: (Stepping over 1st student who is writhing on floor in front of unimpressed lady lab instructor) But sir, someone used it a moment ago. I saw them come out. Professor: That was probably a graduate stu- dent. You have no right to question me any further and I ' ll have no more horsing around. 2nd Student: What we need is another head on the third floor. (He takes his place in line which has formed at the open elevator shaft.) Professor: (Looking up from book entitled, ' From Skatol to Nobel in one Easy Oxida- tion ' ) I ' ll have no pooling of results! Biochoiiistry Edward J. Herbst, ph.d. Professor of Biochemistry It ' s certainly easier getting it out than it was getting it in here It ' s certainly easier getting it out tlian it was getting it in here. A