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

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A group of students is huddled around a wooden trough in which hes an unconscious, unwashed mongrel dog. Three of the students are nearly covered with blood. A fourth, known as Master Control, is stationed at the polygraph. A fifth student is spraying lilac water on the entire odiferous scene. 1st Student: The trachea, both jugulars, the ureters, and the common bile duct are all cannulated. I also cannulated the vagus nerves before I cut them. How is the patient? Master Control: All systems go. Patient is A-OK. 2nd Student: Do you realize this is the third week in a row we ' ve done all this surgery and don ' t understand the experiment. 1st Student: You would bring that up . . . and I thought we ' d be getting out early today, ril ask the instructor. Sir, would you explain the experiment? Instructor: 1 lines 1st Student: I see .... Instructor: Because of the contraction of the gall bladder, the stimulation is both neural and hormonal and is dependent inversely on the diameter. To calculate the dead space, the dog in severe renal clearance can no According to our super synchronizing digital computer, we ' re in the wrong loh. Physiology W. D. Blake, ph.d. Professor of Physiology longer compensate for the anterior-posterior resting level of the inverse action potential. 1st Student: I see .... Master Control: I have lost communication with the patient. 2nd Student: Has the dog died? Master Control: No, I guess someone has just sprayed lilac water on my glasses. 3rd Student: Oh well, next week we start on the squid axon! think the tupajig is frenzying the dynamometer setting.

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Men, I want you to think of this as your home jor the next sixteen weeks. 24

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Sopl lomore Class Otticcis: Colon. G. A.: Keliy, J.: Siiiontz. M.; Rulley, E. J ; Bohlman. H. (President); Asplen, C. H. Schmitter. E. D. Luddy, R. E.: During the past year, the sophomore class was kepi fairly busy by their professors. But these faculty members also had their funny side . It will be hard to forget Dr. Wisseman ' s sardonic cackle and his stories to go along with this very unique expression of glee. Part of the class was treated to the Dr. Morris-Gingell pathologic vaudeville team. Everyone worried as he sat by the phone that his autopsies would come up just before the big exam . We all worked diligently to pre- pare for our pharmacology Teas , usually being mysteriously absent from lab on those days. We counted blood cells until we were hearing the clicks of the counters and seeing red spots in our sleep. This year also marked the beginning 26