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

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Biochemistry Arthur -J. Emery, Jr., B.S., Ph.D.; Associate Professor. The emergence of scientific inquiry as a pervasive social force in our time has re- kindled serious interest in the broader and more humanistic values of Biochemistry. Awareness is growing that Biochemistry and Biochemical thinking are no longer the exclusive domain of professional scientists. Discoveries and experiments, which a generation or two ago were con- fined to the laboratory, have become press- ing issues of medical and social signifi- cance, and responsible decisions by the physician have become increasingly de- pendent upon the understanding of this science. If our biochemical education is to convey this sense of relevance to man’s problems, it must not confine itself to just the results of scientific inquiry, but must devote itself as well to the applica- tion of its discoveries and scientific think- ing to the total well-being of the patient. Here at the University of Maryland we have received the benefit of both of these phases in our education. We have studied the value of experimentation and scientific methodology, while at the same time we have learned the techniques of applying our findings to patient care. Elijah Adams, M.D.; Professor of Biochemistry and Head of the Department. Ann Virginia Brown, A.B., Instructor 25

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“Do you think to pull the bag over my head so easily?” — Max- well Anderson, Elizabeth the Queen. “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” — Shakespeare, Hamlet.

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“Dip your fingers in the hot gravy and let your moist tongue lick them as it darts in and out.” — Ephemeris. “Now go write it before them in a table and note it in a book.” — Isaiah.