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

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“ ‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;” — Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass. “I may not know anything about my own machinery, but I know how to stick a ramrod into the other fellow’s.” — George Bernard Shaw, Heartbreak House. 29

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Physiology William Dewey Blake, A.B., M.D.: Professor of Physiology and Head of the Department It is of paramount importance that we realize that the ostensible point of dif- ference which distinguishes the modern world of medicine from that practiced in the earlier centuries is the rise of physi- ology as a pervasive dominant force in our thinking. We are today enraptured by this science to such an extent that it is prac- tically unthinkable to approach the sick patient without a clear comprehension of the basic normal and pathological physi- ology. Without this primary foundation we are destined to remain merely confused with isolated facts unbound by a unifying theory. In the light of the clincial years, Starling’s Law of the heart, Bernouille’s equation for laminar flow, LaPlace’s ten- sion and pressure relationships, and myriads of other physiologic laws and con- cepts began to assume a more prominent part of our thinking. It became apparent to us that it was necessary not only to as- similate these concepts, but to apply them to the pertinent clinical situation. 28

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“I first gave it a dose of eastor-oil, and then I christened it.” — Sydney Smith. Lady Holland ' s Memoir. “Her gentle limbs did she undress, And lay down in her loveliness.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Ancient Mariner.