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

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Davidge Hall, and we soon realized that our spoons were left behind. The main course of the biological sciences lay aheatl, as we began to taste the Iriiits ol Physiology and Biochemistry, To many ot us this was to he the most difficult semester of our training. From a.xon to tubule, from peptide linkage to oxida- tive phosphorylation, we learned of the basic units of life. Only as seniors were some of us to realize the importance of these matters — that this was and is the medicine of the future. We learned to take notes in the dark, and became accustomed to the shuffling of galoshes. We were experts upon the topic of confusion. In time, however, the mosaic presented an image. We were beginning to under- stand. We now know that man, perhaps, shall never completely understand. And so, the first year terminated. There were many new friends, bonds that were to remain for the ensuing years, and possibly for years to come. We were beginning to mature. We were taught and taught well, only ourselves to blame for our short- comings. These are pleasant recollections. 22

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I grew shorter and the weather dampened, Lombard and Greene aequired a gray, ashen hue making Davidge appear even more historic. It was difficult to arise on those cold Saturday mornings, even for such performances as Dr. Lisansky’s “grist for your mill” sessions and the “Man and His Environment” series. It was during the latter that some of our more agile, athletic classmates discovered the hidden catacombs of Davidge Hall. As Christmas time ap- proached, urinary steroid excretion rose to un- precedented heights as a practical examination heralded the Yule season. With the precision of a Cape Kennedy countdown, and to the tune of cow- bells, we plodded from station to station identify- ing anatomical and microscopic structures. The festive mood gaily culminated by eake and cookies to honor Dr. Figge’s birthday. These are such pleas- urable memories. With the start of the second semester we shifted our base of operations to the amphitheatre of 21

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Frank H. J. Figge, Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy and Head of Department. Anatomy Vernon E. Krahl, M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy. Theodore F. Leveque, M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy Charles G. Crispens, Jr., M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor. Otto C. Brantigan, M.D., Professor of Clinical Anatonn . 23