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

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Biochemistry Having ingested a sizeable quan- tity of Anatomy, we moved onward and inward beyond the boundaries of microscopic morphology. Our dissecting manual became the meta- bolic roadmaps of Krebs, Urea and Hexose. Our dissecting tools were nitroprusside, ultra-centrifuge, nin- hydrin, Fehling ' s Solution, and ra- diosotopes, to mention a few. Our specimens were proteins, carbohy- drates, lipids, amino acids, and en- zymes. We boiled, labeled, dena- tured, strained, froze, mashed, mauled, and mixed until their little carbon-atoms expired (CO 2) from loss of energy. We collected their broken bodies and whipped them into line with chains of DNA. Dr. Pomerantz ordered us to label the remaining frag- ments before final banishment to the Siberian wastes (deep freezer). Perhaps, the most exciting aspect of Biochemistry was being able to grind up stool bacteria and use them to force other bacteria to make stool. RNA is wonderfid! Audrey Stevens is wonderful! Life was beautifid until we became the specimens and the lab instructors became the dis- sectors. Much to our cyanotic surprise, blood was very good for other things beside carrying oxygen. It was a great source of peroxidase, hemoglobin, cheap iron, and tolerant glucose (much better than prejudiced glucose). One hundred finger-sticks and ten thrombosed digits later, we were finished — in more ways than one. Along with final exams came the four D ' s: diarrhea, diarrhea, diarrhea, diarrhea . . . -. Audrey L. Stevens, Ph.D. Associate Professor 20 Seymour Pomerantz, Ph.D. Associate Professor

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Elijah Adams, M.D. Professor of Biochemistry and Head of the Department Arthur J. Emery, Jr., Ph.D. Associate Professor 21