University of the Pacific School of Dentistry - Chips Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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' l ln our course in bacTeriology every eTTorT is made To imbue The sTudenT wi+h a sense oT asepsis ThaT is so essenTial Tor success in his chosen proTession. l-le is TaughT To appreciaTe The role played by micro- organisms as producers oT disease, especially as They aTTecT The oral caviTy. l-le is Told someThing abouT The prevenTion, conTrol, and TreaTmenT oT disease and oT The imporTance oT bacTeriological research in denTisTry. ln brieT, he is given a broad basic course in medical bacTeriology ThaT should serve him well in his TuTure course aT school as well as aid him in evaluaT- PAUL R. THOMASSEN, A.B., A.M., D.D.S. hacteriology ing any bacTerial inTormaTion as iT relaTes To oral disease when, and iT, iT should arise in his pracTice. To accomplish These aims, The course in bacTeriol- ogy is divided inTo lecTures, demonsTraTions, labora- Tory work and moTion picTures. l-lis sense oT asepsis is developed by allowing him To handle, TransTer, and sTudy in The laboraTory: TirsT, simple non-paThogenic bacTeria. and laTer, paThogenic bacTeria. l-lis under- sTanding oT bacTeriology is TurTher enhanced by having him see several excellenT moTion picTures on various subiecTs in bacTeriology. -P.R.'l. Assisfanf Professor of Bacfericlogy

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, -,Q MILEY B. WESSON, M.D. Clinical Professor of Anatomy The analomy deparlmenl of lhe College ol Physi- cians and Surgeons is comprised ol an excellenl slaiil ol inslruclors under lhe guidance of Prof. lviiley B. Wesson, successor lo our beloved Dean Ernesl E. Sloman. The freshmen are welcomed inlo The general analomy deparlmenl wilh a wrillen quiz. Prom Then on lhe unprediclable prevails. Will il be a leclure loday, or a wrillen guiz?f7? Thar is lhe gueslion of lhe day. For lhe nexl lwo years lhere is never a dull momenl. ll is wise lo always be prepared and lo lceep busy al all limes. Day dreaming in 'rhe dissecling room iusl isn'l sale. anatomy , e ,., page ' New . f ws. 4. , -..iff The head and neck porlion ol lhe course which is given in lhe sophomore year is ol lhe ulmosl impor- lance lo lhe denlal sludenl. The remainder oi his professional life will be spenl working around lhe oral cavily and ils relaled analomical slrucrures. These parls should be visualized in derail lhereby :rearing lasling menlal piclures, as memorizing from lhe lexlboolc has no praclical applicalion or value. ll has been a pleasure lo work wilh Jrhe class of l955. I lanow lhal each and every one oi lhem will creale a place in denlislry which will enable lheir in- slruclors lo proudly say, l-le is a graduale of The College ol Physicians and Surgeons.

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my HENRY M. LEICESTER, B.A., A.M,, Ph.D Professor of Biochemisfry In modern Times biochemisTry has ceased To de- voTe iTs maior aTTenTion To clinical TesTs and supere Ticial sTudy oT The composiTion oT The more obvious bodily secreTions. IT is now concerned wiTh The deeper mechanisms in The cell and The inTerrelaTions beTween The greaT number oT complex compounds which cone Trol physiological processes. The courses in The subiecT oTTered in This school aTTempT To acguainT The sTudenTs wiTh These Tunda- menTal relaTionships and To show how They apply To The phenomena oT liTe. Special aTTenTion, oT course, is given To The mechanisms concerned in The Torma- biochemistry 54 sg 'm n.q MJ' Ticn oT The TeeTh and The eyenTs which subseguenTly aTTecT These organs. Today many problems oT healTh are misundersTood by The general public because The biochemical me- chanisms upon which such problems depend are noT comprehended. The eTTecTs oT nuTriTion, meThods oT preyenTing denTal caries, TlouridaTion3 These are some oT The parTicular problems which can be successifully evaluaTed only iT Their basic chemisTry is lcnown and uTilized. Probably The mosT imporTanT TuncTion of The courses in biochemisTry is To supply The sTudenTs wiTh The means Tor such criTical evaluaTions. lT is To This TuncTion ThaT The worlc oT These courses is chiefly direcTed. WT-l.ly1.L.