University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Scope Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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1611161111361 P Now you came 111 contact with youi fiist patient In the basement of the Laboiatory you inspected peicussed and ausculted the chests of a few sons of Bacchus You ca111ed a stethoscope now and made suie that the eai pieces piotiuded from your pocket like the handkeichief of the dandy Your enthusiasm knew no bounds xx hen you saw for the hist time the castle built by the tubeicle bacillus The old doctoi in youi native town had nevei seen anything like this Yes, you d keep the slides and show them to him next summei You listened to the third and fouith yeai men talk and longed fo1 the time when you might attend clinics and ward classes In you1 flllld yeai the gi on th of you1 knowledge was maivelous so was the gi owth of your head A few lectures on Suigeiy, by that wondei ful teacher vrith his whys and his whei efoi es, gave you confidence to discuss any surgical subject The theory and practice of medicine was as cleai as the A B C s You were not only a competent obstetiician afte1 attendance at '1 few clinics, but a man of vast experience Aftei a fexx demonstiations in Suigical and GIOSS Pathology you thouoht youiself able to perform any autopsy I hat grand old man in Therapeutics 1nade the f1C2ll2111C11lI of disease an easy mattei Tis then that you sat on the back benches in ward classes and XVOHCICI ed how the senior in the pit could flunk and fumble on such simple questions If you but had a chance you d show them all a thing O1 two You wouldnt forget to compare the inyuied with the sound side you d nieasuie from the landmarks you had seen so beautifully demonstiated in Applied Anatomy yes you d answ C1 so eveiy man 111 the 1oom could hear In the medical clinics you diagnosed the cases upon heaimg the histoiy You we1e a wondei ful man in those early days but werent you Olad when you celebiated on une 7th with your own tin cup? You are a senior now and you smile when you think of the air castles you built four years ago. You come in closer contact with your teachers this year. Hou more than ever seemed to appreciate the respon- sibility of your lifes work. Xou show a great change from your earlier years, in that you are anxious to take advantage of every opportunity offered You seem an akened to the fact that you are taking your course at a school second to none in the country. Instead of being merely receptacles for knowledge you try to be self-seeking' and to a degree self-supervising in your study of medicine. But you have beendo-wn in the pit and have Hunked and fumbled as the men did when you, knowino' it all, sat on the back benches Hou have fallen down time and time again on diagnoses. Your service at the Southeastern has convinced you that you have much to learn.- You now wish that you had paid just a little more attention to this subject and that. The sprino- hat you bought this season is a full size smaller than last year s I-Iospital, 'State Board and final examinations are staring you in the face. Xou are nervous and burn 1'1'11CI111gl'1t oil and admit that you don t know a thino' But you are not disco-ura0'ed for you realize that your former standards of Judg- ment were purely imavinary. Now you are comparing yourself with your teachers, men who are recognized as leaders in the profession. You know far more than you think you do-all you lack is confidence. That picture you drew of your future may come true, it all depends upon you. And rememb-er that, as they have always been, the class is with you. -

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My Qllwan igiainrg M . Y ou will remember, gentlemen, that at our last meeting we were discussing the fundamental, under- lying, salient principles in the development of the human ovum. Perhaps you did remember, but the chances are that during that scholarly discussion you were building air castlesg you were painting in glowing colors the picture of your future and cared little whether the finger nails were of epiblastic or mesoblastic origin. All your friends at home had said you would make a great doctor. You closed your eyes for a moment and in your dream you were a great doctor, yes, a great surgeon! You were welcomed, honored, decorated, quoted! Your 'name was on every lip. The magic art of your knife caused the lame to walk, the blind to see, the weak to grow strong. That sudden burst of applause-you bowed--alas! it was not for you, the lecturer had finished. It took all the courage you had to assume a cheerful air in the dissecting room and to give the impression that you liked it. Your imagination gave life to your subject and, armed with your scalpel, you were the surgeon. Didn't you write home to your best girl and tell her all about it? How brave you were to enjoy work in such a gruesome place. Then came chemistry. How rapidly you were approaching the seats of the mighty. You learned the Marsh test for arsenic. Tld like to see the lawyer who could rattle you when you were the expert for the defense. You knew arsenic: you knew how to detect it. Yes, you would have the jars sealed and wouldn't do a blooming thing until you had your fee in advance. How brave you were in Bacteriology! Anthrax, diphtheria, tetanus, tuberculosis, none of these had any terror for youg you knew how to carry a towel. Three more years and yould show the world a doctor! ' VV hen you returned at the beginning of the second year, you could not only say polymorphonuclear leucocyte without stammeringg but you knew every member of the class. XV hat a class it was! Brought together from all parts of the country, it possessed in the individuality of its members every human char- acteristic. You soon learned the weakness of Tom, the failings of Dick and the str-ength of Harry. Your character would form along the lines you chose. But the imagination of your first year had given way to youthful enthusiasm, so you left your character molding in the hands of Fate, decided to stick to the bunch -a promise you've kept-and went to work. W7 hat a great man you were to be able to record on smoked paper the beating of a frog's heart! lt was great at first, but did you not learn how to produce a typical tracing without a frog? An eloquent old gentleman, much addicted to the use of pooir poetry, long- forgotten Latin and botanical terms, tried to convert you into a dictionary of Materia Medica-doiyou ' 2 W. ,.. ., ...,.,.,., Y- ,,i. W -...--A - Y Y , , Y W 4, , s,,s ,,W,, -, mrgfgfg, --:N -4-Q..-,v,. i-a-.-. .4f-s- A---A ..YY zz., , .-NM... ...,, . . V. .--Y .-.. . -. --- -v----- --- --if- 1 fdiliilif' H ' 'fra ff' . '- , fllilfxg' mas. in V - : 4 Fifi' 'L A ' am wwf' www. aff' if Q V , eg1:fZ,af f! rx... w M MSF? 5,195 T' fsjsp'i,'w3'ii --as 'A 1 :K A .:v3,3i9?.12Qaui. . H NWS .K j .rdf WT 'VT l I , ,M qw 9 i x , il-wi? Zu' 24' A x' ' ? A , 2 it' l v-,4i-ft I ' V ni Y fiffzt ' riff vV'f Y 1 X lfwi ' 1 ,..:. ' ' e 539113 af 4 :li 5411 , pEi'T1:rf ,A 5, .1 ' ' if 'iillfvix in K ae , fl

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THOMAS GERALD AIKEN. A merrier man, within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal. Tommy, lean and hungry looking, was ushered into this world Ian- uary 17, I884, at Berwyn, Pa. Het graduated early from the Easttown High School with honors. After a little rest he entered the College Depart- ment of the University, where he remained two years. Feeling strongly the 6'Call to Medicine, he began its study, and it can truthfully be said that throughout our four years, course he has led our class in all its work. Member of the Deaver Surgical Society, the Quax and the Phi Alpha Sigma Medical Fraternity, Associate Editor of SCOPE. Address: Berwyn, Pa. - FRANK BENNETT BAIRD. His equal does not live, for which we are thankful. Baird was born June 28, 1878. A native of Philadelphia, he has re- mained loyal to her institutions throughout his career as a student. He grad- uated from the Central High School. Taking up the study of medicine, he soon showed a liking for neurology, and became a strong advocate of the rest cure as a panacea for almost all diseases. Now and then he appears in the mornings with a more or less sleepy expression, which we are not always inclined to attribute to his too close application to medical books. Member of the Mills Neurological Society, and Acacia. Address: 3731 Spruce St., Philadelphia. 28 I5If.'x'if 'ff , . me Sits sc: drum gig . ,Q , Sc.lll1,, S ht Sliiifg there iw umii EW 3 rnaum-g, 1 his inn-gig Xin: 101115255 Adm