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

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ROGER S. AMAUON, D.Y.M. Professor of Veferfuary I'l1ysioIogy gray matter than its insidious approach would depict, we soon learned that we were no longer dealing with morbid facts but with an ever- changing interdependent complexity of organs, and systems of organs. This was our initiation into the deeper aspects of fundamental Veteri- nary llledicine, without which previous and usbsequent studies would be useless. For serio-comic relief we are indebted to the pr0fessor's deft, persistent encircling of a classmate, until he was quite hopelessly en- tangled in a mesh of contradictory answers. The humor was heightened by the good-na- tured grin after a particularly stunning reply. Laboratory proceedings involved close atten- tion to dangling wires and smudged charts. The peak of boners being reached whe11 Dr. Amadon vainly endeavored to find one start- ing point on a smoked drum, on which Klr. Fields had neglected to apply a paper. Sporadic threats to cast antiquated equip- ment upon the VVoodland Avenue car tracks enlivened the hours spent in studying proto- plasmic reactions: hours that are to be more profitable as the years roll by. The Class of 1940 wishes to take this oppor- tunity to express its thanks to Dr. Amadon for a great course from a great guy. PODOLOG-Y AND J URISPRU DENCE 0 IIANY, a horse walks, trots, or runs, and to many a horse still walks, trots or runs, except when he doesn't. That a horse would paddle and strike and forge, and stand under and about a hundred other things, all while in the process of keeping twice as many feet as we use from getting all tangled up, was a surprise that we were not well pre- pared for. But Dr. Lee held forth on just this subject, and proved that such things do happen. When talking about horses, and their ills, words fall from VV. Jfs lips faster than bullets from a machine gun, and unless Dr. Lee slows down, he is going to find himself without any- thing to say, and that will be a tragedy. The peculiar part is that he talks fast and furiously, and yet always has something worth while saying, even if he does tell some anecdotes of amazing latitude. Even under his rapid fire, our professional sleepers were able to take their rest only a little more fitfully than in more slumberous lectures. Dr. Lee is always solicitous that his dreamers are undisturbed as if he recognized and admired the ability to sleep under adverse conditions. llis habit of not opening his roll book led GICORGE P. WILLIAMS, Jn., AB., LLB. lfzsirueior in l'f'fer1'r1ar,y -lllF1AN1H'IIllI'IlI'f'

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about men who built this field, of epidemics, pandemics and just plain bad meat. Memories of greasy, wet underfootingg of steamy killing floors, of cold, foggy refriger- ators, of yards and yards of meat for our lucky citizens to consumeg of sawdust and razor- edged knives, of brutish men both black and white, of black skull caps and little beardsg of bloody faces and suspended steers, vomit- ing and gushing. Q2 MILK HYGIENE EINIORIES of a tall, thin figure aglow with the dignity that only time and fame can etch on a man's frame. Of a low voice, yet commanding complete atten- tion. Of motion, so wisely apportioned as to make each move an act of many scenes. Of conciseness, the reward of complete knowledge of the topic. Of humor, both of kindly indul- gence and cameraderie. Of sternness, as though turning a bullhead calf from the wrong chute. All memories, all seeming separate, yet fused to form one character that makes us proud and happy to have known this true disciple of Aesculapeus. LOVIS A. KLEIN, Y.M.D., 90.17. Professor of Veferinary Hygiene and Phurmaeology THOMAS CASTOR, V.M.D. Instructor in .lleal Ilygiene IMMUNOLOGY EINIEINIBER a tall, upright figure? The deep-set eyes, the laugh wrinkles, the slow, sure speech: the neat notes on paper fresh and new, the Crisp neatness of dress? Remember these startling words, '6This is only of historical interest and need not be copied, an unprecedented teaching technique? And how, when we had compiled our last page of notes they were clear and complete, containing all meat and no offal? Remember famous two-word definitions? The shuffling question cards? Strain 19? Ehrlichis Side Chain? Remember that feeling of being a colleague, rather than a student? Remember the unani- mous approval of the addition of a natural teacher to our faculty? Q3 PHYSIOLOGY HYSIOLOGY, a course of study that was ushered in with no fanfare of la- ments and groans of preceding classes. Unheralded, but demanding the use of more

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many to think that they could cut and get away with it, only to have Dr. Lee come in one day and say eight of you men were absent yesterday. l.et's see, they were so and so, and so and so. This lowered the incidence of cutting for a couple of days, and then off it would go again. No one ever worried about overcuts, though, and we imposed on him, but he just wouldn't report anyone. Dr. Lee's jurisprudence dealt more with the tricks of horse gyps and we all were kept awake by his narratives of these men. Inter- spersed among the trivia were items of im- portance, but not so numerous as to become burdenso111e. JOHN D. BECK, V.M.D. Professor of Vefcrilmry .'lIer11'e1'r1c I' Q33 MEDICINE HE course of Medicine was presented to our class in an installment manner, by that, I mean in an interrupted schedule. Uur class began Medicine or Phy- sical Diagnosis in the last semester of our Sophomore year, and was presented by Dr. John Beck, being supplemented by practical demonstrations. At that time Dr. C. J. Blar- shall was living, but unfortunately we never received any personal instruction from that great man, much to our regret. I feel sure that a great amount of knowledge was obtained from that course, which aided or prepared us for our clinics which we began our following semester. In our first semester of our Junior year, we continued on our exploit of hfcdicine, but due to certain circumstances, we were unable to continue. VVe picked it up again in the second semester of the same year Cwithout a definite professor, so to speakb, but it was not long before we made the acquaintance of Dr. H. K. Royer, who as the baby of the faculty, put some life in it. Some, it is said, did not think a great deal of the contents of the course, by that I mean the guest lectures. I do not know how much was gained by the student in this experiment, but I understand that a similar schedule was not followed this year. iNIaybe too much Aconite was spilled last year. In our Senior year we began where we left off, the course being presented in a different manner. INIany amusing and interesting in- cidents took place during this period, such as hog chlora discussions, and there was a time when a certain person Cnot mentioning any namesl was sent to the front of the room be- cause he was being disturbed by others. All in all, I feel sure that a great amount was learned by us in the course in INIedicine, and that all of us enjoyed the relationship of two grand individuals, namely, Dr. Beck and Dr. Boyer, and as a class we hope that success abides with them in the future. Q3 CLINICS ITH the advent of our third year we were allowed in the clinics without being greeted by the business end of a hose. Clinics were divided into small animals and large animal medical and sur- gical. VVe spent three weeks per semester in each clinic. During our Junior year we served