Wake Forest School of Medicine - Gray Matter Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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i ' ' ' l '.'J:1 f..-, I1 rf':::':i:' :11'...,.. ir. :iv x', ,, i . I ,,.,, .......... .. , 5, -H A M l :X Did you get your handout? lf not, everyone knew you had cut Physiology. Most were up to date but there were a notable few dated l958, or was it 1858? The course was divided into Normal and Abnormal , but it was usually difficult to divide the difference between the two. The labs were practical and enjoyable, if the dog cooperated, most became quite expert at canulating a carotid, but then there were discouraging times when you might have cast a casual glance at the wound site only to see the field disappear under a gush of crimson fluid. An additional gain from both Pharmacology and Physiology was the experience of the multiple choice quizesg all will agree that these indeed were valuable warm-ups for the spectre of National Boards which lay ahead. The pre-clinical classes were anxiously awaited and following finals, we gratefully and exhaustedly embarked upon our initiation into clinical medicine. In Physical Diagnosis we looked and listened and polpated and percussed iwould you ever learn to hit that sore finger just right9J, Up on the ward we took a Hx and PE in a record time of 5 hours and that sometimes did not include the write-up. Surgery was a wonderful time of johnny bobs , lampblack, surgeon's knots and bowel anastomoses. And then it was o'er. Most of us made a trip to Raleigh for State Boards which, because of our faculty's foresight, was generally a benign formality, National Boards, Part I, was a different matter how- ever. Truly a traumatic experience, dark thoughts haunted us throughout that summer interlude, And so the first two years came to a close. Was it really over, and were we ready for the wards? This is all very fine, but it won't do -- Anatomy- Botany-Nonsense! Sir, l know an old woman in Covent Garden who understands botany better, and as for anatomy, my butcher can dissect a joint full and well, no, young man, all that is stuff, you must go to the bedside, it is there alone you can learn disease. - Thomas Sydenham