West Virginia University School of Medicine - Pylon Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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' I WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Staff Notes 1968, CLASS OF W.V.U. MED SCHOOL H06-01-68 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT IDENTIFICATION CARD Dcrto Service F i r s t WT . TH admis s ion of thi s 2 2. ye a r ol d nnm a rried m al e fir s t ye a r n e d ic al s tudent . CHIEF COMPIAINT: I ' m confused; I was so pleased to b e admitted, but either there ' s a mistake, or I ra in the wrong place again, or someone is trying to get me, PRESENT ILLNESS: Patient says he has wanted to be a doctor since the age of eight when a Kindly, Likeable, Old Doc tor (KLOD) miraculously saved his life by performing a tonsillectomy after his nose ran one day. 111 hi school, patient befriended a girl aptly named Louise DeSieze and developed symptoms of private (s) nature. Was t r eated b y KLOD w ith on e shot of pe nicilliii and w as cured. Amazed b y KLOD s g r as ps scientific medicine and noting that KLDD drove off in a Continental, patient was overwh e lme d by des ire to b e a K L OD a n d Help Other s, of After four years of cutti ag upjCrogs, lea rning ct micAl QrHml ;ct ic ides and closely, cleverly observing frivolity of less service -directed, immature peers, patient was eager to get on with life ' s work. After this year of cutting up dogs and learning chemical formulae for starch, etc., he has become progressively con- fused, Everything I do turns out wrong. Am I ever going to learn about peoplejf SOCIAL HISTORY: Denies smoking, drinking, dating, hobbies - sjsys he jtist studies, Food — Known only to God and Mrs, Cavannajigh. — REVIEW OF SYSTEMS; HEMT: Noted smaller hat size after seeing other admissions. Visions of success and sweet smell of sane, Ptosis from 9 until 5, CV: fy heart goes out to people, LONGS: Hyperventilates about three times weekly. Patient says this may be related to examinations. GI: Nausea and vomiting about three times weekly. (Examinations?) (jU Frequency and urgency about three times weetdyv — (Definitely exams ! ) NPt See CV and HEENT. PHYSICAL E5CAMINATIQH: HEENTi — Microc e phaly , . lid- lag, and gla ao d e y oc CV: PMI at midabdomen - agrees with ROS, GT: Tlhremarkable. GU: Remarkable, but not here. NP; Hyperactive reflexes - ey es open wide a nd he jimpe jto atte ntion on knee tap. Visual and olfactory hallucinations - ? - see ROS, RECOMMEND J OriONS: D C Horation Alger stories Ill is ione c tcwny Return September, ly65 IMPRESSION: R Q Mental retardation Save -the -world syndrome West Vireinin University Hospital

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Staff To imagine is an act which gives human beings the chance to engage in something akin to creation. - Rene Dubos, The Dreams of Reason This book is the result of imagination, unfortunately mostly the imagination of a few people. No edi- torial is truly necessary; the book speaks for itself. Those who imagine with strong difference should so state by producing the next Pylon. By section: Subscriptions: Medicine I Dennis Green Byron Kallam Medicine II Gerry Ravitz Joe Hamrick Medicine III Bill Christian Medicine IV Jane Toothman Al Turbessi Sandy Plevin Maritsa Cosmides Clayton Linkous Robert Petres Dennis Green Joe Hamrick Artist LARRY KRAMES Business Manager TOM AMEND Assistant Editor LINDA LEWIS Editor SHARON WOODS Advisor DR. EDWARD STUART Contents Dedication 4 Medicine I 7 Medicine II 15 Medicine ill 27 Medicine IV 35 Administration 73 Faculty 74 Activities 95 Retrospectroscope 99 Advertising 1 09

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TREASURER Phillip B. Halloran SECRETARY Suzanne B. Saliga Freshman Class Officers VICE PRESIDENT Sally L. Reggel PRESIDENT Ted H. Neidengard William S. Miller, David B. Myers, James E. Cottrell William O. DeWeese, William A. Dow, Ronald W. Dillow, Tom E. Enoch, Bruce A. Butterfield