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Show On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to Maxwell and Edwin; to obey my intern's every order; to smile during every anemia work-up; and never -to forget the specific gravity of synovial fluid. For every FU asked of me I shall do two, and every WBC will be repeated, 'til the answer is got, which the resident needed. I promise to keep my pipettes clean, my hemocytometer in hand and my eye glued to the microscope. May there never be a dearth of lab work. Amen In Lab Diagnosis we learned why blood is red, urine yellow and stool brown. We were properly instructed in hematology, G.I. parasites and fluids of the body. We were even allowed to swallow NG tubes to study each his own gastric acidity. By school's end we were ninety-day-wonder lab technicians. The course was well planned and excellently taught . .\ "I don't care what your textbook says, I say .... " I Beginning winter quarter of our sophomore year, we brought out our shiny new black bags, our virgin ophthalmoscopes and our stethescopes. In almost an instant a metamorphosis took place. Where once stood a cocky group of anatomists, there now stood a group of conspicuously insecure "young doctors" who, with Dr. Castle's physical diagnosis manual anxiously in hand, were launched into the game of "let's pretend." Study of Studs Studying ''I'm gonna Blood, Urine and Feces puke." We will not soon forget the first cardiac murmur we heard, the first spleen tip we felt, or our first patient with atrial fibrilation. Neither should we forget the excitement of studying about the important physical findings of a disease and then discovering these ourselves in our patients. Many of the "obscure" facts we had "learned" earlier at last found application, and we were repeatedly obliged to return to our basic texts. Medicine had at last come to life! Dr. Castle's course was well planned and well executed. First, we were taught the normal variations which may be encountered at physical examination. Then we were introduced to some of the abnormalities and their meanings. We were instructed in the art of patient contact and history-ta king. Dr. Castle continually emphasized good habits in taking histories and in physical examination. His philosophy was that learning these two arts would take years, and that our success was predicated upon thoughtfulness, thoroughness, and exactness. Few tools gained in medical school will be of more value than these. 17 |
