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Show Obstetrics ancf&~new[o~ Dr. Kaiser is the undisputed master of the Ob.-Gyn. service, and he rules his domain with a vengeance that is equaled only by his knowledge and skill. He ,s. s.trong-w\l\ed and op,n,onated, and ne expects tnese qua\ities of 'nis students the only hitch is that he expects the students' opinions to be right. This was evident in all of our dealings with him but especially in the weekly philosophical discussion groups he conducted with us. At these meetings we discussed such controversial topics as abortion, the role of testing in medical education and the in· s and out's of contraception. Although we often disagreed with at least some of what he said, we were impressed by his insistence that we consider issues of this nature, and we appreciate his constant demand that we assume responsibilty for holding opinions on issues that are of importance to us and that we be responsible for the rationality of the opinions we hold. We also appreciate the fact that Dr. Kaiser spent more time with us than any other department head. But, if we were expected to hold opinions on most things, it was unwise to voice a dissenting opinion on the way the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology was managed. For example, the goal in Ob. was presumably to help us acquire some understanding of childbirth, and apparently one of the most important ways we were to obtain this understanding was by sitting in the labor room for l O hours with our hand on the abdomen of a pregnant woman. Why? To paraphrase Dr. Kaiser, you can't understand these things until you've done them, and to quote Dr. Whiting, "because I had to do it and so did Marsh." "My god, stop writing and listen; think, for a change, about some of this garbage y9u're so busily recording." ''I'm here to relieve tension." a little There were other practical experiences that were more profitable. The Gyn. clinics were filled with large masses of protoplasm with all variety of foul vaginal discharges. Rarely we could palpate a uterus through the six inches of abdominal fat. Esthetics notwithstanding, however, this was probably the most profitable time on the service; we did learn something of how to deal with women on an important but rather different basis than we have dealt with them in the past. The prenatal clinics were filled with the younger relatives of the Latin hordes of the Gyn. clinics. Here we listed the gigantic families they have had, felt and measured their uteri in various stages of gestation, admonished them to take their ferrous sulfate, and felt a warm, paternal instinct towards them, for in this clinic we learned at last where our contribution to the "Great Society" is going. premenstrual ", .. This has been a recording." ·'It is an insult to you when yau are left standing in the hall. Why haven't you taken the initiative to call and tell me I'm late?" I. H. K. |
