Word: med
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Jerald R. Gerst's "Brass Tacks" editorial entitled "Instant Pre-Med" disturbed me for, although Jerry's heart was in the right place, his analysis of the problems facing medicine was somewhat misdirected. Thus, I would like to raise some point in relation to that November 2 editorial...
...might dispute the statement that most of the new-comers to the pre-med world are biologists, chemists, and even mathematicians and physicsts, who fit the "science wonk" description. And, this single statement seems to be the crux of Jerry's argument; "they won't be practicing physicans. And therein lies the tragedy of the situation. For instant pre-meds have, on the average, more impressive academic records." Again, I ask for documentation...
...cases of the five Cornell med students were clear-cut, Dr. B. H. Kean, professor of tropical medicine, reported last week. They came down with fever and a rash, headaches around the eyes, aches and pains in their muscles, and many of their lymph nodes were enlarged. Two suffered nausea and two felt a numbness in their legs and feet. Muscle pain was the worst and most persistent symptom, lasting up to a month in some cases...
...Med Fine Arts Conc.; PBH Tutor; Lowell House Drama; Friend of Fogg; Member, Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Sec.-Treas., Pre-Law Society; Pre-Med Society...
...applicants were black. However, Dr. Potter emphasized that the Committee was seeking students from all disadvantaged minorities. He said that the Committee had contacted American Indian and Mexican-American groups this summer. Although the Med School has several African students, there are no American blacks in its first year class this year...