Edward Holyoke, MD, PhD, 1980
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Edward Holyoke, MD, PhD, 1980
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Holyoke: We started off in Embryology. That was the first—our first morning of the first day. With Dr. [John] Latta introducing you to your medical education. And he used to introduce you in a very very effective sort of way. He’d… the student body—the brand new freshman class was invariably all assembled, because he didn’t come into the last moment. Then he came in through the back door with that quiet way of his. He started down the steps. And he goes… It was silent when he came in and the silence deepened, and the silence deepened, and the silence deepened, until it was totally profound. By the time he got down in front of the lecture table and then he turned around. “Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce you to your work in medicine. Embryology is a very excellent elimination course. It has many intricacies.”
Holyoke: We started off in Embryology. That was the first—our first morning of the first day. With Dr. [John] Latta introducing you to your medical education. And he used to introduce you in a very very effective sort of way. He’d… the student body—the brand new freshman class was invariably all assembled, because he didn’t come into the last moment. Then he came in through the back door with that quiet way of his. He started down the steps. And he goes… It was silent when he came in and the silence deepened, and the silence deepened, and the silence deepened, until it was totally profound. By the time he got down in front of the lecture table and then he turned around. “Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce you to your work in medicine. Embryology is a very excellent elimination course. It has many intricacies.”